The investigation into "espionage and blackmailing in the military" will be taken to court in April. Allegedly, a criminal organization within the military illegally obtained a huge amount of classified information to be sold to foreign governments, the indictment states.

The offices of the People's Daily newspaper, the Democratic Peoples Association and the home of members of the Democratic Peoples Federation in seven provinces and counties were raided by the police. 23 people were taken into custody, among them two journalists.

Students of the Mersin University were exposed to police violence even before they started a protest action they had planned prior to the campus visit of President Gül. 42 students were taken into police custody.

Former referee Dinçdağ opened a trial against the Turkish Football Federation because he was kicked out of the referee staff when it turned out that Dinçdağ is homosexual. The federation claimed that "persons exempt from military service cannot be appointed as referees".

A local court of Devrek followed the decision of the Court of Appeals and dropped procedures against journalist Tığ. The owner of the Local News daily had been sued by former Devrek District Governor Tapsız.

Despite legal changes in the Anti-Terror Law, 75 children were taken into custody during last week. 55 of them were arrested and imprisoned. Amnesty International launched a campaign for children who became victims of the Anti-Terror Law.

A research by the Turkish Medical Association revealed that the remains of 1,469 people were found in 114 mass graves so far, the real figure may exceed these numbers by far. The association is concerned about the obscuring of evidence during the excavations.

The book "The Return to Life Operation, from the ward to the cell" about the correspondent police operation and Turkish F Type Prisons was banned in certain prisons because it "might encourage convicts to death fasts".

The Court of Appeals quashed the 21-year prison sentence of journalist Kılıç, former chief editor of the Kurdish Azadiya Welat newspaper. Journalist Kutal from the same daily was sentenced to 10 months in jail. DİHA reporter Çetin is facing up to 5 years behind bars.

The people of Cyprus demonstrate for a "Military-free Nicosia" once a year since 2006. In this year's event, they reiterated their call for a military-free and united city of Nicosia and island of Cyprus.

Members of the Women Solidarity Foundation and the FeministBiz group claimed that Prof. Çeker committed a criminal offence by saying that women provoke rape and sexual abuse with their clothes. The women took legal action against the academic.

University students in Istanbul reiterated the demand for education in the mother language on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day. One student gave a symbolic Kurdish lesson next to the campus of the Yıldız Technical University.

The documents that were found on the Oda TV computers and lead to the arrest of three employees of the news portal were placed into the Oda TV files by hackers, the joint attorneys of the journalists say.

The Court of Appeals Public Prosecution demanded to overturn the 166.5-year prison sentence received by journalists Kurşun, former executive of the Azadiya Welat newspaper. The Court of Appeals will announce its decision on 2 March.

Publisher and journalist Ragıp Zarakolu was awarded with the Hagop Meghabart Medal of Honour Lifetime Achievement Award from Armenia. Zarakolu is the first laureate of the prize from Turkey.

Journalists Soner Yalçın, Barış Pehlivan and Barış Terkoğlu were arrested and detained in an Istanbul prison on 18 February. The employees of the Oda TV news portal are alleged of "membership of a terrorist organization. Their colleague Ayhan Bozkurt was released.

Four years after the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink, the Istanbul 10th Administrative Court handed down a TL 100,000 fine in compensation to the Ministry of the Interior on the grounds that the police failed to protect Dink.

The 2010 report of the Committee to Protect Journalists criticized punishments handed down to Turkish journalists on the grounds of their reports about the Kurdish question or the Ergenekon case. The report also drew attention to the slow procedures of the Dink murder case.

Forensic medicine expert Prof. Fincancı stressed the need for an international commission to supervise the excavation of mass graves. "Forensic procedures were neglected", she said. Lawyer Tanay announced to file a complaint against the officials involved.

The four administrators of the OdaTV.com news portal are still in custody after the raid on their homes and office earlier this week. Turkish journalists organizations and the Human Rights Association criticized the operation as an attempt to silence dissident voices.