Marking Conscientious Objection Day, pacifists staged a protest in front of a military site in Istanbul.

Colonel Öz, accused of negligence in not preventing the murder of journalist Hrant Dink, has denied any responsibility.

A US tourist and his mother identified as carrying the H1N1 virus. Other family members have also been quarantined.

According to a report by the Human Rights Foundation, 26 people died and 370 were injured during local elections in March.

The International Week of the Disappeared will be marked with a two-week programme in Turkey. Rights activists will form justice tribunal.

Although a criminal case against him was dropped, the Supreme Court has decreed for the second time that people can claim compensation from the writer.

Mersin Harbour workers who have been protesting against their dismissal 130 days ago, have been given their jobs back. Trade union members who were dismissed by the Red Crescent have won their court case.

Writer Demirer is on trial under Article 301 after the Minister of Justice approved his prosecution. He went to an administrative court to have the approval revoked.

Kılıç of the CHP has said that around 900 million Euros were collected in Germany in the last decade. He is asking where the money went.

According to Ass. Prof. Tunçel, 35 percent of villages in Turkey have had their names changed since 1940.

According to Ass. Prof. Yeğen, utterances by Minister of the Interior Atalay and PKK leader Karayılan are sending similar messages.

Peace activist, writer Tahmaz criticizes the recently announced "Under-secretariat of Public Order and Security," which would coordinate counter-terrorism activities. "Tightening the security won't solve the Kurdish issue, only political reforms could," he says.

Problems in employment and care giving pensions are going to be hardened as the state makes it harder to qualify for benefits. Bülent Küçükarslan explains.

The Contemporary Journalists’ Association (ÇGD) has called for the release of Aylin Duruoğlu, editor of the gazetevatan.com website.

Four lawyers, two of them members of the Human Rights Association, have been taken into police custody. Their office and homes have been searched.

The co-chair of the DTP said, “The public wants an end to violence. We are ready to meet the government on the path towards a solution.”

Lawyer Danış Beştaş has called Gül’s comments on the Kurdish question “positive”. In Prague, Gül had called the Kurdish question "Turkey’s priority".

At the court building where the Güngören trial started, relatives of the victims wanted to lynch the defendants. The accused have claimed their innocence.

Disabled representative Küçükarslan says that a change in health report regulations mean fewer people are counted as disabled.

At the latest Ergenekon hearing, five defendants were released from detention. Küçük has been questioned in relation to the Malatya murders.