A soldier who was on duty at the Bayrampaşa prison during the "Return to Life" operation confessed after 11 years, "The detainees wanted to get out of the burning cells and surrender but the doors were not opened, the fire brigade did not intervene".

The Istanbul Police announced on its website that 43 people were taken into custody on 23 July because they "organized incidents" in Zeytinburnu/Istanbul. Another 29 people were taken into custody in the course of related operations.

Two non-commissioned officers and one specialist sergeant were killed in an armed conflict in the night from 23 to 24 July in Mardin in south-eastern Turkey. A large-scale military operation was launched in the region.

Detained defendant Ogün Samast was sentenced to imprisonment of 22 years and ten months for the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

24 July has been celebrated as Journalists Day since 1908 when "censorship was abolished" in Turkey. This year's anniversary was marked by the publishing of the "Prisoner Gazette" written by 39 detained and convicted journalists.

The Court of Appeals deemed the publishing of private telephone conversations in the news contrary to the law. The publishing of private phone talks partly related to the Ergenekon trial were the bone of contention. One court member voted against the decision.

PM Erdoğan announced that it was his party's request to limit the TV broadcasting from parliament. The Parliamentary Television Presidency had previously stated that the limitation was not related to the demand of the political power.

A group of non-governmental organizations prepared a report on "The Socio-Economic Situation of Children Released from Prison" about children who were taken into police custody or imprisoned under the Anti-Terror Law between 2006 and 2010.

Architect Onur Yaser Can committed suicide when he was summoned to give a statement at the Narcotics Branch for the third time. His last letter that described ill-treatment in police custody was now presented at court. The police officers on trial reject all charges.

Journalist Şener, arrested in the scope of the Ergenekon investigation since 6 March, applied to the European Court of Human Rights because of violations of the "prohibition of torture", the "right to personal freedom" and the "right to freedom of expression".

Attacks against Kurdish citizens and members of the Peace and Democracy Party are still continuing after 13 soldiers died in an armed conflict in Silvan one week ago. In Erzurum, 500 people assaulted 200 Kurdish workers. In Zeytinburnu, BDP members were attacked.

"The Turkish Revenge Brigade threatened our newspaper" was the title of Evrensel newspaper after a repeated threat was sent to the paper via e-mail. The paper filed a criminal complaint and was supported by many readers, lawyers, journalists and others.

A research on internet journalism in the context of citizen journalism in Turkey studied bianet.org in the context of citizen journalism and pointed to the news portal as a showcase example for citizen journalism.

Artist Farqin is facing imprisonment of up to 20 years on charges of "membership of an illegal organization" and "propaganda". He is tried because he hosted the welcome ceremony for a group of people affiliated with the PKK who came from Iraq to Turkey in 2009.

One press release was reason for two convictions of pro-Kurdish politician Uzun. One court charged him with "propaganda for an illegal organization", the other court found Uzun guilty of both propaganda and "committing a crime on behalf of an illegal organization".

The publication of the Yeni Demokrat Gençlik Magazine was suspended by the order of the Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court by reasons of "praising crime and a criminal" and "spreading propaganda for the PKK".

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.