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.

Joining a parliamentary group meeting of the DTP, peace activists expressed their support for the party. In a speech, Mater said that DTP was a necessary partner in a search for a solution to the Kurdish Question.

In Siirt, around 15 prisoners climbed onto the prison roof and shouted slogans.

It took two months for the police to arrest the father of the murder suspect of a young woman in Istanbul.

Around 20 people will join the group meeting of the pro-Kurdish DTP in parliament. The Peace Parliament has called for support of the party, which, they say, “is necessary for peace.”

A police officer, a left-wing militant and a child dies during a raid to a in Istanbul. Clashes lasted for six hours. Minister of Interior Atalay said the operation was planned.

The long-awaited statement by the US President on 24 April left Turkish politicians dissatisfied.

The youth union Genç-Sen pointed out that there are 2,433 children currently in prison.

In Hakkari, where people are protesting against operations against the DTP, one child has died, and a police officer violently beat another child with his rifle butt.

This article was written by bianet's Erhan Üstündağ on the day of Children's Festival, 23 April. It shows that hundreds of children are confronted with a much harsher side of the state, facing years of imprisonment.