After dispersing their panel by force, the police did not let the women march on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, either. The women protested the intervention in front of the police barricades.

The Democratic Women’s Movement held a press release to announce the campaign they would launch for the November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Female students of Uludağ University held a similar press release to point out to the same sort of violence in the universities.

Minister of Justice announced that if imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan wanted to make use of his rights, then he should stop the PKK.

The November 25 Women’s Platform organized an exhibition composed of objects symbolizing and the pictures showing the violence against women, but the exhibition was ended by a sudden and violent police intervention.

The Prosecutor’s Office asked for life imprisonment for the four officials who are accused of torture and death of Engin Ceber. The prosecutor based his indictment on the European Human Rights Convention rather than the Turkish Penal Code.

The Turkish Journalists Union (TGS) and its member Sultan Özer of daily Günlük Evrensel take Prime Ministry’s accreditation ban against some journalists to court.

A lawsuit against the four people who participated in an activity to protest what happened to the conscientious objector Bal has been filed under article 318 for “alienating people from the military service”.

Kemal Aytaç, one of the lawyers for weekly Agos, Armenian-Turkish newspaper, demanded resignation of Hakkı Yalçınkaya, judge for the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of Şişli, Istanbul, or his removal.

Creationist Adnan Oktar gets the internet site nacizanebilgi.com shut down on the grounds that he was insulted. He is asking for 4000 euro for damages.

The 3rd High Criminal Court of Malatya is questioning the possibility of connection between the Ergenekon case and the Malatya massacre of the three Protestants. The court will also question the possibility of police neglect.

Convict Sevcan Atak sent a letter to the Human Rights Association (IHD) from Karataş Closed Women Prison about the rights violations in the prison. The IHD plans to take this matter to the Adana Bar and the Parliament.

The case about the killing of Ahmet Kaymaz and his twelve year old son Uğur Kaymaz has been waiting at the Supreme Court of Appeals for twenty months. The lawyer of the family says the culture of no-punishment dominates the human rights violations.

The police officer A.Y. was arrested for shooting Soner Çankal in Ankara. According to the witnesses, the police officer shot Çankal in the head after he was caught. But the police department said the officer was just defending himself.

The Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the decision that sentenced columnist Altemur Kılıç to make a compensation payment to the Prime Minister for calling him “reckless bully”, but he could not make use of the decision because of technicality.

The court puts a ban on publishing news about Ergenekon Suspect Veli Küçük and his friends to protect their private lives and prevent the use of their defense in the media.

The Initiative for Freedom of Thinking of Ankara demanded resignation of Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Şahin for declaring Temel Demirer guilty under article 301 before he was even tried.

The Federation of the Alevi Bektashi Associations files a criminal complaint against the newspapers of Zaman, Yeni Şafak, Vakit and the Turkish State Television for publishing biased news against the Alevis regarding their “equal citizenship” meeting.

Hülya Tanrıöver of Women’s Media Observation Group (MEDİZ) urges for a more responsible news making in the case of rape incidents, so that the reader can be directed towards thinking about the social and legal dimensions of such incidents.

Kurdish politician Elçi is hopeful that the discussion of the Kurdish problem in the media will dispel the prejudices. Sancar urges for unrestricted free discussion as the first condition of the solution.

The court acquitted program producer Barış Pehlivan and torture witness Nurettin Yılmaz for the torture interview aired in CNN Türk.