The French Government announced that they will shut down the existing 300 Roma camps, claiming they became crime centers. The total number of deportees was 11.000 last year. EU specialist Aktar sees a connection between radical changes of policies and President Sarkozy's run-up to the 2011 elections.

Fethiye Çetin, joint attorney in the murder case of Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink, said that the new statement of witness Özen should be taken seriously. She indicated to request the court in the coming hearing to investigate Özen's statement.

13 out of 17 people who were under police custody last week under charges of affiliation with a clandestine Revolutionary Headquarters Organization are arrested. The arrested belong to legal political groups of the Social Democracy Party and the the Platform for Social Freedom .

On the last day of the one-week school boycott for the right to education in the mother tongue in the Kurdish-majority South-East, PM Erdoğan announced: "Do not expect us to agree to education in the mother tongue, Turkey's official language is Turkish".

The Istanbul 11th High Criminal Court acquitted journalists Doğan and Kurt. They stood accused of showing a colonel as a "target" because of publishing his picture in the context of the investigation into an assassination plot against Deputy PM Arınç.

More than 60 cases were opened against journalist Erdal because of her news articles about "Ergenekon" and the "Sledgehammer" coup plan. Now she was in court with journalists Arslan and Beşer. The Media Association criticizes a "breach of international agreements".

BDP District Mayor Demirel and 5 children were arrested in the town of Tutak when they distributed leaflets on the school boycott for the right to education in their mother tongue. BDP Provincial Chair Akyol was also interrogated in the context of the boycott.

An investigation has been launched over six people including Kurdish politicians Türk and Tuğluk, co-chairs of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK). The probe is based on the report of results issued after the DTK Permanent Assembly's meeting.

Five people were injured in an attack on art galleries in the Tophane district of Istanbul. Seven people were taken under police custody. Faculty member Dikbaş said it was an organized assault. Governor Mulu announced to launch a thorough investigation.

9 Members of the Socialist Democracy Party and the Social Freedom Platform were arrested in Istanbul and Bursa because of an alleged "connection with the Revolutionary Headquarters Organization", among them Party Chair Turan and Platform spokesman Kayserilioğlu.

Journalist Birand, Deputies of the dissolved DTP Tuğluk and Akat, lawyer Şakar and another six people are facing imprisonment of up to 10 years. The court postponed the case to wait for the arrest of lawyer Şakar.

The new prosecutor allocated to the trial against journalists Namık Durukan and Hasan Çakkalkurt followed his predecessor and demanded the conviction of the journalists once more. The case was postponed to 23 November.

The education union Eğitim-Sen and pro-Kurdish organizations called for a one-week school boycott in the Kurdish-majority South-East to claim the right to education in their mother tongue. President Gül criticized the boycott as the "enlisting of children for a political cause".

Colonel Cemal Temizöz, former Kayseri Provincial Gendarmerie Regiment Commander, was brought to the Diyarbakır D Type Prison. He is tried for alleged kidnapping and killing 20 people with torture in Cizre between 1993 and 1995.

The militant Kurdistan Workers Party announced to have extended the ceasefire declared on 13 August until their meeting in the coming week. The organization emphasized that they were not behind last week's roadside bombing in Hakkari and blamed the Turkish government for disinformation.

Ahtissari from the Independent Commission on Turkey said that everybody in Diyarbakır wants violence to end. He urged to find a mediator and prolong the ceasefire. Aguirre argued that the right to education and publications in the mother tongue are legitimate demands.

The first service in 95 years was held in the Church of the Holy Cross on the island of Akdamar. Archbishop Ateşyan said that many people did not attend the mass because the cross had not been installed atop the dome.

Musician Pınar Sağ is facing imprisonment of a total of four years for allegedly praising leftist revolutionary İbrahim Kaypakkaya and for criticizing the killing of 17 people by security forces. Sağ said in her defence: "I advocated for peace".

Turkish journalists striving to reveal facts about the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink are prosecuted at special authority high criminal courts whereas officials who failed to prevent the murder are tried at magistrate courts. Journalist Göktaş now stands accused of "severe crime".

10 minibus passengers died in an explosion in the south-eastern province of Hakkari, four people got wounded. The Kurdish KCK blamed the "counter guerrilla" for the attack. PM Erdoğan said the attack would "not remain unanswered".