The Court of Appeals approved monetary fines imposed on 54 mayors, members of the shut-down Democratic Society Party, who had been convicted on the grounds of a letter sent to former Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen to protest the closure of the Kurdish Roj TV.

The compensation claim filed against Nurgün Balcıoğlu from the Gaziantep Sabah newspaper was rejected. She was tried for criticizing retired judge Dilsizoğlu who had said, "Of every 10,000 murder trials, 9,000 are due to women."

An unknown person voiced a death threat via the phone against Taraf newspaper writer and politician Orhan Miroğlu. In his column the writer commented that he had no intention to take a step back because of the threat.

Without a related court decision, the Telecommunication Communication Presidency banned access to the Playboy website because of a technical inspection. The ban comes right before the religious holidays. YouTube.com is banned in Turkey since 5 May 2008.

A delegation from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Congress and the Peace and Democracy Party met Kurdistan Patriots Association leader Talabani to talk about cooperation in solving the Kurdish question with all Kurdish parties involved.

The former president of the Contemporary Lawyers Association in Adana, Rişvanoğlu, is on trial for reading out a press release related to the suspicious death of Metin Alataş, distributor of the Kurdish Azadiya Welat Newspaper. The trial starts on 16 September.

With the support of environmentalist Perdikis from Cyprus, last Saturday's meeting of the relatives of the disappeared focussed on the whereabouts of disappeared Acar. Hanım Tosun once more asked for the fate of her husband Fehmi before the concert of U2 who mentioned Fehmi Tosun in their album "Pop" in 1997.

Mustafa Özbek, defendant of the Second Ergenekon Case, was removed from the courtroom in the 78th hearing after he said, "What right do you have to keep me here? Fear Allah!" Journalist Balbay criticized, "This is advanced punishment, you are dispensing the law in instalments".

"Arrested for organized crime" was Thursday's headline of the Güney Marmara'da Yaşam newspaper, whose editorial manager Cihan Hayırsevener was killed in December 2009. The trial opened by the Istanbul 10th High Criminal Court will start on 15 October .

Foreign Minister Davutoğlu recently spoke about efforts for legal amendments regarding freedom of expression cases at the ECHR. The Turkish Human Rights Foundation sent an according petition to the PM 3.5 years ago. The Anti-Terror Act, the Press Law and other regulations have to change.

A case was opened against Samsun Community Centres Branch President Halil Mert and another 5 members of the organization because of commemorating revolutionaries Deniz Gezmiş and Mahir Çayan. The trial will start on 21 September.

The case against Günlük newspaper officials Koçali, Pekgöz and Çiçekçi has reached its final stage. They are tried for an interview with the leader of the Democratic Confederation of Kurdistan. Their lawyer requested their acquittal. The case continues on 23 November.