The people taken into custody in the course of riots in Zeytinburnu/Istanbul with a Kurdish background were taken to the Anti-Terror Branch, the others were sent to the Public Order Branch. The prosecution of both groups will be held at different courts.

A court in Ankara decided to dissolve the Union of Judges and Prosecutors. Union leader Eminağaoğlu commented, "Expecting the judiciary to dispense justice while judges and prosecutors are being obstructed to seek their rights is contradictive".

A court that perceived a journalist as a public servant decided to ban journalist Karakaya from the Kırşehir Posta newspaper from performing his profession for 375 days. The decision is expected to be quashed by the Court of Appeals.

Gülistan Encü, an important figure of the KCK trial in Urfa, was taken into police custody as soon as her statement that she was deceived by the police was published in the news. The home of DİHA reporter Çiftçi who interviewed her was raided by the police.

A mass grave supposedly containing the bodies of 28 PKK members dating back to 1998 was found in Çatak/Van. In Mutki/Bitlis, the municipality dumped rubbish on an area with several mass graves.

Claudia Roth, Co-chair of the German Green Party and member of the EU Greens, was not permitted to visit detained journalists Şık and Şener in prison. Roth argued, "If a friend is treated like this, how are enemies being treated I wonder".

Physician Mulamahmutoğlu from the Midyat State Hospital is on trial after he refused to examine a convict in the presence of a gendarmerie officer because of patient privacy. The doctor allegedly violated the "Tripartite Protocol".

The Association for Alternative Information criticised the central internet filter to be enforced on 22 August. The association found the corresponding recommendations issued by the Internet Committee "purposefully" aimed at supporting the filter that is going to restrict internet access.

One day after the conviction of Ogün Samast, who was sentenced for the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, joint attorney Çetin gave an extensive insight into the deficiencies and negligence the plaintiff party observed during in the course of the trial.

After the conference on "Facts about Mass Graves in Turkey in Diyarbakır, the 'Final Report on Mass Graves' was announced in Kasaplar Deresi.

The "Black Band" platform researches, documents and discusses cases of censorship in arts. The website will function as a network that advocates for freedom of expression.

Former Yüksekova Mayor Yetişkin is tried because of a speech given at a sapling planting campaign. At the hearing on 25 July, she was allowed to defend herself in Kurdish. An interpreter translated her speech into Turkish.