The Initiative for Freedom of Thinking of Ankara demanded resignation of Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Şahin for declaring Temel Demirer guilty under article 301 before he was even tried.

The Federation of the Alevi Bektashi Associations files a criminal complaint against the newspapers of Zaman, Yeni Şafak, Vakit and the Turkish State Television for publishing biased news against the Alevis regarding their “equal citizenship” meeting.

Hülya Tanrıöver of Women’s Media Observation Group (MEDİZ) urges for a more responsible news making in the case of rape incidents, so that the reader can be directed towards thinking about the social and legal dimensions of such incidents.

Kurdish politician Elçi is hopeful that the discussion of the Kurdish problem in the media will dispel the prejudices. Sancar urges for unrestricted free discussion as the first condition of the solution.

The court acquitted program producer Barış Pehlivan and torture witness Nurettin Yılmaz for the torture interview aired in CNN Türk.

The other three students who were taken into custody with their five other friends by the Adana police for protesting the Adana Governor have been released. They were threatened while in custody.

A Human Rights meeting to which institutions from other countries were invited too has been cancelled. The reason may be State Minister Çiçek’s objection to Denmark’s participation in the meeting because of their allowing of the pro-Kurdish Roj TV in their country.

The TRT8 of the Turkish State Television will start broadcasting in Kurdish on January 1. But no regulation explaining how this will be done exists yet.

Alınak, who is known for calling people to civil disobedience when he was the provincial head of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Kars, will face the possibility of prison twice in five months. He is accused of praising crime and provoking people not to obey the laws.

The eight high school student were taken into custody for protesting the Adana Governor for threatening words against the families of the children who participate in the protest meetings. The three students are still in custody.

The Global Peace and Justice Coalition (Global BAK) has demanded removal of Minister of Defense Vecdi Gönül for presenting the minorities living in Turkey as the enemy.

Although he denies the allegations of torture regarding the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish Worker Party, Abdullah Öcalan, he says they will give the necessary permission to sent a parliamentary group to the Imrali Prison where he is, if the Parliament makes such a request.

Dr. Aktar discusses Defense Minister’s statement that “If the Greeks and the Armenians had stayed, today’s nation would not come into existence.” While agreeing with the minister's conclusion, Aktar emphasizes the same cannot be forced upon the Kurds.

The newspapers are furious over the Prime Minister’s decision not to renew the accreditation cards of some of the journalists for not doing objective journalism. Some newspapers such as Evrensel refuse to assign new reporters.

Ahmet Ersin, a member of the Human Rights Commission of the Parliament (TBMM), says the investigations about the Hrant Dink murder, the Priest Santoro murder, the massacre of the three Protestants in Malatya are restricted to catching those who pulled the trigger, but not exposing those who are behind them.

In the investigation launched upon the complaint of convict Selahattin İşmen in the Ferikli Prison of Sakarya province, five prison officers have been arrested.

The Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People (MAZLUMDER) takes Minister of Defense Vecdi Gönül to court for his words that justify ethnic discrimination.

After writer Temel Demirer, the Minister of Justice granted permission for the prosecution of the ten university students under article 301 for protesting the prison operations of 2000, too. Demirer will face the court tomorrow, the ten students on November 19.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sentenced Turkey to pay 41 thousand euro for trying to intimidate former Adana prosecutor Sacit Kayasu for trying to prosecute general Kenan Evren, architect of the September 12 Military Coup.

Transsexual Dilek İnce, who was killed by a gun shot in Ankara, was interred by family and friends. The members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite and Transsexual (LGBTT) Rights Platform marched to the Prime Ministry to protest the killing.