According to a proposal of the AKP, compulsory education shall be divided into three sections of four years. After finishing the first four years of primary school, children could be employed as apprentices when they are eleven years old.

In Mardin, the police hustled 19 juvenile demonstrators towards a mine field, beat them and took them in custody. The related administrative investigation was now completed. The Deputy Governor accepted the fact that torture was involved but did not suggest an according punishment.

Ragip Zarakolu is a hero in the fight for freedom of expression and human rights. He has been fighting for human rights, the freedom of thought and Turkey's democratization for over 30 years, publishing books on issues such as minority and human rights.

In a press conference about PM Erdoğan's saying "We want to raise a religious generation", the Eğitim-Sen educational union Istanbul Branches said that in the light of recent education projects the prime minister's statement was inevitable.

Authorities in Van decided to remove nine tent cities that shelter earth quake victims. House owners will be accommodated in containers. People who used to live in rented flats before the major quakes have not been provided with any alternative yet.

Special Authority Public Prosecutor Sarıkay was deposed from the KCK probe after summoning members of the National Intelligence Agency to take their statements. The reasons: "violation of confidentiality" and "hiding information from a superior".

“We will raise a religious generation” was the statement of PM Erdoğan made last week. Prof Fatma Gök assessed this much disputed statement for bianet. She said that the republican ideology as well as the AKP saw education as a tool to raise certain generations.

TV producer and presenter Serdar Tuncer filed a criminal complaint about a Twitter user alias @allah (cc) and also about almost 200,000 users following his tweets. Lawyer Bolaç told bianet, "No prosecutor should open a case for such a reason".

The police officers who treated Fevziye Cengiz violently at a police station in Izmir were punished with monthly instalments of TL 30 as the result of an administrative investigation. Lawyer Yıldırım said they would appeal at the ECHR if necessary.

The indictment about former Chief of General Staff Başbuğ seeks an aggravated life sentence under allegations of an attempt to overthrow the government.

University students in Malatya were sentenced to imprisonment of between eight and 13 years on charges of "membership in an illegal organization" and "propaganda". The judge commented, "We are not satisfied with the punishment".

Two people were sentenced to jail on charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization" due to letters sent by imprisoned friends found at their homes. A further six people were convicted of allegations of "membership in an illegal organization" in the same context.

The six students tried in the scope of an event on International Women's Day remain in prison. Hatice Harman is involved in the case because she carried the picture of her deceased daughter during the event. Relatives of the defendants encountered tear gas inside the court house.

Teachers in Van took the street to protest the handling of the aftermath of the two major earthquakes that hit the region in October and November 2011. They drew attention to the still very bad situation of earthquake victims and to the persistent problem of housing.

Former Chief of General Staff Başbuğ was arrested after he gave his statement in the context of the Internet Memorandum trial. For the first time in Turkish history, a military official formerly on duty at the Presidency of the General Staff Presidency was imprisoned.

Evren and Şahinkaya, masterminds behind the 1980 military coup, are facing life sentences on charges of "changing the constitution by force".

23 students were taken into police custody in the course of unrests on the Istanbul University Beyazıt Campus on 2 February. Hayat TV news centre editor Cem Şimşek is among the people in custody.

Umut Bahçeci is demanding justice for his brother İsmail, who disappeared 17 years ago. Despite strong evidence pointing his was, former police chief Mehmet Ağar is still held exempt from investigation.

TTB and KESK organized a one-day strike and a mass demonstration in Istanbul. Government's health reform and lack of progress on workers' rights were targeted.

The trial regarding the "I've had enough" 2010 agenda of Metis was continued on 30 November. The case was opened on 26 November 2010 because the calendar allegedly denigrated religious values.