Former Van Gendarmerie Regiment Commander İyigün stands accused of having executed two PKK members and one civilian who had surrendered already.

In its 13th year, the trial regarding the Spice Bazaar blast in Istanbul in 1998 will be continued on 28 September. Pınar Selek was acquitted three times. The Platform "We are still witnesses" called for support for the first hearing with a new prosecutor.

The "Museum of Shame" opened its doors for the second time on 6 September to remind the incidents around the military coup in 1980. Personal belongings of slain journalist Dink are among the exhibits. For the first time, belongings of leftist activist Erdost can be seen.

"The state has used me for years and then brought me into this situation. I am calling on all village guards, this is going to happen to you as well sooner or later. My life and the lives of my family members are not safe anymore".

The region around the Qandil Mountain in northern Iraq still remains in turmoil after the air strikes on PKK hideouts by the Turkish Armed Forces in August. Soldiers, civilians and PKK members died in armed conflicts after the air raids.

University student Kırmızıgül was arrested because he allegedly attended a demonstration. The evidence shown for his arrest was the Keffiyeh he had wrapped around his neck. Kırmızıgül has been imprisoned for 18 months.

Yet another top-rank army officer has been arrested in the scope of the Internet Memorandum Trial. Lieutenant Gen. İsmail Hakkı Pekin, Head of the General Staff 's Intelligence Unit, was arrested on 5 September.

In the "Democratic Solution Protocol" presented at their annual General Convention, the pro-Kurdish BDP announced a road map to regional autonomy and stated a number of main issues to be included in the new constitution.

One lieutenant and one specialist sergeant were killed in a shooting on a military outpost that was carrying out searches and scans in Dersim. In Hakkari, two village guards died in an armed conflict.

Student Ferhat Tüzer is being detained pending trial for 17 months because he posted a banner calling for free education during a speech of the Prime Minister. Now he has been banned from receiving visitors for 6 months because he sang a folk song.

Thousands of people met in Kadıköy for the Peace Rally on 1 September. After tensions and a police intervention with tear gas the meeting had to be cancelled.

In the case of the alleged suicide of a soldier, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that "the government is responsible for a death at the military" and that "people addicted to alcohol and narcotics should not be conscripted".