The Van Military Court asked for the document appeared in daily Taraf about the Dağlıca ambush. Ramazn Yüce’s lawyer is pleased with the decision, as it supports their case.

Elmaaltshift.com has launched a protest campaign against the latest internet banning of the sites such as youtube, dailymotion, and many others. The campaign will last until the midnight of August 20.

Administrators of the Human Rights Association’s Adana Branch get into an argument with police officers during a search. One of the activists is pushed down the stairs and his arm is broken. İHD wants those responsible be punished.

The Tuzla workers think the training they are receiving will not solve the problem, since the problem is not the lack of training, but forcing the workers to the limits beyond their capacity. Even with the training, they still have to do what their employer says, since they will lose their jobs.

Accused Mustafa Karataş for the murder of Pippa Bacca, the Italian artist and peace activist, will face life sentence without parole. Bicca was hitchhiking from Milan to Tel Aviv for peace in the Middle East.

Ergenekon suspect Veli Küçük’s personal organizer includes interesting notes about Major Ahmet Cem Ersever’s murder, but no questions have been asked him about them.

Bianet interviews figures of different opinion regarding Kurdish problem on the 24th year of PKK's declaration of war. CHP deputy Serter advises sticking to the same method, while writer Orhan Miroğlu urges for recognition of Kursih identity, and human rights activist Ayhan Bilen insists on facing up the past.

Mehmet Ali Avcı joins among conscientious objectionists with a public statement to refuse military service at the Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association. Refusing military service is still a crime in Turkey

Science Education Esthetic Culture Art Researches Foundation (BEKSAV) launches a two day activity called “Ergenekon Valley”, which intends to shed light on past and not so past massacres, pogroms, murders of intellectuals in Turkey's past by using various art techniques.

Retired Colonel Arif Doğan and two unidentified individuals were apprehended in connection with the Ergenekon investigation and various weapons and 280 hand grenades were seized.

According to the European Union expert Dr. Cengiz Aktar, Turkey missed a great opportunity to work together with the EU in the Georgian conflict, since the people in Ankara could not see Turkey’s advantageous position.

The censorship against the internet sites is continuing in Turkey. After youtube.com and dailymotion, not the sites of kliptube and gundemonline.com are banned, too.

The Anarchist Bloc members protested the deaths at Tuzla Shipyards at Taksim Square. Police did not let them march to Galatasaray with their flags, banners and symbolic sandbags.

Turkish citizens of Georgian origin protested the occupation of Georgia by Russia at the Galatasaray Square in Istanbul. They announced that they were commemorating all the civilians died in this conflict.

Global Peace and Justice Coalition criticizes both superpowers, claiming they both do not remember what they have done in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya.

300 hundred people, among them many academicians, jurists, rights defenders, artists and journalists, made a declaration regarding deepening the Ergenekon investigation. They invite everyone who wants to live in a clean society to do the same.

Medvedev and Saakaşvilli agreed to pull their troops back to the positions before the war. However, the Russian tanks entered the town of Gori. Russia denies the allegation.

The court presented to the defense lawyers the attachment to the Ergenekon indictment. The file covers personal and secret communication, including the ones between the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Prime Ministry.

Leader of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party Front (DHKP-C) Dursun Karataş died at 56 in Holland from cancer.

İHD’s Diyarbakır branch exposes the insults and threats Ahmet Kırboğa was subjected to during his transfer to another prison. They demand investigation of human rights violations in Bitlis, Siirt, Erzurum prisons.