Scores of people hit the streets across Turkey on Thursday and Friday to protest the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) policies toward Syria. The demonstrations against the prospect of a war with Syria saw broad participation from a wide range of non-governmental organizations ranging from professional chambers to human rights groups.

The Turkish Prime Ministry announced on Wednesday they had responded to the deadly cross-border shelling from Syria by immediately firing back on Syrian army positions. Parliament also passed a motion allowing the government to send troops abroad if necessary amidst a flurry of international responses.

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu stressed the need to establish a buffer zone to create a safe haven for refugees inside Syrian borders while speaking to the BBC on Friday. Davutoğlu, however, did not respond to a question about the fact that such a move could amount to a declaration of war.

With questions still lingering in the air about the exact nature of the Apaydın Syrian rebel camp in the southern province of Hatay following Foreign Minister Davutoğlu’s remarks, Abu Hussein, a commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA,) spoke to bianet about what goes on in the camp.

A U.S. citizen of Syrian descent who claimed to be one of the political leaders of the opposition movement in Syria expressed their gratitude both to the Turkish government, as well as to foreign Al-Qaeda militants for their contributions to the Free Syrian Army (FSA,) while speaking to bianet in the southern border province of Hatay.

After security forces denied opposition deputies access into the Apaydın Camp that hosts fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern border province of Hatay, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu issued a statement defending the status of the camp as a forbidden zone.

Security forces denied journalists and opposition deputies access into the Apaydın Camp which hosts fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern province of Hatay. FSA troops inside the camp did not even allow journalists to shoot photographs.

With a number of international reporters still missing in Syria, Turkish journalists Bünyamin Aygün and Serkan Ocak have cautioned that taking to the Arab country still poses major lethal risks. Veteran journalist Mete Çubukçu also noted that both sides of the conflict in Syria are now targeting journalists.

Turkey is excited, Turkey does not want to remain passive, Turkey wants to manipulate regional developments for its benefits. It supports, directs and manipulates the Syrian National Council. What is Turkey doing?

Representatives of the International Publishers Association (IPA) and PEN International who arrived in Turkey to monitor the ongoing Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) trial met with a dubious surprise when they found out their files pertaining to the investigation had been stolen from their car despite the presence of gendarmerie troops nearby.

French feminist organizations gathered in Paris on June 19 to show their support for Turkish women and their struggle against the Turkish government’s plans to ban abortion, as they chanted “Hands off abortion in Turkey.”

Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım said the United States has access to all information flowing from Turkish citizens due to companies like Google and Yahoo and announced the introduction of a national search engine instead, while Prof. Yaman Akdeniz questioned the wisdom behind such an initiative.

Since 1990, both Palestinians and Israel, decided to go through a peace process- presumably-aiming that it would bring about peace and stability to the region. Now, it has been almost 21 years since that decision, and the result is an abject failure.

The Turkish government closed down the Damascus Embassy and recalled the ambassador and other diplomats. The decision to shut the embassy down came right after a meeting of PM Erdoğan and President Obama. The consulate in Halep is still open.

The Journalists Association of Turkey condemned the attack on the office of the Zaman newspaper in Rotterdam on 19 March.

Almost no progress was made at the 13 March hearings concerning the international bestsellers "The Soft Machine" by William S. Burroughs and "Snuff" written by Chuck Palahniuk.

Anonymous got hold of four different databases of the Prime Ministry Telecommunication Association. On 12 February it was announced that the databases were hacked. The data was then published on Twitter by a user called 'Unnamed_Anarchy".

Journalism and rights organizations in Turkey and world-wide urged for the release of imprisoned journalists, called for the abrogation of the Anti-Terror Law, observed trial hearings and requested amendments regarding lengthy detention periods.

Swedish parliamentarians nominated arrested journalist, publisher, writer and human rights advocator Ragıp Zarakolu for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Turkey fell back ten places to number 148 in the 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index. According to the report of Reporters Without Borders, press freedom is in an even worse state in only 31 countries.