Just before the second hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial, lawyer Fethiye Cetin lists the hurdles the plaintiffs have faced in trying to ensure a transparent investigation and trial of all those involved in Dink's murder.

Diyarbakir Bar Association Tanrikulu says that soldiers only make confessions about their time in service when they are sure that the statute of limitations applies.

Adiyaman journalist and newspaper owner Haci Bogatekin faces a trial for criticising the state.

A retired army officer has published a book entitled "I have Seen Betrayal" in which he recounts incidents of the army abusing its position, creating fake battles and disguising soldiers as PKK militants.

Still perceived as a threat by the army and others, education in one's mothertongue is the right of children and benefits their development.

The Human Rights Association has reelected Hüsnü Öndül as its president in an extraordinaory general meeting.

General Basbug opposes education in their mothertongue for "some ethnic groups", but many military and other schools encourage education in a foreign language medium.

The domestic debate about whether there is a threat of Islamicisation in Turkey has been stoked by American comparisons of Turkey and Malaysia.

Journalist Sinan Kara has been acquitted in one trial under Article 301, but faces three more trials under 301 and 216. Kara has been to prison three times.

The maker of the controversial You Tube clip featuring pictures of murdered journalist Hrant Dink and his murder suspects has denied any intent to praise the murder.

In Sanliurfa Province, many children are still working in the fields; some schools have not received teachers.

On Saturday, 22 September, journalist Kasim Ciftci was shot dead in Van. It is not clear whether the murder is related to his profession.

Religious Education classes are currently compulsory, but they almost exclusively teach Sunni Islam.

The ECHR has awarded damages to a young man who was tortured while in detention in Diyarbakir in 2002.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has published a statement of assets on the Prime Ministerial Press Centre Website.

The Human Rights Association has published its first six-monthly report for 2007: 451 people are on trial.

Polish national Witek is said to have killed himself in detention; vital evidence in Okey case is "lost".

Türüt, a nationalist singer investigated for a song said to praise the murderers of journalist Hrant Dink, gave a statement at Sultanahmet law court yesterday.

President Gül has rejected comparisons of Turkey with Iran and Malaysia.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation publication "Gender Discussions in Turkey" offers a timely contribution to the discussion on feminism and religion.