The Anarchist Bloc members protested the deaths at Tuzla Shipyards at Taksim Square. Police did not let them march to Galatasaray with their flags, banners and symbolic sandbags.

Turkish citizens of Georgian origin protested the occupation of Georgia by Russia at the Galatasaray Square in Istanbul. They announced that they were commemorating all the civilians died in this conflict.

Global Peace and Justice Coalition criticizes both superpowers, claiming they both do not remember what they have done in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya.

300 hundred people, among them many academicians, jurists, rights defenders, artists and journalists, made a declaration regarding deepening the Ergenekon investigation. They invite everyone who wants to live in a clean society to do the same.

Medvedev and Saakaşvilli agreed to pull their troops back to the positions before the war. However, the Russian tanks entered the town of Gori. Russia denies the allegation.

The court presented to the defense lawyers the attachment to the Ergenekon indictment. The file covers personal and secret communication, including the ones between the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Prime Ministry.

Leader of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party Front (DHKP-C) Dursun Karataş died at 56 in Holland from cancer.

İHD’s Diyarbakır branch exposes the insults and threats Ahmet Kırboğa was subjected to during his transfer to another prison. They demand investigation of human rights violations in Bitlis, Siirt, Erzurum prisons.

Turkish Peace Assembly is inviting everyone to its “Turkey Is Meeting For Peace! Democratic Solution For The Kurdish Problem” meeting on August 31, to be held simultaneously in Diyarbakır, Adana and Istanbul.

President of the Russian Federation Medvedev said they ended the operation to force Georgians to peace. Russians want Georgia to sign a nonaggression document.

Another accident takes place in Tuzla shipyards. This time it happens when the employers decide to use workers instead of sandbags to test their newly produced lifeboat.

Following the attacks by the Turkish forces, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) blew up an army truck, killing nine and injuring 2.

The court seized the copies of daily Birgün for Tahmaz’s interview of a Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) administrator, Murat Karayılan. The accusation is “giving place to the explanations and announcements of a terrorist organization.”

Police officer Muhittin Zenit, who was on the agenda after Dink’s murder for the telephone conversation he had with one of the conspirators of the murder, Erhan Tuncel, is suing bianet.org and the NTV news channel for damages.

Istanbul Governor said that the authorities investigated whether or not the target of the explosives was the army barracks. The commander of the First Army said the explosives did not hit the military facilities.

New information shows that former governor Erol Çakır was business partners with Ergenekon accused Veli Küçük and that there was a meeting of high level commanders in 2003 to discuss what to do to save the country.

Istanbul Police Department described the shooting by police officer Mustafa Atasoy of Cem İnci, while walking, as a gun misfired during an argument between the two. However, it did not explain why the same police officer prevented others with his gun when they tried to help the victim.

Georgian army attacked the town of Tskhivali under the control of the South Osettian militants fighting for independence. Russia called the UN Security Council to an emergency meeting.

Democratic Society Party deputy Akın Birdal brought the topic of keeping files on people to the Parliament. He asked Interior Minister Beşir Atalay questions about the matter.

Their lawyers objected to the arrest of Hüseyin Türeli, media’s “Güngören bomber”, and the four other individuals with him. The objection may be resolved by the next week.