The 24th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial was held on 10 January. The court president announced to possibly give a decision at the coming hearing on 17 January, two days prior to the 5th anniversary of the journalist's assassination.

Upon the initiative of the Alternative Communication Association, more than a hundred academics launched a signature campaign against applying the disputed internet filtering system at universities.

According to the EU states' Joint Framework Decision on the denial of genocide, the denial of the Armenian genocide can be considered a crime in 26 countries. French President Sarkozy wants the decision to be valid in the whole EU.

The Human Rights Association Istanbul Branch Prisons Commission launched a campaign for the closure of F type prisons due to unhealthy conditions and rights violations. The list of prohibitions for convicts of aggravated life sentences is long.

The second issue of the Prisoners Gazette will be available on 10 January. The newspaper was prepared by 43 detained journalists, two journalists released from prison and two guest writers.

Gendarmerie Colonel Güney, Deputy Commander of the Gülyazı Border Regiment, was deposed from office related to the Uludere massacre in south-eastern Turkey. Five people were arrested because of an alleged attack against the district governor.

The Peoples' Democratic Congress started a three-month series of weekly protests against the widely criticized Uludere operation. Protestors gathered in Istanbul and Ankara on Saturday. Also the Peace Initiatives in Istanbul called for peace and a clarification of the incident.

According to data collected by bianet, 14 women in Turkey were killed by men in December 2011. 24 women were injured, 15 women raped and 16 harassed. In total, 259 women were killed by male culprits in Turkey in 2011.

12 bar associations carried out a probe into the Uludere attack and announced, "Strong evidence suggests that the incident happened intentionally. The attitude of the authorities led to an emotional offence against the people in the region".

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.

Journalist Şık, detained defendant of the Oda TV trial, said in his defence speech that his book "The Imam's Army" was investigated by the very people he described in the book. Şık claimed to be in jail because of his journalistic work and did not request his release.

On the day of the 8th hearing of the Oda TV trial, representatives of the Freedom for Journalists Platform called for fair trial procedures in accordance with the law and urged for an end of the detention of the indicted journalists.