256 sick convicts, 106 of whom are severely ill, are waiting for their release from prison, according to the 2011 report of the Human Rights Foundation. Especially prisoners in eastern and south-eastern regions are continuously exposed to rights violations.

According to a survey made with children who were forced to immigrate to the cities of Diyarbakır and Istanbul, violence is an omnipresent part of their lives and constitutes the most influential factor for crime.

Reporters Without Borders criticized the application of the internet filtering system in Turkey and also the access bans to many sites. Even though the list of banned words was described as "laughable" it still constitutes a restriction of freedoms, RSF warned.

Yunus Aysu, found guilty by Turkish courts of membership in the Hizbullah, won his case at the European Court of Human Rights. The Turkish government is to pay € 19,000 in compensation on the grounds of multiple violations of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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.

The trial regarding the Sivas massacre was closed by prescription in line with the request of the prosecutor. Thousands of people gathered in front of the courthouse and demanded to accept the massacre as a crime against humanity and hence not to drop procedures.

The National Intelligence Agency report that revealed to be part of the indictment of the Revolutionary Headquarters Trial links several socialist parties, organizations and lawyers to the illegal organization. Lawyer Kanar announced to file a complaint against the prosecutor and court members who accepted the report.

Four defendants of the Oda TV case were released pending trial: Journalists Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık and Odat TV writers Çoşkun Musluk and Sail Çakır. Şık and Şener presented their defence at the 12 March hearing.

CHP Deputy Şafak Pavey was bestowed one of the International Women of Courage Awards. The prize giving ceremony in Washington DC was hosted by Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton.

"We are not the 82nd province, we are the house owner" was the messages conveyed by students from Northern Cyprus studying in Ankara. They criticized Minister Bağış's statement that Northern Cyprus could be connected to Turkey.

Thousands of women took the streets of Istanbul on the International Women's Day meeting to call for the end of violence against women, for making their labour visible and to give an end to taking women into custody and arrest.

The Malatya Military Court claimed that decisions of the ECHR regarding conscientious objection could also be applied to domestic law in the scope of Article 90 of the Constitution. This landmark ruling was the result of the trial against conscientious objector Delice.