The secret witness in Dink’s murder trial says there were two more people together with Ogün Samast and Osman Hayal at the murder scene. He identifies the third person as Yasin Hayal and claimes that he shot Dink from behind.

Sibel Bulut, editor of weekly Atılım, who was facing the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, will now face the High Criminal Court for publishing an article about the leaders of the revolutionary movement in 70s, Deniz Gezmiş, Mahir Çayan and İbrahim Kaypakkaya.

Quarterly Freedom Of Expression Monitoring Report by BIA observes: 116 individuals, 77 of them journalists, were tried in 73 different cases for their opinions and reporting rights violations by the state. 36 of them were tried under article 301. Crimes against journalists go unpunished and military based censorship is increasing.

The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) corroborates the report by the General Staff regarding the Aktütün assault that there was no neglect, but denies that they were not successful.

Eight university students are sued under article 301 for protesting the President of the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK). While they are accused of shouting slogans against the gendarmerie, they claim they were using their democratic right to protest.

Holland based Press Now and the IPS Communication Foundation are working together to educate 25 reporter candidates from 15 different cities at the Local Gay-Lesbian Reporter Network Education in Eskişehir.

Minister of State Nimet Çubukçu says they will object to the report that led to the release of Üzmez, writer for daily Vakit, who was accused of sexually abusing a fourteen-year-old girl.

Halil Ç., slained youth’s friend, who was with him at the time of the shooting, says the same police officer threatened to shoot him, too. Alevite Culture Associations describe the incident as a murder.

Writer Cezmi Ersöz was acquitted of the charge of “alienating people from the military service” through his article that appeared in weekly Leman. A similar lawsuit was filed against three people protesting the bad treatment and torture against conscientious objector Mehmet Bal.

Ufuk Uras, deputy for the Freedom and Solidarity Party, says the process of solving the Kurdish Problem does not have to wait for laying down the weapons.

The Human Rights Association (İHD) protest the use of violence against children who take part in the activities protesting the bad treatment against Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned leader of the PKK.

The court sentenced publisher Ali Rıza Vural of Doz Publishing to “doing propaganda work for the Kurdish Workers Party” by publishing Hasan Bildirici’s novel that used the words “Kurd” and “Kurdish People.”

The court finally makes it possible to look into Colonel Öz's neglect in Hrant Dink’s murder.

Adnan Oktar, the "Creationist" preacher upon whose claims of personal humiliation many internet sites have been closed by court decision, threatens Bianet too: “Articles by two academics dmages my personal dignity. Lift these orwe will have you banned like Richard Dawkin’s site.” There is no insult, so we are not removing the article!

In Antalya, a police officer shot a youth of eighteen years for not obeying the stop warning. Suspending the police officer, the Antalya Police Department has launched an investigation.

The Diyarbakır Court lifted the ban on blogger.com, one of the biggest blog services in the internet, four days later, until all the evidence is collected.

After transsexual singer Bülent Ersoy, writer Cezmi Ersöz is also sued for writing a story that allegedly alienates people from military service. Both Ersoy and Ersöz will appear before court on October 30.

Journalists Vatandaş and Belek of opposition newspaper Evrensel receive prison sentences for publishing a declaration by the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK).

Commander of the 2nd Army Koşaner announced that the Armed Forces had no fault in the Aktütün assault of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), in which 17 soldiers were killed. Koşaner repeated the claim that the pictures that appeared in the media were incorrect.

After Youtube.com, Wordpress and Googe Groups, now a well-known blog service blogger.com has been banned in Turkey. No change seems to be coming in internet censorship.