The second indictment in the Ergenekon case, accepted by court, claims that the organisation planned to take over the PKK and HADEP, and that it had relations with the MLKP.

Dicle News Agency condemned the police action against their reporter, Abdurrahman Gök. He's accused of "making terrorist propaganda". Currently, four reporters of the agency are in prison.

Reporters without Borders has reported that Kurdish Journalist Surwan Omar was arrested on 17 March because he wrote an article about the abuse of authority.

Şırnak Bar Association chair Elçi says relatives of disappeared persons applied for support. Excavations for remains of alleged victims of extra-judicial killings in 1990s will continue in coming days. A former gendarme commander is under arrest.

Retired generals Tolon and Eruygur are accused of conspiring against the government in the 1909 page-long indictment. Journalist Dink's murder as well as a former general's diaries explaining coup plans and journalist Balbay's diaries are featured in the indictment.

Former Radikal journalist Perihan Mağden has been convicted of insulting Arif Şirin and singer İsmail Türüt in the media. She has said that she will appeal to the ECHR.

YARSAV President Eminağaoğlu has argued that the constitution speaks of “service to the country” and not military service, thus renewing discussions about conscientious objection. At the same time, the number of people demanding to pay instead of doing military service is steadily rising.

Günlük daily columnist Sarısözen and managing director Çiçekçi faces up to 7.5 years in prison for an article which discusses how and who makes "terrorist propaganda."

Latife Tekin questioned the improper acquisition of land at Mydos archeological site in Muğla, at a panel discussion and several men physically attacked her.

The Diyarbakır Chamber of Physicians has created a basic Kurdish guide for Turkish doctors sent on duty in the southeast of the country. The aim is to improve doctor-patient communication.

The prosecution investigating the death wells in Cizre has taken Temizöz, former JITEM commander in the area, into custody in Kayseri. According to former JİTEM member Aygan, Temizöz was involved in many extrajudicial killings.

Altun of the Socialist Labour Movement spoke with bianet about her impressions at the Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır. She said, “Most people are expecting peace.”

According to the human rights organization, 37 people died in prisons and 8 people died while under police custody. İHD chair Türkdoğan says, rights violations escalated.

Hakan Tahmaz, who interviewed a rebel PKK commander and daily Birgün, which published the article will be tried with "terrorist propaganda". Three people face 3 years in prison if convicted.

The Human Rights Association and the Saturday Mothers/People are worried that a blind eye is being turned to the tampering with evidence from the excavated “death wells”. They have called on President Gül to intervene.

300,000 people celebrated Newroz in Kazlıçeşme, Istanbul. In Diyarbakır, estimates of the crowd range from 75,000 to one million.

The Adana Radio station Dünya has been acquitted for the second time, after playing a Kurdish song had landed it in court.

MAZLUMDER, an association for human rights files a complaint on grounds that three people called for a military coup in a programme on local elections.

In 2008, 82 people were tried under Article 301, 44 under the Anti-Terrorist Law. Freedoms of press and expression have been damaged by political polarisation, the lack of a solution to the Kurdish issue and the intolerance of criticism.

The Newroz programme of the DTP starts in Urfa on 20 March and ends in Kars on 24 March. Kurdish musicians and politicians will take the stage.