The Malatya Public Prosecutor's Office decided to close the investigation into the murder case of Vedat Aydın because of "lack of jurisdiction". After 18 years the file has been returned to Diyarbakır now "where the incident started".

The ECHR decided in favor of Eğitim-Sen union members Kaya and Seyhan. The union members applied to the ECHR after they had encountered administrative and judicial pressure because of their participation in a one day strike.

Cumhuriyet newspaper claimed two journalist were illegally wiretapped related to an operation concerning journalist Mustafa Balbay, who is a detained defendant under charge of "membership of the Ergenekon terror organization". TGC chairman Erinç said that this is a deprivation of the right of freedom of speech for everybody living in Turkey.

NGOs, mostly ignored by the media, and independent journalists from Northern Cyprus establish a common internet portal which will be operational in August 2010. Hugh Pope from ICG and Erhan Üstündağ from bianet participated in a conference about the project in Nicosia last weekend.

The court prosecutor called for the acquittal of Adnan Demir, director of Taraf newspaper. He is accused of violating a publishing ban because of reporting about an attack on the Aktütün Police Station. The case will be continued on 20 October.

Journalist Baransu is accused of "insulting the military" because of publishing news about the "Anti-Reactionary Plan" against AKP and the religious Fetullah Gülen movement. Now his file has been taken to the Ministry of Justice. The General Staff announced that they opened a trial against Baransu.

According to Journalist Organizations TGC and ÇGD, the heavy fine imposed by the Turkish tax authorities on Doğan Media Group is aimed to silence "criticism of political power" and to bring the group's course "closer to the government".

Head of the Police Intelligence Department Akyürek filed a complaint against journalist Kemal Göktaş after he has already taken journalist Nedim Şener to court. Both pressmen published books about the Hrant Dink murder, voicing their critical concerns about the handling of the case.

Journalist Yakup Önal was attacked when he took photos of a bus that had tipped over after an accident in the Tekirdağ district of Şarköy. The journalist is not able to work because of pain as a result from the assault. The prosecutor released the three suspects after he took their statements.

The Diyarbakır prosecutor's office decided to drop the trial against the parents of 10-year-old M.Ö. and Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş. With the support of Demirbaş the girl had given Kurdish lessons at home.

The Diyarbakır court decided not to release journalist Vedat Kurşun from detention. Kurşun is trialed under charges of "campaigning PKK propaganda". His lawyer Özen announced that Kurşun is trialed for his topics being picked up by other national newspapers.

Writer Sungur Savran faces a 10,000 TL compensation demand from writer Yalçın Küçük. Savran has called on Küçük to disprove his claims rather than go to court. The case continues on 24 November.

CHP chair Baykal declined the Prime Minister's request for an appointment, stating: "We are not going to be a part of this process at all". He argued that the government negotiates with the PKK and he refused secret sessions of the parliament. In addition Baykal wants Öcalan's "road map" to be published.

Authorities in the province of Ardahan have taken three journalists to court around 30 times. Fakir Yılmaz says, "We spend all our time in court."

After conflicts between soldiers and PKK militants the Prime Minister said: "The bullets shot to our soldiers will not block this process. We will continue the peace process". He also declared to ask CHP for an official appointment.

The Aydın Juvenile Court dropped the case of a 13-year-old child who was trialed because of addressing Prime Minister Erdoğan with the curse "God damn you". The court announced that the crime of "defaming a public official" cannot be implemented because Erdoğan visited the town in his function as AK Party leader.

"Our father Atatürk's house has been bombed" was the headline of the Istanbul Express newspaper's second issue in 1955. Years later, retired general Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu refers to the pogrom of 6-7 September as an "excellent special warfare operation that reached its aim".

The hearing of the Ergenekon case was interrupted because of an ongoing discussion between judge Köksal Şengün and the detained defendant Tuncay Özkan. Defendant Küçük was not allowed to wear his cap in the court room. Because of hearing problems the identity of defendant İbrahim Şahin could not be confirmed.

Nur Birgen sues TİHV board chair Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı and gerçekgündem.com journalist Barış Yarkadaş for the content of their broadcast. Fincancı claimed that Birgen obtained her executive position in the Institute for Forensic Medicine as a "reward for her loyalty."

Öcalan claims that MHP and CHP are blocking the process of the "Democratic Initiative". He also criticises the handling of the Ergenekon case, opposing that the three defendants Perinçek, Tekin and Alsan are all tried in the same court case.