Once more, Turkey was sentenced by the European Court of Human Rights in a freedom of expression case. The state has to pay compensation to Erdal Ölmez and Ali Turgay, the owners of five Turkish magazines, because of unlawful restrictions of freedom of expression.

The appeal against the arrest of members of the two legal political groups SDP and TÖP was rejected. 13 members had been arrested on 25 September. The SDP distanced themselves from Necdet Kılıç and Hanife Avcı and allegations of a supposed "escape" of Mahir Sayın.

Taraf newspaper reporter Baransu was acquitted of charges of publishing "classified" documents regarding the raid on the Aktütün police station despite the prosecutor's plead for imprisonment. Baransu will now file a complaint against Generals Başbuğ and Iğsız.

A Diyarbakır court convicted 6 defendants of "organizational propaganda" on the grounds of their commemorating Ahmet Kaymaz and his son Uğur who were killed by the police. One of the convicts is Uğur's uncle.

The BDP provincial co-chair is among 8 people arrested in Urfa on 5 October. Lawyer Benek stated the arrests were based on insignificant wiretapped telephone conversations. BDP MP Bininci said his party is being "terrorized".

The Higher Education Council partly lifted the controversial headscarf ban at universities. According to a circular sent by the Council, students may no longer be expelled from class because of their attire. Disciplinary proceedings will be taken against lecturers who do otherwise.

Three years after the access ban of YouTube, the video sharing site Vimeo.com was temporarily banned as well. The Telecommunication Communication Presidency blocked access for a few days upon a "protection decision" issued by the Ankara Public Chief Prosecution.

Tensions rose high in the trial against Prof. Fincancı, Chair of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation, and journalist Yarkadaş. The lawyers discussed why complainant Birgen had not appeared at court for the third time. The hearing was canceled, a new date was not announced.

Singer Ferhat Tunç is facing imprisonment of up to15 years on the grounds of a speech made at a culture festival in the south-eastern province of Siirt. The international writers association PEN addressed the Prime Minister in regard to the case.

A new case was opened against Colonel Öz, former Trabzon Gendarmerie Commander, under charges of "neglect of duty", this time at the Trabzon High Criminal Court. He is charged with the same allegations at the Magistrate Court. The Dink family lawyers demand to merge the trials at the High Court.

An Alevi worship place in Izmir was attacked for the sixth time. A fire broke out which, according to the police, was caused by playing children. Ali Balkız, Head of the Alevi Bektashi Federation, said it was an attack by the "followers of sharia".

The trial against publisher Zarakolu and writer Güler on the grounds of the book "The KCK file/Global state and Kurds without a state" has started. Güler demanded to lift the ban of the book. The case was postponed to 2 December.

The lawyers of ten members of the legal organizations SDP and TÖP appealed against the arrest of their clients. A total of 13 members of both legal political groups were arrested on 25 September. The Human Rights Association Istanbul filed a complaint against the Istanbul police.

Members of the Solidarity Association of Prisoners' Families were attacked by nationalists in Ankara. Some group members were harassed because they were thought to be plainclothes police officers. The police took 30 association members into custody because of "resistance".

A local court in Çine imposed a publication ban on the Çine Uğur newspaper and an access block on the daily's website. The paper had reported about alleged corruption of the district governor. Publication director Sağlık criticized the decision and questioned press freedom.

The Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court decided to take the statement of Ergenekon defendant Colonel Arif Doğan who had claimed to have established JITEM, the clandestine Gendarmerie Anti-Terrorism Unit.

Tahmaz from the Turkish Peace Parliament thinks that the government is not going to take concrete steps towards a solution of the Kurdish question before the election in 2011. Kurdish politician Türk wants the armed forces of the PKK to withdraw from the region. Retired military judge Kardaş suggests withdrawing the Turkish Armed Forces.

The former spokesman of the Prime Ministry, Akif Beki, was convicted of insulting Hürriyet newspaper reporter Hasan Tüfekçi in the context of his article on "security weaknesses" in the Prime Ministry. Beki has to pay TL 7,500 in compensation to the journalist.

Former Eskişehir Chief of Police Avcı, author of the book "Simons in the Golden Horn", was arrested in Istanbul under allegations of "aiding the Revolutionary Headquarters Organization". Avcı commented: "We turned out to be right, they arrested us".

Joint attorneys of the political organizations SDP and TÖP filed a criminal complaint against officials of the Küre.tv internet site because of biased broadcasts about the arrest of 13 members of SDP and TÖP. The lawyers will appeal to the arrests on 30 September.