The Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court accepted the Armenian Agos newspaper as joint plaintiff in the trial related to the "Cage Action Plan". Defendant Erakyol did not accept the charges pressed against him. Defendant Özsaraç denied the existence of the plan.

GAP Gündemi newspaper owner Polat was attacked by a group of people on his way home from work on Monday. The Turkish Journalists Association condemned the assault. Polat, at the same time AKP deputy provincial chair, was injured in his face.

Important changes have been made in the new version of the Anti-Terror Law. Children are tried at juvenile courts and stones do no longer account as weapons. Some anticipated increases of crimes and punishments will be lifted.

The Armenian Agos newspaper requests to be accepted as joint plaintiff for the case of the "Cage Action Plan" which targeted non-Muslim communities in Turkey. The trial will start at the Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court on15 June.

A Van court detained DİHA reporter Çiftçi and a further 10 people under charges of "connection to the KCK", the umbrella organization of the PKK. Cemil Akgül, a young man who protested the detentions, got severely injured on his head.

Gurbet Çakar, editorial manager of the Kurdish-Turkish women magazine Rengê Hevîya Jinê, has been in detention for three months. A Diyarbakır court decided to extend her detention for at least 20 days. She had previously been sentenced to more than three years in jail.

Yasin Yıldız received a three-year prison sentence for threatening the Armenian Agos newspaper via e-mail after the killing of Agos chief editor Dink. He was handed down another three months in jail for insult. This is the fifth positive decision for Agos.

GercekGundem.com website executive Yarkadaş was on trial because he had posted a reader comment allegedly constituting an "insult of the President". The court acquitted Yarkadaş, reasoning that he could not be held responsible for the content of the comment.

This year's training program "From the Classroom to the Newsroom" by the IPS Communication Foundation for graduates of communication faculties will be held from 10-17 July. The deadline for applications is on 15 June.

Data compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute reveals that there are 958,000 child workers in Turkey. Children rights advocator Fişek demands to increase primary education to 12 years and take women confined at home into employment.

Conscientious objector Aydemir was relaeased upon an "incapability report". His lawyer criticized that the legislation lacks provisions on conscientious objection. Turkey is one of three countries of the European Council that does not recognize the right to conscientious objection.

Author Mehmet Güler was sentenced to imprisonment of one year and three months under charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization" based on three fictional characters of his book "More difficult decisions than death". Publisher Zarakolu was acquitted.

Peace Mother Sultan Acıbuca was sentenced for her speeches for peace as if she was a member of the militant PKK. Acıbuca's "offences": condemning the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, attending events like the World Women Day etc.

Ahmet Türk, former co-chair of the dissolved Democratic Society Party, is tried because he spoke Kurdish in parliament on the International Mother Language Day. At the same time, he was acquitted in a case related to his appreciation of the proclamation of a PKK ceasefire.

Journalist Ilıcak received a monetary fine of TL 5,000 in compensation to be paid to judge Kaçmaz because of calling him"officious" in one of her articles. Author Behramoğlu stands trial for criticizing the Prime Minister on CNN Türk...

In the latest Ergenekon case hearing, about 20 joint attorneys of the Labour Party took off their gowns and left the court room in protest of the recent detention of Labour Party Deputy Chair Cengiz. Officer Şahbaz, tried in the second Ergenekon case, was released pending trial.

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously imposed a € 3,000 monetary fine on Turkey for the seizure of the book "Tarkan, the Star Phenomenon". Publisher Sapan will receive € 2,000 in compensation. The book features singer Tarkan as an example for an academic study.

Three members of the dissolved pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party received prison sentences of six months each by the Midyat Magistrate Criminal Court in south-eastern Turkey. The three defendants were found guilty of making election propaganda in Kurdish.

Akdeniz from Bilgi University and Altıparmak from Ankara University will appeal to the ban of certain Google services imposed by the Telecommunication Communication Presidency. bianet.org publication coordinator Kürkçü criticized the restrictions which directly harm the work of bianet. The Turkish Journalists Association and Reporters without Borders condemned the ban.

The court prosecutors demand prison sentences for journalist Mehmet Baransu on the grounds of his news about the "Aktütün" raid and for Koçali and Pekgöz from Günlük newspaper for their interview made in the headquarters of the PKK on Qandil Mountain.