"Ergenekon" defendant Şükre admitted to have given weapons related to the State Council attack in 2006 to Arslan, one of the prime suspects of the attack. Apparently, Şükre provided a car and weapons to him. Both defendants spoke to each other on the phone on the day of the attack.

Banned politicians Türk and Tuğluk are now on trial regarding the hand-over of eight soldiers kept hostage by the PKK in 2007. The Ankara Chief Prosecution demands five years imprisonment each on account of a picture of PKK leader Öcalan at the place of the hand-over.

The Ankara court dismissed the compensation claim of intelligence officer Zenit filed with bianet. Zenit had sued bianet by reason of publishing the transcript of a telephone conversation between him and Tuncel, suspect in the murder case of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

The Istanbul police took another ten people into custody in the scope of the "Ergenekon" investigation. The office of Ergenekon case lawyer Yusuf Erikel was searched.

The KCK Executive Council Presidency announced that the near future will either see "a democratic solution or resistance". PKK leader Karayılan said at Reuters: "We can end the ceasefire and resume the armed struggle".

Government spokesman Çiçek presented the draft of 23 articles of the constitution to be amended and called the proposal a "compromise". Rights defenders criticized that the draft is lacking important issues regarding the rights of children, women and LGBT people.

Prime Minister Erdoğan was harshly criticized in his own country for saying to expel 100,000 illegal Armenian immigrants from the country. More than 30 NGOs condemned the PM's reaction to the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 by the Swedish parliament.

Former Democratic Society Party officials Türk and Tuğluk face imprisonment of 45 and 70 years respectively under charges of "spreading PKK propaganda". The former party members were imposed to a political ban after the closure of DTP.

Celebrations of the Kurdish Newroz festival were held all over Turkey during the weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in major Turkish cities and called for a peaceful and democratic solution of the Kurdish question.

Former prosecutor Kayasu appreciated the amendment of article 15 of the Constitution: "I hope it will be effected. The prosecution of the putschists is very important. The discussion about the statute of limitation is pointless because it does not apply to the duration of immunity".

A trial has been opened against Hürriyet newspaper journalist Kurt and editorial manager Kılıç although the related investigation into an assassination plot directed at Deputy PM Arınç is still continuing. Both defendants face imprisonment for taking and publishing pictures of Colonel E.Y.B.

"Parasız eğitim istiyoruz" -the slogan "We want free education" on a banner displayed at the "Romani meeting", which was also attended by PM Erdoğan, is seen as an illegal slogan and was reason to detain two young people. Allegedly, holding up the banner was a criminal offence.