17 July 2003 Thursday
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Joint Statement by US-TR Fact Finding TeamThe US side noted the Turkish concerns related to the kind of treatment its military personnel were subjected to during the ...... -
Singer Tunc FreedSinger Tunc is released. The other artists, singer Rojin and stand-up showman Batki, who performed in the same festival, are sentenced ......
15 July 2003 Tuesday
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Intellectuals Call For a General Amnesty121 Turkish intellectuals, of whom 12 of whom are women, including Yurdatapan, Kanar, Öndul, Kurkcu, Kocali, Kemal, Kaplan, Duran, Zarakolu called ......
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Honor Killings in TurkeyLast month a woman named Semse Allak was buried in a corner of a municipal cemetery here. She, unmarried and pregnant, ......
11 July 2003 Friday
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A Tougher Future for EmigrantsSituation for immigrants in Germany becomes even more difficult as the Federal Assembly ratifies The Immigration Draft Bill, which was previously ......
10 July 2003 Thursday
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Intellectuals Protest Arrest of SingerTurkeys prominent intellectuals protest the arrest of folk singer Ferhat Tunc. The musician has fallen victim to baseless slanders, told artists, ......
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Turks Are Uninformed of What The US KnowsTurkish media is focused on the broken national pride in the arrest of 11 Turkish Special Force troops in Qirquq. Yet ......
09 July 2003 Wednesday
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Folk Singer Tunc ArrestedHuman rights activist folk singer Ferhat Tunc is arrested under southeastern Dogubeyazit local court decision in the southwestern district of Milas ......
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What Were Turkish Soldiers Doing in Iraq?ODP vice chair Turkmen said: Turkish public remains uninformed of on the issue of what Turkish soldiers are doing in Suleymaniye. ......
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Deep State VS. U.S. IntelligenceWhy were the Turkish forces there, asked engineer Mater about the detentions in northern Iraq. The US acted before the Turkish ......
07 July 2003 Monday
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5 Television Stations Suspended For 1 MounthRSF has called on RTUK to rescind the one-month suspension it imposed on 5 television stations. RTÜK accuses the television stations ......
27 June 2003 Friday
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Reforms are Good But...Reforms are good but we need to see the effects,said Kretschmer, the European Union Commissionsrepresentative to Turkey, who visited the waterpurification ......
25 June 2003 Wednesday
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Allak, who was Stoned to Death, was BuriedThe local women were always by Semses side at the hospital. Women from especiall Ka-mer who supported Allak financially and psychologically ......
24 June 2003 Tuesday
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Implementing EU reforms?Implementing EU reforms? Istanbul - Raziye Yesil (30), housewife: I have not been searched. I don't know anything about ......
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Campaign for Rape Victim GunduzOMCT is gravely concerned for the psychological and physical integrity of Ms. Gündüz and calls on the government of Turkey to ......
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The Paranoia of a State Scared of ColorsThe actors and actresses protested the seizure of a fly swatter used in a theatre play Gavara during a culture festival ......
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Council of State to Decide on KurdishLawyer Ilkiz said TRTs application to cancel the RTUK ordinance was far from seriousness. The ordinance violates the Constitution, we also ......
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Article 159 Remains Always a Serious ThreatThe public prosecutor claims a prison term of up to six years against Özgüden and Karaca, for the articles that they ......
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RTUK Suspends a Radio for Kurdish BroadcastsRTUK ordered Radio Dunya off the air for a month for broadcasting a program in Kurdish. Ozic said the recent reforms ......
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One out of 70 Mosques in Turkey is in KocaeliThere are 838 mosques as opposed to 496 schools in Kocaeli. 612 of the mosques are in villages. In Kandira, there ......
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Police Rapes and Threatens Kurdish ActivistGulbahar Gunduz, who was kidnapped and raped by four men who said they were police officers was threatened not to be ......
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Joint Declaration between ONED and YBH YouthUnited Democrats and the Patriotic Unity Movement YBH respectively, have met in Nicosia on the 30th of May 2003 to discuss ......
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WPFC Concerned About Journalist ÖzgünThe charges stem from Özgüns 1998 new trial petition in which he accused security forces of brutality in southeastern Anatolia and ......
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Cyprus - Retrieving the PastTurkish Cypriot family finds old friends in hitherto off-limits southern Cyprus. Ioannou, the young Greek Cypriot soldier, had risked his life ......
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Joining the Army Cant Liberate WomenThe purpose of military service is to kill, said journalist Guncikan; according to writer Asena military service is slavery. Student BK ......
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Kurds Will Always Aspire for A StateBruinessen says The Kurds have always had the idea of a Kurdish State. According to him Iraqi Kurds had no choice ......
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All Defendants Freed in Child Rape TrialLawyer Yalcindag, Human Rights Association chair, criticized the court decision to free 22 defendants charged with raping 13-year-old N.C., pending the ......
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Regs. Lacks on Sexual Crimes Against WomenLawyer Keskin said the amendments to the Turkish Penal Code about sexual torture and rape, were inadequate. Criticizing the fact that ......
23 June 2003 Monday
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A Kurdish MP Leyla Zana in PrisonWiPC, International PEN campaigns on the imprisonment of the Kurdish politician Zana, whose case the WiPC has recently adopted, having established ......
18 June 2003 Wednesday
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A Stone in the Eye Of Brute ForceNebahat Akkoc, a Kurdish primary school teacher, convinced that the road to peace begins at home, formed Women Center Ka-Mer. Her ......
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Kara Sentenced to a Year in Prison, FinedKara, who stood trial for five separate cases, was sentenced to a year in prison. The court also handed Kara a ......
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BIA Local Media Report 2002: Arrests, AttacksAccording to a report by BIAs Legal Branch; 2 journalists were arrested in 2002, 21 are still being tried, and 12 ......
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Turkey - Media 2002 From RSFDespite the announcement of democratic reforms prosecutions for beliefs and opinions are still systematically and severely punished by virtue of a ......
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Police has Raided IHD Center and BranchesPolice confiscated a number of confidential files and computers of Human Rights Association, some of which contain information on human rights ......
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Media- 2002 in Turkey From CPJ ReportThe number of journalists imprisoned in Turkey has steadily dropped in recent years - 13 were in jail at years end, ......
13 June 2003 Friday
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Displaced Persons in the Caucasus and TurkeyU.S. Representative Cardin and Human Rights Watch Turkey Researcher Jonathan Sugden on the occasion of the U.S. Commission on Security and ......
06 May 2003 Tuesday
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Repeal Criminal Defamation and Insult LawsHelsinki Commission urges Countries to repeal Criminal Defamation & Insult Laws. Theyre actively used against those who criticize their governments in ......
05 May 2003 Monday
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Generals Money Goes to Jailed JournalistsFormer army chief of staff gives up any idea of appeal in lawsuit over predator photo. The court ordered Gen. Kivrikoglu ......
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Police is Responsible if Something Happens.In 1996, policemen, who claimed his daughter had escaped to the mountains, raped Kaze Ozlu with sticks. Ozlu took his case ......
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Case Against Articles Against the FlowBaskaya is being sued for his book Articles Against the Flow, on grounds of article 159/1 of the Turkish Penal Code. ......
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They Respond to Peoples Grief with GunsElci, a housewife in Bingol cannot understand the polices harsh reaction toward the people. The people could even revolt. Do they ......
01 May 2003 Thursday
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Turkeys Kurds Look to AnkaraTurkeys Kurds and particularly the Kurdish guerrillas, contrary to Ankaras nightmares have apparently distanced themselves from the emergent Kurdish administration in ......
30 April 2003 Wednesday
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Turkey Celebrates 1st of MayThe traditional outdoor rally will take place in the Caglayan Square where trade union leaders will address participants from unions, left ......
29 April 2003 Tuesday
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Local Radio Tried for Airing Kurdish SongsBroadcast Editor of Adanas local Radyo Dunya Ozic is tried for airing a program in Kurdish, titled Kurdish Language and Literature. ......
28 April 2003 Monday
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Children Die in Land Mine ExplosionsHuman Rights Associations Diyarbakir branch revealed that 24 people died and 45 injured from landmine explosions and other leftover explosives between ......
25 April 2003 Friday
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A Historical Step in CyprusWalter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has called the opening of the Green Line for citizens from both ......
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Human Rights Situation Poor Report SaysDevelopments have not been positive in the implementation of human rights and particularly of preventing torture, in the first quarter of ......
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Situation of the Media in the North CyprusThree forms of political terror,no one `responsible`, political terror, `part of life`, laws concerning the media in the North, two journalists ......
24 April 2003 Thursday
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Kurdish Journalist Released After Nine YearsHasan Özgün, a reporter with the pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem, was released on 21 April 2003 after more than nine years ......
21 April 2003 Monday
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Court Trying the Womens Slang DictionaryA Turkish court tried writer Bingolce and publisher Sokmen of the Womens Slang Dictionary, for writing and publishing an obscene book. ......
18 April 2003 Friday
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Keep Up The Struggle Against War!Coordination Against War in Iraq urges keeping up the struggle against United States aggression. US is not a force that can ......
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Democracy Depends on Armys Influence!MGK may not become civilian unless Turkeys militarist structure changes, says political scientist and writer Gerger. He says improvements in human ......
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Protest against illegal power plantTekeköy inhabitants took to the streets to protest against the mobile power plant. Three were arrested. Recently started to operate on ......
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Chief Prosecutor Rejects Objections by PoliceTurkeys chief prosecutor rejected a demand by the six police officers sentenced for torturing teenagers in the Manisa Trial, to overturn ......
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Journalist Kara Stands Trial for Five CasesKara, the owner of the newspaper Datca News, stood trial for 5 cases. The prosecutor demanded Karas acquittal in the case ......
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Is Iraq our Enemy?Law specialists question Turkish governments decision to provide logisitical support to the US forces fighting in Iraq. Is Iraq our enemy, ......
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Blood Donation Campaign for Iraqi CiviliansNilufer district mayor Bozbey launches blood donation campaign for Iraqi war victims. Local representatives from various political parties join the campaign. ......
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Supporting Womens LeadershipSupporting Womens Leadership in Turkeys Local Development, project is launched in Diyarbakır. The project includes, production facilities, childcare centers and training ......
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Powells Kiss Draws Turkey in The CoalitionTurkey is positioning itself alongside the aggressor with an eye to readjusting its economic policies with the US aid, reacts Sami ......
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Patriarch Moutafian: US War is WrongGregorian Patriarch Moutafian remarks that they do not consider United States attack on Iraq as just. Visiting Iskenderun for Easter preparations ......
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Women at Peace Point Every EveningSince one week women stage silent sit-ins by Taksim Metro entrance against the occupation and bombing of Iraq. They will be ......
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Anti-War Protests over The WeekendPeace activists took to the streets in Istanbul, Ankara, Adana, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Van, Bartin, Nigde...Flying balloons in the air, sending letters ......
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Is a Kurdish State The End of The World?How will the Turkish army prevent the establishment of a federal Kurdish state for which the word of US is sufficient? ......
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Open Letter to the American PeopleWe hope that you can stop a second Vietnam war before it is too late and many innocent people are killed. ......
09 April 2003 Wednesday
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Iraklı Kızkardeşlerle Bin Kadın BuluşmasıKadınlar, Iraklı kızkardeşleriyle dayanışmak üzere 5 Nisan Cumartesi günü saat 15.00-17.00 arası Taksim Gezi Parkında buluşacak. İki saat sürecek etkinlikte beyaz ......
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12 Yaşındaki N.Ç, Reha Muhtarın Elinde Mi?Mardinde aralarında üst düzey kamu görevlisinin de olduğu iki yüz erkeğe pazarlanan 12 yaşındaki N.Ç.ye destek olmak için Mardine giden kadınlar, ......
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Delikanlı KadınlarMolped reklamı ile ilk defa üstü örtük özel günler deşifre oldu. Deşifre olmakla da kalmadı, kapalı mekanlardan ya da gündelik hayatla ......
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Kadınlar ve Yoksullukla MücadeleKadın ailenin barınma, beslenme, eğitim ve sağlık gereksinimlerini sağlayabilmek için yaşamı ucuza getirmenin yollarını ararken ağır fiziksel ve ruhsal bedeller ödeme ......
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Ölmeye Yatmakta Cinsellik ve Olmayan TrajediDar Zamanlar üçlemesinin ilk kitabı olan Ölmeye Yatmak, cinselliğini ulusal ideallerle bastırmak zorunda kalan Cumhuriyet kadınının sesini bugünlere taşıyan bir roman. ......
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Konferanstan Koordinasyon ÇıktıKurtuluşumuzu Örgütleyelim Konferansı, Adana, Antalya, Mersin, İstanbul, İzmir, Ankara, Diyarbakır ve Bursadan iki yüzün aşkın kadının katılımıyla gerçekleşti. Konferansın sonunda, bir ......
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Kadına Yönelik Şiddette Kriminal SoruşturmaAdli Tıp Enstitüsünün düzenlediği Kadına Yönelik Şiddette Kriminal Soruşturma başlıklı konferansa Birleşmiş Milletler adına Kosovada görev yapan uluslararası savcı Michael E. ......
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Kurultay KatılımcılarıKurultaya Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Balıkesir, Batman, Bursa, Çanakkale, Diyarbakır, İstanbul, İzmir, İzmit, Mardin ve Mersinden 53 kadın grubu katıldı. ...
03 April 2003 Thursday
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Boycott US and British GoodsMunicipal and Public Service Workers Union has called for boycott of US and British goods. Unions chair Cinar called for not ......
01 April 2003 Tuesday
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Turkish Presence in N. Iraq is IllegalTurkeys sending troops into northern Iraq would be the same as the US intervention in Iraq, said Prof. Uskul. It could ......
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Court Rejects to Release Former DEP LawmakersThe Ankara DGM rejected a request to withdraw the judge and release defendants. The witnesses did not attend the trial saying ......
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Children Against The WarChildren, their mothers and women gathered in Istanbuls Taksim Square on Saturday, to voice their opposition to the war. Flew their ......
31 March 2003 Monday
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Doubts Haunt Turkeys Kurds of The FutureIt is almost assured that Bush Jr. will desert the Kurds for a fourth time, after 1918, 1975 and 1991, should ......
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Anti-war Actions Spread Across The CountryThe week closes as anti-war actions extend across the country, in many cities where public protests are unusual anti-war activism gathers ......
27 March 2003 Thursday
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Everywhere Baghdad, All of Us Iraqis!5 thousand people held an anti-war demonstration in Istanbul, calling for an end to bombing in Iraq and for humanitarian aid ......
26 March 2003 Wednesday
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HRW: Avoid Past Violations in Northern IraqTurkey needs to be taking precautionary steps today, to make sure its troops dont commit repeat violations in any operations it ......
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Message from a Human Shield in BaghdadThe first day of bombing was quite eventful and difficult. Two days ago a bomb dropped from an American plane hit ......
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Kurds Worried of Turkish MilitarySeemingly, a clash with KDP and PUK forces will be inevitable should the Turkish army enters in Northern Iraq,. They will ......
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Emergency Health Measures on The BorderTurkey deploys 102 health workers and physicians to the Iraqi border area. A mobile hospital is set up. Medical supplies from ......
25 March 2003 Tuesday
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Unionists Call for General Strike on Mar. 27Unions and NGOs declare March 27 an action day for peace. Iraqi children are dying, let us not send our children ......
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Turkey is US Trigger-Puller, Unpaid SoldierPolitical scientist Gerger said Turkey was a partner of the US in its war crimes. Gerger said. Turkey has become an ......
24 March 2003 Monday
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Thousands Protest War in IraqThousands of people protested the U.S. -led attack on Iraq. U.S., take your hands off the Middle East, Make Peace not ......
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Protesters Against the Motion Hit the StreetsAnti-war protesters warned Turkish leaders and called on the parliament and the government not to get Turkey involved in a crime ......
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Turkey and IraqTurkey has brought its own troops into a state of preparedness, both to keep Iraqi refugees out and pre-empt a Kurdish ......
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Academics Say No to War25 academics from Turkey in their letters to the President, the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Turkish Parliament, demanded ......
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TUBAKKOM Pushes for Gender EqualityTUBAKKOM was established to push for gender equality in Turkish laws and to maintain swift implementation of laws. On with the ......
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No War Preparation in MardinWe will take shelter in caves if there is a chemical attack, said Mardin mayor Tutasi. The U.S. troops have rented ......
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A Candlelit Peace Cry from Mis SokakTurkali sings Hiroshima, a cry against the war in the silence of the candles. In Ankara, Izmir, Bodrum and Assos... New ......
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Lawmakers Favor National InterestsI am against the US, but I dont think a new motion will be rejected, said AKP lawmaker Caliskan. Lawmakers Ozcan, ......
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Civilian Inspections at S. Gokcen AirportPeace activists held a protest in Sabiha Gokcen Airport rented by the US as an airbase in the war on Iraq. ......
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Turkey: Say No to War!Peace Initiative/Turkey calls Turkish deputies to keep their present stand for peace as Washington pressure for providing access to US land ......
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2 Good News for Ocalan, 2 Bad News for KurdsEuropean Human Rights Court has unanimously decided that the EHRC judges accepted PKK leader Ocalans application against his condemnation after an ......
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US Peace Activist Appeal To Turkish Assembly37 anti-war activists including known acedemics, writers and journalists appealed to Turkish Parlimanet in order to stand firm on the motion ......
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Peace Initiative Brings Suit Against the GovtPeace Initiative has taken legal action against the AKP government in two seperate suits. They demand the cancellation of the Memorandum ......
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AKPs WomenAKPs program on women is much more advanced and radical than CHPs. Im only in doubt because I dont know if ......
14 March 2003 Friday
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Greenpeace: US Go HomeGreenpeace activists chained themselves to the truck they brought into the port of Iskenderun on the Mediterrenian, where the US military ......
