Prosecutor Aydın has filed an appeal against the court ruling that dismissed the request to start an investigation regarding the coup allegations in Adm. Örnek’s diaries, as claimed by Alper Görmüş, the former chief editor of the periodical Nokta.

The legal practitioners are in agreement in their verdict that the Constitutional Court has exceeded its authority, while some say that there is nothing surprising about the decision.

Uras argues that if the Parliament cannot manage this crisis, it will develop into “a regime crisis” and a widely supported new constitution is the only solution.

The Judges and Prosecutors Association says, “This subject needs to be explained legally. Both the Ministry of Justice and the Telecommunications Directorate are liable. The monitoring allegations are a serious violation of human rights.”

Chief of General Staff Gen. Büyükanıt criticizes those countries which he claims are helping PKK and declares that Turkey is a secular state. He recommends a global perspective to solve the problem of terror.

The Constitutional Court revokes the headscarf amendment by the ruling party with a vote of nine to two. While the opposition is pleased with the decision, the ruling party says that they need to see the justification of the decision.

Following the police protection he was given, Prof. Dr. Baskın Oran, one of the leading figures in defense of the minority and cultural rights, has now received a death threat from the Turkish Revenge Brigade.

Dikili mayor Osman Özgüven is on trial for “misconduct in office” after providing free water for the people of Dikili. The trial adjourned. Mayor Özgüven says “Municipalities are not businesses.”

New camera images show two other people at the murder scene, suspected to be lookouts. Although one and a half years passed, their identities have still not been determined yet.

According to lawyer Akif Kurtuluş, every citizen can file a complaint against Police Department’s monitoring activities authorized by the courts.

The Chamber of Environment Engineers (ÇMO) organizes a series of activities to support Dikili mayor Osman Özgüven, who is on trial for making the drinking water free for Dikili people.

Turkey announces that it will sign Kyoto and therefore will reduce its gas emissions from 1.3% down to the required 0.5%.

Two more gendarmerie officials repeated the same statement of the petty officers Şimşek and Şahin, indicating a high level involvement or negligence.

A Turkish court's decision to disband a human rights organization defending lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people shows that official repression poses a serious threat to democratic rights and freedom of association, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Peace Meeting had one banner: “Democratic solution to the Kurdish problem.” The speakers asked for immediate change in Kurdish policies, replacement of them with an approach that gives equal participation to Kurdish people, identity and culture.

According to the agreement between the Public Services Employees Union and Dikili municipality, the International Women’s Day, May Day and the Resistance of 15-16 June will be paid holidays. The wages will increase by 25% in the first year.

Halil Savda, a conscientious objector, who is in jail for supporting other conscientious objectors, is also sentenced to five months for supporting the Israeli conscientious objectors.

Tilila, one of the first shelters for women victims of violence, highlights the contradictions persisting in the Moroccan judicial system.

Factories in Egypt are now a battle front for the workers' rights movement that began in December 2006. Most of these events were led or initiated by women. They say “We don't want anything of the sort [feminist demands], we just want to have a good salary and a decent life for both of us, women and men.”

Ten-year conflict between armed Islamists and the civil army continue victimizing Algerian women in extreme ways. The violence of Islamists started in 1992, when Algerians discovered the use of punitive raids against women.