CFCU says Turkey used 20 percent of EU grants. Vulnerable project productivity of PIs is the scapegoat of the failure. Former undersecretary Yasamis asserts structural problems is the real source of problem.

In 1999 Donoughue, British Minister of Agriculture, when asked which EU committee authorized multiply the legally authorized level of gliphosate in soybeans by 200 times and who represented England in the committee, answered: I cannot reveal.

The Turkish Association of the Handicapped is launching the Turkey Without Handicaps project. The project aims at raising awareness about the lives of the handicapped people among the public and among the young in particular.

During 2004 child negligence and homelessness were frequently covered. The Juvenile Justice System failed to be implemented. Child labor and the futility of Child Protection Agency was not addressed. More girls started school but most remained negliged.

During the 1915 Armenian deportation, Mrs. Heranus was forcibly taken away from her mother by soldiers. Her name was changed to Seher, she was brought up as a Muslim girl, married, had children. Her grandchild Cetin wrote a book ttled My grandmother.

Inhabitants of Turkeys most prosperous province Kocaeli, benefit from lesser health facilities than Turks living in the German city Dusseldorf, shows a research by Dr. Kaya of Kocaeli University.

Prof. Polat said Turkey still didnt pass harmonization laws about the Childrens Rights Convention, 15 years after adopting it. According to Polat, institutions responsible for serving children have many shortcomings.

The municipal police have no authority to warn the youth who hold hands or cuddle on the shore. The real crime being committed here is to violate peoples freedoms, said lawyer Cinmen.

Greens from Turkey and Spain urge for resignation of their respective Ministers of Environment for their part in the sinking of a Spanish ship with toxic waste in Turkish southern port of Iskenderun. Mediterranean is turning into a time bomb they say

Agreement concerning the participation of the Republic of Turkey in the EMCDDA will be initialled at the premises of Turkish Academy against TADOC on Thursday

Four people died after two trains collided in Tavsancil hamlet of Gebze town of northwestern Kocaeli province on Wednesday.

At least 36 people lost their lives when a packed express train crashed on the way from Istanbul to Ankara. Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim under fire for allowing the new express train along old tracks in spite of warnings from specialists.

Prof. Dr. Aksit receives the 2004 gold medal, the biggest prize in allergy research in the world, by the World Allergy Research Foundation. He won more than 20 awards, including Simavi Medicine Award, Prof. Storck Prize and Allergopharma Prize.

63 children from six different countries, all from economically disadvantaged families and suffering from psychological problems, came to Marmaris through an organization of the International Yacht Club (IYC).

Prime Minister Erdogans daughter got married with Berat Albayrak, the son of correspondent Sadik Albayrak. About 7,000 guests, including Jordanian King Abdullah, Pakistani President Musharref, Greek and Romanian prime ministers attended the wedding.

250 million Euros to be provided by the European Union (EU) as part of its 2004 fiscal year cooperation will be used for regional development projects.

BAK, Union Against NATO and Bush, Committees Against Invasion will protest the NATO summit in Istanbul in June. They will stage a demonstration in Istanbul on June 27. The anti-war activists will act together to make their voices heard.

Representatives of gay&lesbian groups urge for inclusion of their demands in the new draft criminal law moved by the government. Gays&lesbians raise their demands that sexual identity is not regarded as provocation in homosexual murders.

Meltem Yatagan, the spokeswoman for the Childrens Friends Study Group, said they were working to set up a Child Protection Center. The center will be set up with financial support from the World Bank.

Children, who work and live on streets go to school on the one hand and sell tissues, gather garbage or dye shoes on the other. The families of most of them have no income. Migration, poverty and unequal distribution of income push children on streets.