According to lawyer Akif Kurtuluş, every citizen can file a complaint against Police Department’s monitoring activities authorized by the courts.

Two more gendarmerie officials repeated the same statement of the petty officers Şimşek and Şahin, indicating a high level involvement or negligence.

A Turkish court's decision to disband a human rights organization defending lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people shows that official repression poses a serious threat to democratic rights and freedom of association, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Peace Meeting had one banner: “Democratic solution to the Kurdish problem.” The speakers asked for immediate change in Kurdish policies, replacement of them with an approach that gives equal participation to Kurdish people, identity and culture.

Halil Savda, a conscientious objector, who is in jail for supporting other conscientious objectors, is also sentenced to five months for supporting the Israeli conscientious objectors.

The Peace Meeting will start at Kadıköy square at 12:00. The participants will gather in front of Tepe Nautilus. There will be a single message: “We want a democratic solution in the Kurdish problem, no more deaths, but solution.”

University students from Yüksekova start a signature campaign to support Erkan Çapraz of the Yüksekova Haber Newpaper to stop the pressure on him, which is preventing him to do his work as a journalist.

The Bank accounts of the Turkish branch of Amnesty International, which were frozen by Istanbul governor 17 months ago, are finally released. “Both our freedom of association and our right of property were violated”, says AI.

Amnesty International presents its yearly report. With the freedom of expression violations, the Dink murder, the Malatya massacre, the police violation and the like, the section of the report about Turkey paints a bleak picture.

The Prime Minister mentions that they allow for broadcasting in other languages, but Keser, the production director of a Kurdish broadcasting TV, says that there are too many restrictions to create a satisfying Kurdish TV atmosphere.

DTP elects Emine Ayna to head its group in the parliament. Speculations arise as to the meaning of this change. Ahmet Türk says nothing has changed, they continue working in solidarity.

The public prosecutor demanded punishment for Sarkis Seropyan and Aris Nalcı of the newspaper Agos. They are on trial for “obstructing proceedings for fair trial.” The lawyers say that there is no need for defense, since the decision has already been made.

Zihni Çakır, the author of books about secret operations within the state and the coups, is detained in Ankara for acquiring secret state documents.

Activist Eren Keskin was up against two trials for the same crime of “denigrating the Turkish military.” The previous one had ended in acquittal and the court decided that she could not be tried twice for the same crime.

A conversation about smoking turns into an article 301 investigation. A slogan using Bush is construed as denigrating the heads of the state.

Seven human rights organizations start a campaign for the removal of article 318, “the alienation of people from military service”. Close to a thousand people sign the declaration.

KEİG claims that the new employment law does not address the real issues that will change situation radically in women’s employment and redressing the unfair conditions for the women.

The European Parliament passes a report on Turkey. Although pleased with the imperfect 301 revision, it insists that major changes such as starting a development plan for southeastern Turkey should be implemented immediately.

Turkey is giving mixed signals regarding its intentions about the subject of cultural diversity. While not hurrying to ratify the Cultural Diversity Convention, it is also harassing the Kurdish speakers for their use of the letter W.

The Human Rights Presidency, a government body, declares that its committees will inspect the police and gendarmerie detention centers unannounced and they want at least one member of them to come from the non-governmental organizations.