23 children are still in prison in relation to the Diyarbakir incidents. 36 children on trial facing up to 24 years imprisonment each. Lawyer Analay says minors held in prison despite lack of evidence in files, demands an urgent release

Two employees of the Unifar company that claimed it had nothing to do with the barrels of toxic wasted discovered in Tuzla have confessed that factory waste was given to a single person to bury until Turkeys new Environment Law went into force last year.

Prosecution demands 9 to 24 years imprisonment for 80 minors alleged to have been involved in the Diyarbakir incidents. Another case opened for 36 children.The Bar Association Childrens Rights Center will carry the case if its appeal rejected at home.

Four suspects allegedly involved in burying hundreds of barrels of dangerous solid waste are released due to lack of law. Attorney Ozkan calls for control mechanisms. Greenpeaces Dokmecibasi says there should be special commissions.

A man found guilty for throwing an egg at Prime Minister Erdogan was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment while his alleged accomplice was acquitted. Prosecution demands 2 years for retired worker in Bursa and over 13 years each for 9 people in Mersin.

Of the 91 children arrested in Diyarbakir on charges of inciting and provoking the people to rebellion, resentment and hostility, 34 have been released. Children rights organisations have started action to free all children.

15 womens organisations react to government conduct on Southeast violence saying it means more violence for women. ODP Chairman Kozanoglu protests calls for abandoning of violence, fear, threats and discrimination.

Approximately 10 thousand children are suffering from scabies in Sirnak as schools go on 2-day holiday to control spread. Dr. Sutlas of Health Rights Movement says primary reason for mite outbreak is lack of health services in the region.

ICC in collaboration with the Ankara Bar Association is holding a symposium in Ankara on April 17 to brief and inform child rights advocates on the monitoring and reporting processes of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Republican Peoples Party (CHP) deputy Hakki Ulku has proposed a new law against the exploitation of child labour by limiting imports to Turkey of products that are result of international child labour, with textiles at top of the list.

Edmond McLoughney, UNICEF representative to Turkey says children should not have been on the streets during recent incidents in Diyarbakir: Their protection is a duty for all. The Havana Rules should be abided by in detentions and arrests.

Oz-Ge Der is running the Child-Friendly Municipality Project.The project, which is pursued with the understanding of with children for children, will include an evaluation of whether the municipality services comply with the rights of the child.

About 30 reporters participated in the training for childrens rights reprting. The participants discussed rights violations in news reports about children, and searched possibilities for a child-friendly media and childrens participation in the media.

The Pediatrics Association has launched Blue Ribbon Campaign to prevent violence against abuse and negligence of children. The Association stated that violence is not only a personal but a social problem and called on everyone to support the campaign.

The Bursa Metropolitan Municipality vetoed a decision by the Osmangazi Municipality to implement the red street practice, which aims at gathering places that sell alcohol into certain areas outside the city centers.

About 40 reporters and NGO representatives participated in the training seminar on Reporting on Childrens Rights by BIA² and UNICEF in Ankara. The violations in the stories were discussed and prospects probed for a child-friendly media.

The Osmangazi Municipality has decided to gather places that sell liquor to a region outside the city center. The Malatya Municipality, which has been administered by Islamic parties for the last 15 years, has been implementing the red street practice.

A research by Dr. Degirmencioglu and his students reveal that the children establish an emotional bond with the animals that are brought home to be sacrificed. The research also shows that the children arent informed that the animal will be sacrificed.

To be a woman is to wait for your son who is in the army or up on the mountains, to realize you have been sterilized when you come back home from a caesarean, to get beaten up by your husband back home after a demonstration you have marched side-by-side.

30 thousand children who work in cotton fields in Sanliurfa returned to school three months after the term began, despite a law banning children under the age of 14 from labor. The National Education Directorate is trying to make up for the delay.