Hayat TV, which was accused of aiding the pro-Kurdish Roj TV, is back to broadcasting after it resolved the bureaucratic problems encountered in the process.

There was an explosion in front of a municipality building in Üsküdar. Three people were injured. Police announced that there were four mortar fires.

Kurdish politician Mahmut Alınak is entering the prison for refusing to pay the fine he received for the crime of “praising the criminals Deniz Gezmiş, Musa Anter, Vedat Aydın, whose names he proposed to give to the streets and parks.

Ergin Cinmen, one of the lawyers of the Dink family in Hrant Dink’s murder case, demands that the prosecutors deepen the investigation of Hrant Dink’s murder using the finds in the Ergenekon case.

Lawyers of Hüseyin Türeli, who is in prison for the Güngören bombings, held a press release to point out the injustice and the torture to which their clients have been subjected so far.

Istanbul Police Department announce that they are going to file a lawsuit against the newspaper Radikal for carrying a story about Ogün Samast’s pictures taken by them. The reporter says he would be honored to be sued for this.

According to, Prime Ministry’s Human Rights Directorship, 7183 children were lost last year. Most of the incidents were in the cities with highest migration rates.

According to a telephone communication revealed by the Ergenekon investigation, there were two more individuals with Ogün Samast when he killed Hrant Dink and Yasin Hayal, the instigator of the murder, was a member of the Great Union Party at the time.

Youtube, the biggest global video sharing site, has been inaccessible for three months now. Another site, dailymotion.com, is banned, too.

Minister of Interior Beşir Atalay says the Güngören explosions are solved, but the lawyers of those arrested claim their clients are not the real perpetrators.

Leftist Platform consisting of various political parties and non-governmental organizations protested the Güngören explosions, blaming the government not going against the counter-guerilla mentality.

President Abdullah Gül approved the new promotions by the High Military Council (YAŞ). The new head of the General Staff is İlker Başbuğ. There were no expulsions this year.

Beyoğlu Prosecutor Muzaffer Yalçın let go Nuray Canan Bezirgan and Kevser Çakır, who were accused of insulting Atatürk. He says not liking Atatürk will not diminish his value.

Various organizations and political parties make a press release regarding the escalation of violence in Turkey. According to them, Güngören and Kerkük incidents are the result of different counter-guerilla groups settling scores internally.

Nearly all the political parties, except the People’s Republican Party, describe the decision as pleasing for the democratization of Turkey.

Co-chairperson of the Greens Party Ümit Şahin says they are pleased with the decision to keep the Justice and Development Party (AKP)open, but now the AKP is obligated to democratize the political arena so that no parties are closed anymore

Speaking following the decision of the Constitutional Court, President of the Justice and Development Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to emphasize that they are not anti-secular, but on the contrary, their road is Atatürk’s road.

Nine people are taken into custody in connection with the Güngören explosions. Police is questioning them.

The sabotage acts on freedom of expression sites antenna-tr.org and ortakpayda.org, both of which are IFEX members, are taken to the court.

The Constitutional Court did not close the Justice and Development Party (AKP), but cut its share of the Treasury Aid by half. Six members voted for its closing, four members for cutting the Treasury Aid and president of the court Haşim Kılıç voted against closing it.