The Supreme Court Chief Prosecutor presented his oral explanation and one more time he demands that the DTP should be closed. The DTP will present its oral defense on September 16.

The Ak Party deputy chairperson Fırat says that Atatürk's revolutions traumatized the society, although he adds that he does not say that the revolutions were god or bad. He blames the media for conducting a psychological warfare.

A German citizen child whose father is a political refuge was not allowed to enter Turkey since his name included previously banned W letter, although this law is not in effect any longer. The DTP submits a motion of question.

Due to Democratic Society Party’s (DTP) busy schedule, the Constitutional Court postpones DTP’s oral defense to September 16.

Dink’s lawyer Cinmen said that if the gendarmerie officials did not even know Hrant Dink before and this murder was not their concern, then anything can happen in Trabzon.

Two more witnesses in the Gendarmerie Neglect Trial in Trabzon say that they knew the murder. One of them added that it was not their concern since it was not a terrorist act.

Turkey is not one of hostile countries to the internet, but it has kept YouTube, the biggest video sharing site, inaccessible for two months because of insulting videos to Atatürk. The prosecutor says it is not enough to remove them from the Turkish database.

The new prosecutor in the Agos case says that the court verdicts can be critiqued as well and both Agos journalists, Aris Nalcı and Sarkis Seropyan, are acquitted.

Although the lawsuit was technically filed under article 159 of the old Penal Code, there is no question that as far as the mentality of the court is concerned, the publisher Zarakolu is sentenced under article 301. However, the court acquitted him for the crime of insulting Atatürk.

After petty officers Şimşek and Şahin, who are on trial for negligence in Dink’s murder, and Aslan and Erdoğan, whose statements were taken as witnesses, Captain Yıldız also says that Colonel Öz knew about Dink’s murder.

The union member who wrote about those dieing because of the mines Turkey planted, has been on trial for the crime of denigration according to article 301. However, the court is now waiting for the permission to prosecute as stated in the recent revision of the article.

The Human Rights Investigation Committee may look into conscientious objector Bal’s ordeal, either when petitioned by the victim or informed about the subject.

Mehmet Bal, who refuses completing his military service on the ground of being a conscientious objector, goes on hunger strike to protest the treatment and violence he has been subjected to in the hands of his captors.

The newspaper Vakit publishes an article in which gays and lesbians are addressed as perverts. Kaos Gay and Lesbian Organization sues the newspaper.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation organizes a panel about the freedom of expression in Turkey after the revision of article 301. Expressing different opinions, the participants agree that the revision has not pleased anyone.

Bal, a conscientious objector, is arrested for refusing to return to his unit. He was manhandled in the military detention facility where he spent the night. The Human Rights Association plans to protest the incident.

Malatya court held the seventh hearing of the trial of the murdered Protestants. The court tried to fix the inconsistencies in the statements of the defendants and introduced additional new charges. It also allowed the children of the victims to watch the trial.

The third hearing of the November 2005 Şemdinli Bombing was held on Friday. Lawyer Aslan is suspicious of some of the court proceedings that can be construed as attempts to help the defendants.

Prosecutor Aydın has filed an appeal against the court ruling that dismissed the request to start an investigation regarding the coup allegations in Adm. Örnek’s diaries, as claimed by Alper Görmüş, the former chief editor of the periodical Nokta.

The Judges and Prosecutors Association says, “This subject needs to be explained legally. Both the Ministry of Justice and the Telecommunications Directorate are liable. The monitoring allegations are a serious violation of human rights.”