CHP Deputy Gök asked Justice Minister Ergin in a parliamentary question, "Are you aware of the violence experienced in the Ankara Sincan Prison?" The Contemporary Lawyers Association condemned the violent treatment of five women detainees in the Sincan prison.

Seven people on trial in relation to the incidents in Hopa in June this year were now acquitted of charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization". The remaining allegations put up against them will be handled by a different court.

30 out of a total of 34 people who were taken into police custody in the context of a KCK operation were now arrested on charges of "membership of a terrorist organization".

The protest movement against the NATO Missile Shield in Kürecik in south-eastern Turkey was supported by 500 people who attended a demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday. The next protest action is set for 2 October in Kürecik.

Based on the application of conscientious objector Ülke, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe urged Turkey to declare concrete steps to be taken by Turkey until December regarding the right to conscientious objection.

Fatoş Güney, widowed wife of film director Yılmaz Güney, criticized in her speech at the Adana Altın Koza Fim Festival that Güney's movies are still being banned from broadcasts on the Kurdish-language state channel TRT 6.

Several local associations established an initiative against the Early Warning Radar System as part of the missile shield planned to be installed in Malatya. The initiative's aim is not protest but to prevent the installation of the radar.

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.

A soldier and two village guards were killed in armed conflicts with the PKK in Van. An attack on a police team in Diyarbakır left one police officer dead. A total of twelve people died in armed clashes within the past four days.

TAK, an armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, assumed responsibility for the explosion of a minibus in Ankara on 20 September. Three people died in the blast.

The assailant who detonated a bomb in a minibus in Ankara on 20 September was reportedly filmed by public cameras. Three people died in the blast.

Two German citizens of an international delegation were taken into police custody in Van under allegations of "propaganda for a terrorist organization". The delegation visited Turkey in order to investigate a mass grave of 41 people including sociologist Andrea Wolf.

The International Crisis Group published a report on findings related to the Kurdish questions and proposals for a solution. The report emphasized that the problem has not and will not be solved by war and with military tactics.

An independent delegation joined by teaching staff, lawyers and physicians prepared a report on university students who were treated violently and arrested because they attended protest actions. The report revealed that violence is not being documented.

Hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers take up the hazardous journey to earn a living with the hazelnut harvest in Turkey. Veysi Altay had a close look at their sometimes desperate situation which is dominated by poverty and discrimination.

Court of Appeals Public Chief Prosecutor Erbil confirmed "organic ties" between the Democratic Society Congress and the Peace and Democracy Party. This may lead to a closure case for the Peace and Democracy Party.

Four women were killed and two injured in an attack on a vehicle right next to the Police Vocational School in the south-eastern city of Siirt. The assault was carried out with bazookas and long-barrelled weapons.

The Turkish Parliament made access to the LGBT sites of KaosGL and LambdaIstanbul more difficult. Due to the "family package" of the new internet filter, access is only admitted after filling in an online form and disclosing personal data.

Three people died in the course of an explosion that occurred in a minibus in Ankara on Tuesday. 34 people were wounded.

Tensions between Turkey and Southern Cyprus are fuelled by the dispute about oil and gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Dr. Cengiz Aktar from Bahçeşehir University evaluated the situation for bianet, including its legal and political background and its future potential.