Journalist Perihan Mağden, who was on trial for her article in support of the conscientious objection, has been acquitted. She says it is only in Turkey and Azerbaijan where the conscientious objection is still not recognized.

Daily Yeniçağ attacks distinguished journalist Doğan Özgüden for receiving an award for his fiftieth year in the profession and the Turkish Journalist Association for giving it.

Journalist Sultan Özer finds out that her accreditation was cancelled for absenteeism after eight years of service, though this announcement does not silence the reactions.

After dispersing their panel by force, the police did not let the women march on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, either. The women protested the intervention in front of the police barricades.

The Democratic Women’s Movement held a press release to announce the campaign they would launch for the November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Female students of Uludağ University held a similar press release to point out to the same sort of violence in the universities.

Minister of Justice announced that if imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan wanted to make use of his rights, then he should stop the PKK.

The November 25 Women’s Platform organized an exhibition composed of objects symbolizing and the pictures showing the violence against women, but the exhibition was ended by a sudden and violent police intervention.

The Prosecutor’s Office asked for life imprisonment for the four officials who are accused of torture and death of Engin Ceber. The prosecutor based his indictment on the European Human Rights Convention rather than the Turkish Penal Code.

The Turkish Journalists Union (TGS) and its member Sultan Özer of daily Günlük Evrensel take Prime Ministry’s accreditation ban against some journalists to court.

A lawsuit against the four people who participated in an activity to protest what happened to the conscientious objector Bal has been filed under article 318 for “alienating people from the military service”.

Kemal Aytaç, one of the lawyers for weekly Agos, Armenian-Turkish newspaper, demanded resignation of Hakkı Yalçınkaya, judge for the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of Şişli, Istanbul, or his removal.

Creationist Adnan Oktar gets the internet site nacizanebilgi.com shut down on the grounds that he was insulted. He is asking for 4000 euro for damages.