Two people were sentenced to jail on charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization" due to letters sent by imprisoned friends found at their homes. A further six people were convicted of allegations of "membership in an illegal organization" in the same context.

The six students tried in the scope of an event on International Women's Day remain in prison. Hatice Harman is involved in the case because she carried the picture of her deceased daughter during the event. Relatives of the defendants encountered tear gas inside the court house.

Teachers in Van took the street to protest the handling of the aftermath of the two major earthquakes that hit the region in October and November 2011. They drew attention to the still very bad situation of earthquake victims and to the persistent problem of housing.

Former Chief of General Staff Başbuğ was arrested after he gave his statement in the context of the Internet Memorandum trial. For the first time in Turkish history, a military official formerly on duty at the Presidency of the General Staff Presidency was imprisoned.

Evren and Şahinkaya, masterminds behind the 1980 military coup, are facing life sentences on charges of "changing the constitution by force".

23 students were taken into police custody in the course of unrests on the Istanbul University Beyazıt Campus on 2 February. Hayat TV news centre editor Cem Şimşek is among the people in custody.

Umut Bahçeci is demanding justice for his brother İsmail, who disappeared 17 years ago. Despite strong evidence pointing his was, former police chief Mehmet Ağar is still held exempt from investigation.

TTB and KESK organized a one-day strike and a mass demonstration in Istanbul. Government's health reform and lack of progress on workers' rights were targeted.

The trial regarding the "I've had enough" 2010 agenda of Metis was continued on 30 November. The case was opened on 26 November 2010 because the calendar allegedly denigrated religious values.

The children profile of the internet filtering system enforced on 22 November banned access to all web sites related to the theory of evolution and to naturalist Charles Darwin.

"The future cannot be jailed" is the title of a newspaper issued on 26 November by students affiliated with the Turkish Communist Party. It aims at reminding more than 500 students who are currently detained in Turkish prisons that they are not alone.

Eğitim-Sen drew attention to constantly worsening working conditions of teachers in Turkey on the national Teachers' Day on 24 November. Arbitrary appointments, low salaries and an extensive workload were criticized as the reasons for a low quality education.

At the hearing of the Revolutionary Headquarters trial, defendants Bozkurt, Aydın and Erdoğan were removed from the courtroom when they refused to be tried in the same room with former Chief of Police Avcı. None of the defendants was released by the end of the hearing at 10.25 pm.

Turkey ranks on 92nd position among 187 countries in this year's International Human Development Index by the UNDP. Norway is on top of the least, Congo brings up the rear.

The Higher Education Council was protested by students one week prior to the 30th anniversary of the institution. Students in Ankara called the council an outcome of the 1980 military coup and demanded its closure.

Six defendants of the Lighthouse Association trial were released on 21 October, among them former RTÜK President Zahid Akman and Kanal 7 Steering Board Chair Zekeriya Karaman.

Members of the Genç-Sen Students Youth Union protested against the closure decision of their union in Istanbul on 5 October. The union announced to bring their legal struggle as far as the European Court of Human Rights if necessary.

According to a study by the Contemporary Lawyers Association conducted in five prisons in north-western Turkey, 89 high school and university students are currently being detained in five prisons in the region.

Kürkçü attended the opening of the parliament wearing a "Ten Red Carnations" badge in remembrance of his comrades that were killed in Kızıldere. After taking his oath Kürkçü put his right hand onto the "Ten Red Carnations" badge on his left chest.

An agreement on oil and gas exploration facilities on the continental shelf signed between Turkey and Northern Cyprus caused a new peak in tensions between Greece and Turkey. Greece does not accept the agreement. Drilling work in South Cyprus is going on.