14 March 2003 Friday
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Simulation at the Border, Activity at PortTroops from the 20th Armored Mechanized Brigade Commandership conducted a simulation at the Habur border gate. Six tanks passed into northern ......
13 March 2003 Thursday
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Who Lets USA Supports the InvasionThe U.S. troops are continuing their activities in Turkey. This is an invasion, said No to War in Iraq Coordination spokesmen ......
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116 University Professors Call For PeaceProfessors: second motion, before establishment of international lawful grounds for legitimacy of military action and putting internal and external pressures on ......
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How Many US Troops are in Iskenderun?CHP lawmaker Yazar asked the parliament: Who has the control over the Iskenderun port? Did you order the Americans to send ......
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ECHR: Ocalans Trial Was UnfairKerim Yildiz, Executive Director of KHRP, comments, We welcome the Courts judgment that Turkey has violated the European Convention on Human ......
11 March 2003 Tuesday
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Women Solidarity with Iraqi People on March 8On Womens Day, 8th of March women in Turkey voiced their demands for peace with music, drums, with purple, red, yellow, ......
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Turkey is Under Occupation!US is running opposite to the Turkish parliaments verdict by preparing to set up coordination headquarters in Mardin says constitutional analyst ......
07 March 2003 Friday
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Military Warns Iraqi Kurds for Worse...Despite deep concerns on Iraqs territorial disintegration, Ankara has reportedly considered a multi-ethnic equation for northern Iraq in which the Turkoman ......
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Army, AKP and Capital in Alliance for WarPolitical parties, peace Initiative,TIHV, TMMOB, and KESK spokespersons comment on the statement by the General Staff and for resubmitting the proposal ......
06 March 2003 Thursday
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War Preparations in BatmanU.S. officials visited the Batman hospital. Hospital director Kubba said they could meet the needs of the Americans if necessary. About ......
05 March 2003 Wednesday
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Turkey: Plans for Northern Iraq Raise ConcernHRW: Dont Repeat Civilian Killings and Displacement. If Turkish operations in Northern Iraq bear any resemblance to those in southeastern Turkey, ......
04 March 2003 Tuesday
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Limit to Another Motion is Political EthicsThe government could resubmit the motion as it is, but this would not be politically correct, says constitutional analyst Zafer Uskul. ......
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Rejecting IMF After the MotionThe same way it was no doomsday when the motion was rejected, the parliament should show the same courage for IMF ......
03 March 2003 Monday
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Parliament Gains Public ConfidencePeace Initiative says: We thank the members of the Parliament who displayed the dignity of taking this decision, there can be ......
27 February 2003 Thursday
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Child Rape TrialThe defendants, who are charged with raping the 12-year-old N.C., are being tried in closed-door hearings. Two women, who are accused ......
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TRT Cannot be Compared to BBCDuring the Communications Council, the Internet Commission called for the establishing of an Information Technology Ministry. There cant be public broadcasting ......
26 February 2003 Wednesday
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AI: Sexual Violence of Women in DetentionWomen in custody in Turkey risk being subjected to sexual violence by members of the state security forces, Amnesty International warned ......
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War Would Delay Turkeys EU MembershipA war in the Middle East could delay Turkeys candidacy negotiations with the EU, said EU-Turkey KPK head Lagendijk. The reforms ......
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What is going on in Iskenderun Dear Gul?Bar chair Kirik said the U.S. had created a de facto state in Iskenderun and announced that this exceeded the modernization ......
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Mission Order to DoctorsUnder the humanitarian aid operation, the Health Minister asked a group of doctors to be ready within 12 hours to go ......
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Turkey will Determine Middle East StabilityThere could be conflicts between Turkey and Iraqi Kurds, and Syria could become the next target, Syrian journalist Mahalli said. The ......
24 February 2003 Monday
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Lawyers Prevented from Visiting Ocalan AgainKurdish rebel leader Ocalans lawyers have not been able to see him in 12 weeks. Bad weather conditions is said to ......
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Constitution Calls for a U.N. ResolutionA parliamentary vote to allow foreign troops in Turkey or sending Turkish troops to a foreign country requires a U.N. resolution ......
20 February 2003 Thursday
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Turn the Lights Off for PeaceThe peace activists called on everyone to join the One Minute Darkness fore Peace action. The peace activists will be gathering ......
17 February 2003 Monday
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European Reaction on Özgüdens IndictmentAs Council of Europe was giving the case as an example of violation of freedom of expression in Turkey, Belgian Foreign ......
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ECHR Rejects Turkeys Islamic Party AppealThe European Court of Human Rights has delivered a judgment in the case of Refah Partisi (The Welfare Party) and others ......
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Nothing is Lost Yet, There is Still TimeThe 1st Gulf war days. I wonder when was the second one fought? They - the media-are psychologically preparing us for ......
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Struma: Death on the Black Sea in 1942The book of Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins explores politics that led to deaths of nearly 800 refugee Jews. As the ......
06 February 2003 Thursday
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The First War of New EmpiresThe stakes for not supporting the USA are too high, Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul realized after sleepless nights. Did he ......
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People of Turkey Say No to War!In February 15, The people, all over the world will protest the US attac on Iraq. The people of Turkey living ......
05 February 2003 Wednesday
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Turkeys Neo-Islamists Weigh War and PeaceTo keep their place in the governing civilian-military coalition, the AKP has chosen to adopt the establishments logic. Instead of representing ......
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Assembly of the 100s Peace DeclarationTurkey must withstand this war which will bring about dismay, instability and crisis in our country, region and humanity as a ......
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Anti-War Activism in TurkeyWhat will Turkish Government remember as it votes on the war this week? There is ction almost everywhere in the country ......
03 February 2003 Monday
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AI: Solitary Confinement of Abdullah OcalanAmnesty welcomes the recent announcement by Mr. Elkatmis, chairman of the Turkish Parliamentary Human Rights Monitoring Committee, that he will seek ......
31 January 2003 Friday
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Diesel Smugglers Lose Business as War LoomsThe Kurdish minority who live on the Iraqi side of the border have flourished as a result of the diesel trade. ......
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Mersin Ironsmiths Protest War on IraqYelkovan, Chamber of Ironsmiths chair, said production halted and unemployment increased after the Gulf War. The tradesmen at the Mersin Industry ......
30 January 2003 Thursday
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Curbing Torture Top EU -Turkey PriorityUnfortunately, the legislation, which passed in December, was apparently mis-drafted and left restrictions on access to counsel in place. A further ......
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30 Human Shields Setting Off for BaghdadUnemployed Tarhan, photographer Yurdalan, student Celik, Dayanan from the IHD, and others are neither supporters of Saddam, nor heros looking for ......
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RSF Wins Court Case Against Gen. KivrikogluTürkeys former Chief of Staff Gen. Kivrikoglu sued RSF after his picture appeared along with 37 other predators of press freedom ......
29 January 2003 Wednesday
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Ankara Should be the Capital of Peace!The international Participants demand the Turkish government to refuse to be the northern front of this war. They joined the Peace ......
28 January 2003 Tuesday
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2000 People Came Together for Peace100 representatives of 20 different professions each, announced their reasons for opposing the war and signed a joint communiqué. Academicians, civil ......
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Dont Remain an Onlooker to WarPeople in Istanbul said No to War, in Beyazit Square, and called on to the government not to support the war. ......
24 January 2003 Friday
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Journalist Horuz Sentenced to 15 YearsMemik, the general director of the Worker Villager newspaper, is convicted of being a member of an illegal organization. He is ......
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No Base in IskenderunAkgun, head of the Iskenderun branch of the Chamber of Architecture, called on the government to have a clear stance on ......
23 January 2003 Thursday
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No American-Style Haircut!Barbers Huseyin and Levent Muti have decided not to do the American-style haircut until the possibility of an attack by the ......
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Media:Little Pay Increase, High UnemploymentTwo thousand and 482 journalists were laid off in 2002, in Turkey, said a report by the Work Life Commission of ......
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Peace Gathering: War Is Not the AnswerFinkelstein, Elsworthy, Curman, Myrdal, Hipkin, Amundson, Savic, Simmons, Komarcevic, Bjelic, Prof. Schumm-Garling, Bötte, Wecker, Simpson, Claussen, Rotem and Tramonti expected in ......
17 January 2003 Friday
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TUSIAD after Weapons IndustryTUSIAD called on the government to be determined about Iraq. According to Associate Prof. Dr. Kozanoglu, TUSIAD aims to benefit from ......
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PM Should Explain Who Gets Money from the USEksi, head of the Press Council, called on Premier Gul to explain who and what he was talking about by saying, ......
15 January 2003 Wednesday
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HRW Turkey Report: Human Rights DevelopmentsHuman Rights Watch 2003 reports issues: Minority languages, particularly Kurdish, torture and ill-treatment, tension in the new F-type prisons, forcibly displaced ......
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Anti-War Signatures Delivered to ParliamentThe Bursa Anti-War Platform delivered 15,000 signatures to Parliament. The Iraq operation is the outcome of a dirty and bloody policy ......
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60, 000 Cypriots Rallied Against DenktashWorkers, students, civil servants, employers, every one out of three Cypriots were on the streets Tuesday. The universities went on a ......
10 January 2003 Friday
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Reforms May Free Editor AkThe Court of Cassation has, for the second time, overruled the fine handed to Ak, Superonlines former coordinator of the Interactive ......
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Women Will Collect Sentences for PeaceHands Across the Divide group launches support action for Turkish Cypriots: Saturday 11, January - Eleftheria Square, Nicosia, from 9:30 AM ......
09 January 2003 Thursday
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Dont Turn Our Land into War FieldThe Bars all around Turkey organized, No to War, demonstrations. Turkey does not have a single soldier or a single cent ......
08 January 2003 Wednesday
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End Interrogations in the UniversitiesGokcek, talking on behalf of the Students of the Eskisehir Youth Club, said the interrogations in Sivas and Edirne, and the ......
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Open-Door Hearing for the Missing PersonThe Grand Board of the ECHR is holding an open-door hearing for Acar, who is missing since 1994 from Diyarbakir. The ......
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War in Iraq would Hurt Economy96.3 percent of the people researched by AKADEMEDYA, dont support a war in Iraq. 77.4 percent want Turkey to remain impartial ......
07 January 2003 Tuesday
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International Action Alert: No to War!Peace Initiative of Turkey: Will Turkey allow the deployment of US troops and the use of Turkish bases, airports and seaports ......
03 January 2003 Friday
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EUs New Turkey PolicyIt should be asked to modify the Copenhagen decision in Thessaloniki by lending to Turkey a strong and tangible political support ......
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German Foundations Case: Accusation RejectedThe German Foundations and other officials rejected accusations of espionage. The Ankara DGM held defendants exempt of the hearing and rejected ......
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Trying German FoundationsThe German foundations in Turkey, the villagers of Bergama, and the former head of the Istanbul bar, are being tried by ......
30 December 2002 Monday
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More Books Banned Than 2001In 2002, 67 books, 35 publishers and 48 writers were accused. 14 of whom were acquitted. Yet 10 books and their ......
27 December 2002 Friday
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Movie is Free, Director is Being TriedHandan Ipekci, the director of the movie, Big Man Small Love, is being charged with insulting the states security forces. The ......
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Acquittal and Trial for Banned PublicationEren, provincial head of HAK-PAR and the Diyarbakir representative of the Dema Nu newspaper, was acquitted along with three other party ......
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Turkish Cypriots Demonstrate for SolutionThere was a general strike all over the northern part of Cyprus to support the demonstration for peace and membership to ......
25 December 2002 Wednesday
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Southeast Worried of War and MigrationHADEP Sirnak head Yumak, Akbulut from the Hakkari IHD, Van IHD head Erten and Mardin IHD head Cangir, remind that the ......
20 December 2002 Friday
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DGM Convicted Demir and FeyziogluState Security Court convicted publisher Demir and writer Feyzioglu for disseminating separatist propaganda, by writing and publishing a book called Ibo-Ibrahim ......
19 December 2002 Thursday
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Journalists: Press Freedom and Job SecurityTGC chair Erinc, TGS chair Soner, and Yarkadas from CGD and communication jurist İlkiz demand job security and amendments in Media ......
17 December 2002 Tuesday
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Turkish Cypriot Women Send Henna To HawksWomen sent henna in order to show their disappointment and anger for the failed efforts to have an agreement on Cyprus ......
16 December 2002 Monday
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Case to Close Down Immigration FoundationThe 21 founding members and the board of directors of the Foundation of Immigration and Humanitarian Aid, have been sued for ......
13 December 2002 Friday
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Debating Free Press in the Kivrikoglu TrialThe former military chief, retired general Kivrikoglu sued the RSF and demanded compensation. RSF stressed that the issue to be discussed ......
12 December 2002 Thursday
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Kurdish is Free, Students are PunishedThe Hundredth Year University has put in effect once again the punishments handed out to 167 students that petitioned for Kurdish ......
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Different Laws, Same Implementations in 2002158 people were sued in the first six months of the year 2000 because of their thoughts. In the first half ......
11 December 2002 Wednesday
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The Northern Establishment Poor to the StreetGovernment officials, soldiers, Turkish settlers carrying three-crescent flags, a concert by Levet, a day-off for civil servants, call from the governing ......
10 December 2002 Tuesday
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Enforcing the PublicPresident Sezers recent statement that the headscarf has no place in the kamusal alan didnt make it entirely clear: Does he ......
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We Cannot Join the EU by Picking Up GarbageThe environmentalists demand that the Spanish-flagged cargo ship loaded with poisonous waste: The EU will demand that we build eradication facilities, ......
09 December 2002 Monday
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Whose Europe, Whats Europe?What are the steps taken by Turkey, in terms of freedom of expression, since its adoption as a candidate member to ......
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Turban: The Underbelly of The AKPTurkeys secularist elite is convinced that presence of veiled women in the public sphere symbolizes the Islamist urge for reshaping the ......
04 December 2002 Wednesday
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Ozturk: State is Protecting the TorturersThe state is not fighting against torture, said lawyer Ozturk. As evidence of the ongoing torture, he presented the application by ......
03 December 2002 Tuesday
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Journalists will be Tried from FranceThe editor-in-chief Erol Ozkoray and writer Nur Dolay of the Idea Politic magazine will make their depositions in writing from France. ......
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We Dont Want to Write War Stories!More than 10,000 demonstrators, including workers, unemployed, homosexuals, anarchists, Islamists, and communists, gathered in Istanbul and said, No to War in ......
27 November 2002 Wednesday
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North and South Academics Urge For TalksJoint Statement:The submission of the plan for the solution of the Cyprus Problem by the UN Secretary-General brings Cyprus to a ......
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Isnt the Army Ours?Senlikoglu criticized the fact that the headscarf is only allowed in places other than public places. According to her, this is ......
26 November 2002 Tuesday
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Women A Step Backward in Politics, Education23 percent of women in Turkey give birth before the age of 20. Each year, 1,200 women die during pregnancy, labor ......
25 November 2002 Monday
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Being a Woman Publisher in Islamist CountryWe have already published one/two Turkish authors this year, naming me authors whose works have no resemblance whatsoever to those of ......
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24-Hours of BroadcastsArmenian and Turkish language newspaper AGOS editor in chief Dink believes that the minorities should be excluded by the regulation that ......
23 November 2002 Saturday
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Hands Across the Divide: Drop the Case!Hands Across the Divide, Cypriot NGO organized in northern and southern parts of divided Cyprus, staged symbolic protests where women closed ......
22 November 2002 Friday
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2 Hours Break For Turkish In TRT Per WeekTGC head Erinc, jurist Ilkiz, Babakus from the Circassian Platform, and Tan from the Azadiya Welat, commented on broadcasting in different ......
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Turban From Periphery to the CenterProf. Narli says, turban is in the government protocol because the demands of the vicinity have moved to the center. Associate ......
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Annans Plan a Starting Point For TalksTurkish Cypriot NGOs undersigned Solution in Cyprus and EU Membership declaration. During the meeting in Chamber of Commerce an agreement has ......
21 November 2002 Thursday
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Children Have a Day, But No Rights21 percent of children work; 62.6 are subjected to violence; there are a million 400 thousand disabled children; children constitute 10 ......
20 November 2002 Wednesday
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Lawyer Keskins License SuspendedThe Istanbul Bar banned IHD deputy chair Eren Keskin from serving as a lawyer for a year. The reason for this ......
19 November 2002 Tuesday
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Physicians Discuss AKPs Urgent Action PlanTTB Deputy Chair Dr. Bakkalcı: AKPs plan is a continuation of the economy program Turkey has been pursuing for the last ......
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Feminism Perversity, Flirt ProstitutionTurkeys new Justice Minister Cicek served as a state minister in the years of 1987-1991. When Cicek was the state minister ......
18 November 2002 Monday
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Novelist Altan Acquitted in 2 Cases out of 4Aktuel weekly magazine columnist Altan and editor Tunali were acquitted in 2 cases under charges of insulting the army. The other ......
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Producing Speculations Over the U.N. PlanAccording to KTOS, the U.N. plan to reunify Cyprus, is and opportunity that should not be missed. CTP said some circles ......
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Journalists Await Decisions by Supreme CourtCaricaturists Ayrancioglu and Saatci; Superonlines former editor Ak; Turkish Daily News writer Bekdil and director Cevik; Gun TVs former owner Bingol ......
16 November 2002 Saturday
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The Kingdom of Aleppo Suffers from NeglectTURSAB adviser Duru and Tilmenhoyuk excavations chair explained that this years operations at the region have been completed: Tilmenhoyuk, which appears ......
14 November 2002 Thursday
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Parliament Opens Without a Prime MinisterAKPs leader Erdogan might still have a long way to pass through Turkeys labyrinth of bans and prohibitions to assume the ......