The co-chair of the DTP said, “The public wants an end to violence. We are ready to meet the government on the path towards a solution.”

Lawyer Danış Beştaş has called Gül’s comments on the Kurdish question “positive”. In Prague, Gül had called the Kurdish question "Turkey’s priority".

Dr. Beşikçi argues that the massacre of 44 people in a village in Mardin cannot be blamed only on feudalism, the village guard system, ignorance or underdevelopment.

İHD releases a report, filing the rights abuses committed by village guards, who were armed by the state in 1992 to fight against the Kurdish rebel group PKK.

Karayılan says that the PKK will not lay down their arms without anything being offered in return, but he calls for arms to be silenced.

As investigation and prosecution under Article 301 depends on ministerial approval, a lot hinges on the attitude of new Minister of Justice Ergin.

Özer was given prison sentences with regard to two articles published in his Çağrı magazine.

A trial against bianet, based on the complaint filed by police officer Muhittin Zenit, is continuing.

During today's hearing, prosecution demands acquittal of Gürsel. Yet, another case is brought against his latest book on allegations of inciting hatred.

Activists urge the government to leave content control to citizens and NGOs. Courts can easily ban access to web sites, depending on the law 5651.

At a Freedom of Expression Conference in Istanbul, lawyers evaluated the legal basis of the protection and violation of freedom of expression in Turkey.

The two-day protest hunger strike in Diyarbakır ended yesterday with a call for a political solution to the Kurdish Question.

Lawyers say that more than 400 people were taken into police custody on May Day.

On Sunday, DTP politicians, members and supporters began a two-day hunger strike in Diyarbakır.

According to the quarterly Bia Media Monitoring Report, 26 people are on trial under Article 301.

Hikmet Sami Türk is held responsible for the operations into prisons in 2000, which left 31 inmates and two soldiers dead. Two militants caught, Türk avoids the attack unharmed.

Nedim Şener of Milliyet daily faces up to 17 years in prison for allegedly disclosing classified information and rendering counter-terrorism forces target in his book on officials' misconduct regarding the killing of his Turkish Armenian colleague.

Hasip Kaplan asks Minister of Justice if 70 thousand court orders for surveillance are legally intact or not. The issue remains controversial as experts criticize lack of effective control.

Governor Muammer Güler refused workers applicaation to gather in Taksim Square on 1 May.

The Human Rights Association has protested against the prison sentences handed down to children who took part in Newroz celebrations.