Housewife Demir complains about the fact that water is so expensive, and that she has to pay for bottled drinking water.

This week another denim sandblasting worker lost his life at a young age. Minister of Labour Faruk Çelik has announced the closure of many workshops operating in unhealthy conditions.

Actress Yıldırımlar calls for the immediate release of children tried with terror charges for participating in protests and demands amendments to law, in a conference which a petition is revealed to public.

Lawyers for the Çeber family have accused the judges of leniency towards the accused police officers. The judges have withdrawn, and it is yet to be decided which court will take on the case.

Politicians and financiers of dam projects, which violate people's right to water will be tried by activists on 10 and 11 March. The tribunal aims at formulating rights-based solutions to existing problems.

Silicosis patient Ruhat Yıldırak (24) is the 39th denim sand blasting worker to have died. He had been given oxygen for the last year.

According to news reports, Oktay, head of the Police Special Branch shot himself and later died in hospital. He was implicated by other suspects in the Ergenekon trial, who said that he had collaborated on creating a secret team.

After being shot by a police officer, Kirbaş’s treatment was obstructed for months. It has now become clear that his paralysis is permanent. The court case starts on 26 March.

Human rights organisations have accused Turkey of shirking the responsibilities brought by its signature under the Ottawa Agreement on the ban on mines five years ago.

The second shipyard death this year is "only" one in a long tragic chain of deaths. Worker Cemil Akgül died on 18 February after being electrocuted at the Tuzla Shipyards on the outskirts of Istanbul.

Turkish Psychiatry Association calls for free and accessible preventive mental health services for all, warning against a widespread social problem caused by rising unemployment.

More than a hundred children have been taken under custody during protests in several cities against PKK leader Ocalan's arrest on Feb. 15th, 1999. Ministry of Justice reveals that more than 1 500 were children tried with terror charges in 2006 and 2007.