According to a report by the Initiative for Women’s Labour and Employment, women continue to be exploited in domestic and outside work.

A 26-year-old has been arrested for the murder of Melek, a member of the Pink Life LGBTT Association. This is only the latest in a spate of murders affecting the LGBTT community.

At a basic journalism seminar in Thrace, local journalists discussed the independence of journalists, correct reporting, photo reporting and creative journalism.

At the ninth hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial, triggerman suspect Samast proved uncooperative. Requests by joint attorneys to call high-ranking security officers or merge trials have yet again been rejected.

An Ankara court rules to refer the case to the ongoing Ergenekon trial. One judge had lost his life when a gunmen raided the Council of State in 2006.

More than 200 people gathered before the court hearing in Beşiktaş. They once again demanded investigations into allegations of involvement against state and security officials.

Lawyer Muharrem Erbey of Diyarbakır’s Human Rights Association says that the DTP members arrested do not know what they are being accused of. More than 250 people are said to have been detained, and around 80 arrested.

Hundreds followed the call of the 7th Package Initiative and protested against the government and the economic crisis in Taksim Square.

President Talat’s party has lost the general elections in Northern Cyprus, while the National Unity Party has made a return.

An Istanbul court has ordered the arrest of six professors, a member of the ÇYDD association and a businessman.

Following the detention of 53 party members, including three co-chairs, the DTP made a press statement in Galatasaray in protest.

The selective accreditation system of the Turkish Armed Forces means that several media organs are excluded from their public events, including the recent annual evaluation speech of Chief of Staff İlker Başbuğ.