Youtube, the biggest global video sharing site, has been inaccessible for three months now. Another site, dailymotion.com, is banned, too.

Leftist Platform consisting of various political parties and non-governmental organizations protested the Güngören explosions, blaming the government not going against the counter-guerilla mentality.

Beyoğlu Prosecutor Muzaffer Yalçın let go Nuray Canan Bezirgan and Kevser Çakır, who were accused of insulting Atatürk. He says not liking Atatürk will not diminish his value.

Various organizations and political parties make a press release regarding the escalation of violence in Turkey. According to them, Güngören and Kerkük incidents are the result of different counter-guerilla groups settling scores internally.

The sabotage acts on freedom of expression sites antenna-tr.org and ortakpayda.org, both of which are IFEX members, are taken to the court.

In the Ergenekon indictment, the assaults on the State Council and daily Cumhuriyet, the murders of Hrant Dink and Necip Hablemitoğlu, and the Malatya Massacre take big place.

Chief Editor of daily Star Mustafa Karaalioğlu is sued for criticizing the “turban” (headscarf) decision of the Constitutional Court. He is accused of “inciting hatred and hostility”, “insulting” and “instigating others to commit crime”.

Non-governmental organizations, professional organizations and many more people gathered in front of Galatasaray High School in Istanbul to support Hayat TV, which was shut down unjustly and suddenly a while ago

Parliamentary Human Rights Subcommittee accuses the security units of the state for not taking the necessary steps to prevent Hrant Dink’s murder in its report. It points out to the lack of communication between the institutions.

Lawyers of the Dink family are getting ready to go to the European Human Rights Court (EHRC) for Istanbul police chief Celalettin Cerrah’s possible role in Hrant Dink’s murder.

The government insists on not removing the mandatory religion classes. According to Alevi leaders, AKP’s understanding of freedom of belief is limited with the requirements and wishes of its own constituency, the sunni community.

Those Political parties and non-governmental organizations that are against coups are getting together to organize a demonstration in Ankara. Speaking for the coalition, Yasemin Göksu, an artist, says, “They will be at Ankara to say ‘do not touch the Parliament, politics, democracy and my freedom’”

Lawyers of the Dink family in Hrant Dink’s murder case insist that not only Colonel Ali Öz, Captain Metin Yıldız and four other gendarmerie officials from Trabzon Gendarmerie, but all of the officials who could not prevent te murder should be prosecuted.

Istanbul Regional Administrative Court decided there was no need to investigate Chief of Istanbul Police Department Celalettin Cerrah and his subordinates for their role in Hrant Dink’s role.

Colonel Ali Öz, the key figure in Hrant Dink’s murder case, who is accused of not taking seriously the intelligence reports about Dink’s assassination, does not remember anything.

Ahmet Türk became the new president of the Democratic Society Party. He asked for the recognition of the Kurdish identity, their mother tongues and democratic autonomy.

According to the BİA Media Monitoring Report for April-May-June 2008 shows that there is a clear increase in freedom of expression violation cases.

Inspectors from Ministry of Justice demand permission to launch an investigation against Colonel Ali Öz and six other Gendarmerie officials. Dink’s lawyer insist that they should be allowed to see the report.

The police officers who beat up and insulted transsexual Esmeray in June 2007 for passing by the front of the station will be tried for the crime of “simple bashing and insulting.”

Britain based Hayat TV channel's broadcasting is cut for charges of separatism. General Director Çubukçu rebuffs the charges as a political move. Çubukçu vows to resume broadcast through staunch legal struggle.