Burcu Ballıktaş

Women board members of the Ankara University Political Science Alumni Association visited KESK women at Sincan L Type Prison.

Turkey Peace Parliament organized a press conference and criticized the sentences given to Peace Group members came from Khabur in 2009.

The Freedom for Journalists organized a demonstration in Ankara with their demands to "release detained journalists from prison" and "amend laws that restrict press freedom and freedom of expression.

In Ankara, protests against a ten percent increase in public transport fees continue. Hundreds of members of professional organizations, trade unions, political parties and students boycotted public transport vehicles for one hour on 7 January.