After PKK attacks that left 24 soldiers dead, a cross-border operation to Iraq was launched. According to Yüksekova Haber reporter Dara, even though the clashes did not spill into the city centre people in Hakkari are extremely concerned.

University student Morsümbül who spent his childhood at the meetings of the Saturday Mothers and visits at the Bayrampaşa Prison was taken into police custody because he demanded free education. He was told in custody, "We might 'lose' you just as we 'lost' your uncle".

A total of 24 soldiers were killed in eight separate attacks in Çukurova and Yüksekova early this morning. Ten soldiers were wounded.

The court decided to bring Altan Tan, deputy of the pro-Kurdish BDP, to court on compulsion. He is facing more than 23 years in jail. "One day, these prosecutors will be ashamed like the prosecutors of 12 September", Tan told bianet.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, criticized that lengthy trial procedures and periods of detention bestowed a privilege on police officers against the defendants of these trials.

A civil police officer and two of her relatives allegedly attacked two young persons who were talking about justice in a public metro bus in Istanbul on 14 October. The assailants put forward pretexts of "harassment" and "sex".

Bostancı, Vice President of the commission, said that applications of "violence in same-sex relations or unions have to be considered as well". The Human Rights Investigation Commission consists of 21 people including its latest member Independent MP Kürkçü.

Defendants of the "Internet Memorandum" trial claimed that the internet sites subject to the proceedings were being operated according to a directive of the National Security Council that was signed by Prime Minister Erdoğan.

Laid-off worker Kaya was not able to open a trial against her dismissal because she could not pay the advance fee according to the new law. The ÇHD Lawyers Association applied to the State Council for annulling the law since "it abolished the right to access to the judiciary".

Conscientious objector İnan Süver stopped his hunger strike after 39 days. He stopped his protest when he got to know that he was going to be transferred to the Gülhane Military Medical Academy.

An application to obtain information about Hüseyin Toraman who "got lost" in police custody 20 years ago brought the prosecution to launch a preliminary investigation into the whereabouts of Toraman. The file will become time-barred on 27 October.

The two-day meeting of the Congress Initiative in Ankara was attended by 800 delegates from 20 regions. Moreover, many members of political parties, non-governmental organizations and trade unions joined the congress.