Live broadcasts from the Turkish parliament were now limited to 5 hours 3 days a week. The Parliamentary Television Presidency declared that the new application was not related to a request of the ruling AK Party. It was not explained why the protocol between TRT and the parliament was not renewed after 16 years.

The People's Defence Forces, an armed wing of the PKK, released two workers that were abducted on 14 July in Dersim in south-eastern Anatolia. The workers reportedly worked at the construction site of a military building.

102 years old Lalihan Akbay faces a criminal investigation with charges of “making propaganda of an illegal organization”. She claims to have committed the crime during the mawlid (a religious commemoration ceremony) for his son died in 1985.

BDP published its refugee report, based on its visit to the refugee camps in Hatay. Report says the conditions of the camp amount to isolation and warns about possible health issues.

Colonel M.Ö. and petty officer İ.S., who are on trial with charges of torturing Enver Aydemir, a conscientious objector that was taken into custody on December 24, 2009 and arrested, did not come to the hearing. Aydemir’s lawyers challenged the court arguing that it lacks fair trial standards.

The independent candidate of Elazığ, İsa Gürbüz, was arrested under allegations of "membership of an illegal organization" after having been interrogated for two days. Gürbüz supports the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block.

Article 100 of the Criminal Procedure Law, the main obstacle before the release of the detained elected MPs, was discussed in a meeting convened by the Ministry of Justice. This might be the light at the end of the tunnel of the parliamentary crisis.

The Hopa Public Prosecution asked newspapers and TV stations to forward all footage and pictures of the anti-government demonstrations in Hopa and the funeral of protestor Lokumcu. The Contemporary Journalists Association said this was not the duty of a journalist.

OdaTV.com publications director Pehlivan was taken to court for the first time after he was arrested four months ago. He is allegedly detained because he did not remove a reader comment about Muslim scholar Fetullah Gülen from the website.

The appeal against the decision to reject the release of journalist Balbay was dismissed. Balbay was elected Member of Parliament in the general elections on 12 June. He is a detained defendant of the second Ergenekon trial.

5 persons were arrested after a total of 42 people were taken into custody in the protest against the ongoing detention of elected MP Dicle and other elected deputies. Apparently, the police used a stun gun against the demonstrating politicians.

Sami Tunca, taken into custody while distributing regarding the Sivas massacre, will file a criminal complaint on the grounds of torture. Locals who protested the police operation faced tear gas. Tunca's lawyer was threatened by the police.

The Children Protection Board decided that some drawings in the satiric Harakiri magazine were harmful to children. The magazine was handed down a TL 150,000 fine that forced the owners to cease publication for good after the second issue.

In its section on working conditions of journalists, the media report of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation revealed problems like low salaries, lack of unionization, male dominance and informal employment.

Physicians Prof. Küçükosmanoğlu and Dr Eşki were acquitted of terror charges at their first hearing on 27 June. They were tried for their speeches made at a health panel in a Democratic Solution Tent in Adana this April.

The Turkish Human Rights Foundation and the Human Rights Association marked the "International Day in Support of Victims of Torture" by drawing attention to the current situation and urging for the effective investigation and punishment in cases of torture.

The release of independent deputies of the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block, among them Hatip Dicle, was rejected. The police massively intervened against political protestors in Istanbul. More than 20 people were taken into police custody, many were injured.

The requests for the release of elected MP Prof. Haberal and journalist Balbay were dismissed. Both defendants are detained in the scope of the second "Ergenekon" trial.

"Equality Here and Now - Stop Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Individuals in Turkey" was a panel of the 19th LGBTT Istanbul Pride Week where LGBT individuals described the rights violations they experienced.

Middle East Technical University graduate student Edemir was sentenced to more than six years behind bars on charges of "membership of a terrorist organization". He was released from detention at the same time. The file was forwarded to the Court of Appeals.