The Gendarmerie raided the Ekotopya (Ecologic Utopias) Youth Camp that meets in Sinop every year between the dates 9 and 23 August. Sinop governor demanded that the camp be removed immediately. Eleven were taken into custody in an anti-nuclear demonstration against the planned nuclear plant in Sinop.

Six people protesting the nuclear power plant planned to be built in Sinop, a Black Sea Coast Town, are taken into custody. The Greens Party asks the government to cancel the plan.

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.

Acting irresponsibly, the media turns a sexual relation between two children into a rape by a woman of a boy.

Some elementary school students get together to form a group to take action against global warming.

Families of the high school children who were tortured in the police station turn to the Association of Human Rights. They report the crime and the Public Prosecutor starts an investigation.

The Initiative for a Turkey without Mines has criticised Turkey for not fulfilling the obligations to clear landmines specified by the Ottawa Convention.

How will Nicosia be affected by the new checkpoint; can our beautiful city be a shared space for all Cypriots? Or, will life go on as “normal”? Can we find it in our hearts to take care of this city, to take responsibility for this city, whose buildings and inhabitants have long been neglected?

Singers, actors and intellectuals opposing the building of nuclear power plants in Turkey have sent a statement to parliament. On 26 April, there will be a demonstration in Kadiköy, Istanbul.

Following a call by trade unions and professional chambers, workers all around Turkey protested against the draft Law on Social Security and General Health Insurance. 5,000 demonstrated in Istanbul.

Trade unions and professional chambers have called for a protest in front of parliament in Ankara on 1 April.

After negotiations between the Labour Platform and Minister of Labour Faruk Celik, the government has agreed to make some changes.

For the last 18 years, the “Purple Roof Women’s Shelter Foundation” has supported women. Bianet talked to the organisers.

While the MHP has called for individuals to be prosecuted rather than the party to be closed, the CHP and the DTP both pointed out that the AKP was silent when the prosecution initiated a closure trial for the DTP.

In order to protest against the appalling safety and working conditions at the Tuzla shipyards, trade unions started a strike on Wednesday. 86 people were detained, and some were beaten.

In the last seven months, 18 workers have died on Tuzla shipyards. The Limter Is trade union has announced a strike from Wednesday, 27 February.

Yesterday yet another worker at an Istanbul shipyard died. Workers have long protested at the unsafe and inhumane working conditions on shipyards.

The father of Baran Tursun, who was shot dead by a police officer in Izmir called on the media and others to attend the second hearing in the trial to ensure that those responsible were punished.

After an explosion in an illegal fireworks factory killed 23 workers and injured over a hundred people, trade unions and professional associations reminded the Minister of Employment of his duties.

Trade Unionist Celik says that 600 inspectors work for the Ministry of Employment to inspect 750,000 workplaces and accuses the government of turning a blind eye.