The Prosecutor’s Office asked for life imprisonment for the four officials who are accused of torture and death of Engin Ceber. The prosecutor based his indictment on the European Human Rights Convention rather than the Turkish Penal Code.

York Duchess tapes secretly the inhumane conditions in the two Turkish rehabilitation centers where challenged children are also “cared”. Social services expert Karatay points to the lack of resources, although the mentality is slowly changing.

Professor Ahmet Insel says government’s stepping aside and letting the General Staff face the public and the media is not an acceptable behavior in democracies.

Alevi organizations, which do not agree with the principles of Sunni Islam, protest the mandatory religion courses in schools, taught in spite of the decisions of the European Human Rights Court and the State Council. The activity will continue until the schools open in September.

There have been four explosions or bombed attacks in Güngören and Üsküdar districts in Istanbul, Mersin and Izmir. Authorities and the media held the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) responsible for the attacks, but the PKK have not assumed any responsibility yet.

Beyoğlu Prosecutor Muzaffer Yalçın let go Nuray Canan Bezirgan and Kevser Çakır, who were accused of insulting Atatürk. He says not liking Atatürk will not diminish his value.

Rejecting the rexplosion reports against them, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) says they never support such acts against civilians. Non-governmental organizations, political parties and professional chambers protest the attack.

Following the Democratic Society Party and the Republican People’s Party, the Justice and Development Party introduces a bill that will make “sexual harassment” a crime not requiring a complaint.

The government insists on not removing the mandatory religion classes. According to Alevi leaders, AKP’s understanding of freedom of belief is limited with the requirements and wishes of its own constituency, the sunni community.

The head of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey evaluates the recent Ergenekon investigation and concludes that there is no reason to be overly optimistic and claim that this operation will result in Turkey’s democratization.

Acting irresponsibly, the media turns a sexual relation between two children into a rape by a woman of a boy.

Emphasizing the AKP closure case in its latest report, the European Council proposes that Turkey goes back to being monitored. The EU expert Aktar says “the reaction is not new, the relations with the EU are at the point of stalling.”