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According to a study by Selcuk University, the smoking age is going down. The main reason for starting to smoke is the described as the influence of friends. 16 percent of the young people responding to the survey started smoking as a result of a fad.

Karabulut, the chair of the Turk-Is Office for the Working Children: The problem of child labor in Turkey can only be solved through an equitable income distribution.

The kiwi adaptation studies in the eastern Black Sea region, have finally paid off. the total yield of kiwis has reached 200 tons annually. The producers will be provided with 20 thousand kiwi saplings this year.

The Council of State has overturned Supreme Councils verdict to cancel the basis decision regarding the protection of the coasts and the inland waters. CMO that had appealed the Council of State, harshly criticized the Council.

Governor Nuri Okutan asked the citizens to use birth control methods: People have to attend birth control training before they get married even in Iran. Dont listen to the ones who say, The vaccination is drying out our race.

STKB, 207 NGOs, urge for amendments on Constitution, Political Parties Law and Elections Law and ask a law on Ethics.

The new Immigration Law in Germany will take effect in January 2003. Two German deputies Mutlu of the Greens, Demirbuken of the Christian Democratic Union, answered Bianets questions on the ruling and opposition parties viewpoints on the law.

On the Immigration and Multi-Culturism in Germany and in Europe, meeting the participants emphasized that the immigrants should be granted equal rights and opportunities in every field.

Inhabtants of southeast city of Tunceli, react against spreading decay of the towns cultural characteristics. Tunceli people protest local authorities for spreading prostitution, and growing numbers of sniffers, street children.

Published books of history, politics and poetry that in any other country would hardly be controversial but which in Turkey led to countless court hearings, fines, imprisonment, denial of a passport and state-sponsored harassment

Turkeys Health Minister Osman Durmus remains under heavy criticism by womens organisations for his circular on virginity tests. Although Minister Durmuş had to withdraw the circular under pressure, women urge for more profound measures.