The owner of the Munzur Haber and lawyer Aygun is standing trial for giving a speech about the students who petitioned to receive education in their mother tongues. He had been acquitted before in a similar trial.

Anchor Gundogdu of Adana local station Radyo Dunya was detained and will stand trial for quoting a statement from imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. She is charged with separatist broadcasts, and affiliation with illegal organization.

Human rights activists compiled a voluminous book out of regulations that limit the freedom of thought. The Initiative Against Crimes of Thought, who made the study said: There is much more to be done until we can say thought is no longer a crime!

Milli Gazetes former writer Albayrak was sent to the Kalecik Prison after an appeals court upheld the 15 months of prison sentece handed to him for insulting Ataturk. Albayrak will remain in prison for five months.

Gun TV broadcasted a Kurdish film with Turkish subtitles for the first time. TVs chair Dogan said they broadcasted the program as an individual broadcast, and said RTUK has still not responded to their request to broadcast a Kurdish cultural program.

Kalan Muzik sent the video clip of Kurdish Mirkut song to national TVs. When none broadcasted the clip, it placed announcements on 8 newspapers. People, whose mother tongue is Kurdish, do not have access to their own cultural elements, said Okcu.

Kara, former owner of the Datca Haber newspaper, who filmed Datcas local official as he was swimming, will stand trial on May 11. He who has served in prison twice before and who faces 15 days in prison, called on his colleagues to attend the hearing.

The gendarme report in the case against DIHA reporter Hakan, disproves the police statements. Hakans camera was seized as he was covering a protest, and he was charged for being a runaway activist. Police had said, Hakan had no camera with him.

The constitutional amendments toward annulling DGMs do not give hope to jurists. CHD head Sensoy said, everything will stay the same as long as laws stay the same. According to Baskan from the Istanbul Bar, republic is under threat.

Journalist Yildiz who has been standing trial for the last three years for writing about a book called, Mehmeds Book, by Nadire Mater, was acquitted at the third trial. The journalist was being charged with insulting the armed forces of the state.

An appeals court upheld the 15-month prison sentence handed to Albayrak of daily Milli Gazete, in line with the law to protect Ataturk. The court wanted the same prison sentence, handed to editor-in-chief Terzi, to be commuted to a fine.

RTUK ordered a program on CNN Turk off the air for once, for violating advertising rules. ATV was handed a penalty for hurting the development of the youth with the program A to Z with Esra Ceyhan. RTUK handed TGRT and Show TV three warnings each.

With the order of the RTUK, Malatyas Gunes TV had stopped broadcasts on March 30. Now, 11 days before its penalty is over, the television will be able to begin broadcasts in line with the courts decision.

Tascilar, head of the web hosting company Urfa.Net, was fined to pay damages because of an article published. The court is saying that the article had been written by Tascilar. He, on the other hand, is saying that the expert report is not objective.

According to a survey conducted among 223 journalists, almost all interviewed are bothered by the Media-Politics-Money relationship. Thirty-three percent said they became journalists by coincidence; 44 percent said they wanted a different job

Communication School Dean Prof. Dr. Comak banned the Amigra magazine saying he did not understand the Kurdish and Armenian articles. He said he took this decision so that education is not harmed.

RTUK ordered ART TV off the air for 30 days for playing Kurdish songs, which, experts say, were love songs. The case was brought to DGM. Board head Dagtekin asked who benefitted from such cases.

A Turkish court handed Ozgur Radyo and its chief coordinator Fusun Erdogan a fine of 4 billion Turkish lira for broadcasting over the Internet despite a RTUK order. The court postponed the fine. The defense will appeal the case.

The new law bans writing about the trial process too, says Bilge. We are mostly dealing with cases that are in the process of being investigated or cases that are going on, adds Yucel. They both object to the new Press Law draft.

No information can be published before the trial is completed, said TGC head Erinc. The article envisages censorship. CGD deputy head Zeyrek said a judge could order the confiscation of newspapers based on article 312 of TCK and article 7 of TMY.