According to the Media Association, 'unfortunately, many journalists are on trial in Turkey, and the suits result in monetary fines or prison sentences. The improved economic performance is not reflected in the development of press freedom'.

Members of the G-9 Journalists Organizations Platform applied to the Ankara Public Chief Prosecution on World Press Day to find out whether their phones are being wiretapped. According to journalist Tılıç, eavesdropping has increased and journalism is seen as a "dangerous work".

Chief of General Staff Gen. Başbuğ said that 'even the press during the armistice was not as treacherous' as a certain part of today's press in Turkey. Tarf newspaper responded, "The real traitor is the one who leaves children to die".

According to the annual report of the Turkish rights organizations İHD and TİHV for 2009, 36 people died in prison, 6 in detention, 61 were shot by village guards, 36 died for ignoring the police's "stop warning". 50 soldiers and 91 armed militants died in conflicts.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and other national and international NGOs appreciate the work bianet has accomplished throughout the past ten years, particularly bianet's contribution to the struggle for human rights and freedom of expression.

For the first time in 32 years, Taksim Square was open to the public for a celebration of the labour movement and a call for more rights.

Three women celebrate the achievements of bianet: Necla Akgökçe from the women's magazine of the Petrol-Iş trade union, Bahar Toker, who is doing a placement at bianet, and Nilgün Yurdalan, an independent feminist.

The case concerned with the death of 44 people from the village of Bilge in south-eastern Turkey was decided this week. 6 defendants received a 44 counts aggravated life sentence; one defendant underage was sentenced to 44 counts of 15 years imprisonment.

The family of killed Baran Tursun is tried for raising against the court during the law suit filed related to the death of their son and brother. Tursun's parents and his sister are facing prison sentence. The case was postponed to 9 July to hear eight witnesses of the defence.

Fincanı from the Turkish Human Rights Foundation says that "bianet means facts in human rights and free, independent and true journalism". Türkdoğan from the Human Rights Foundation states, "Awareness of human rights is raised by the news from bianet".

While a police officer responsible for the death of Baran Tursun received a prison sentence of 25 months, the victim's mother is facing imprisonment of 41 months because of her reaction to the court's decision to release the defendant pending tiral.

A Diyarbakır court handed down a one year's prison sentence to Siirt Mayor Sadak under charges of "spreading PKK propaganda" on the grounds of using the term "Kurdistan" in a statement. Sadak was recently sentenced to another ten months in jail for a photo in a calendar.

The Justice and Development Party submitted the proposal for a parliamentary investigation into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink three years ago. Should the proposal be approved, the parliament would have to find the abetters for the murder.

Another trial has been launched against journalist Saymaz based on an article about the interrogation of Erzincan Public Chief Prosecutor Erhan Cihaner when he was in custody. Saymaz is facing a total of 18 years imprisonment.

BİA will celebrate its 10th anniversary at the coming weekend. BİA started off as a project lead by the principle of "Journalism for rights, freedom for journalists". The 10-year's struggle for an independent media includes the news site, training sessions, books, international forums and thousands of voluntary contributions.

Journalist Fuat Doğansoy disclaimed the news about himself published in Vakit newspaper saying that "he was caught with drugs in Finland". Doğansoy believes to be targeted.

"This pain is our pain, his mourning is the mourning of all of us" was written on the banner on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the deportation of Armenians. More than 500 people gathered around the banner in Taksim/Istanbul for a silent commemoration.

Reporters without Borders claimed to leave aside the prosecution of authors Şener and Göktaş, who drew attention to the state's responsibiltiy in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink in their books. Instead, the ones responsible for the assassination should be revealed, RSF said.

Radikal newspaper journalist Saymaz will stand trial on 29 April for his critical news items concerned with "Ergenekon" defendant Şahin. At the same time, Star newspaper writer Tayyar was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment.

Primary school students in Siirt were abused and raped by school staff throughout the last two years. The Teachers' Union Eğitim-Sen said that everybody who helped to conceal this crime against humanity bears a joint guilt.