With the start of Ramadan, mainstream media began distributing tables showing fast breaking times, Korans, and fast breaking dinner menus.

Isik Kosaner has been appointed as Chief of General Staff. The government had rejected the appointment of Hasan Igsiz as the Commander of the Turkish Land Forces. Ceylanoglu has been appointed to that position instead.

Pedal Sound Bicycle Society has launched a petition campaign against the extra charge demanded for bicycles on sea buses. Ferries don’t require an extra charge for bicycles. IDO states that it requires the extra charge for bicycles because there is no room in sea buses. However, “They find the room after getting the three TL,” says bicycle-lover Nance. “They would not accept bicycles at all if the problem was about lack of room.”

General Hasan Igsiz, who was expected to get promoted in the Supreme Military Council, has been summoned for an interrogation within the framework of the investigation on allegations that the General Staff has used 400 Internet sites for psychological operations.

Good weather, stability and warm- hearted people. All sell well with the tourists but how do young Maltese people live? What do they make out of living on a tiny Euro-Med island with ambitions of becoming an international communications hub? How does it feel to be a young person living in densely populated Malta today?

Work and money seem to be the number one preoccupation of most of the Maltese between twenty to thirty years of age. Subsistence, precarious employment and living up to one’s expectations are however only part of the complexities which define youths in present day Malta. Relationships, single-parenthood, immigration and education are still very much on the agenda.

Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip make up the biggest segment of society trapped in a strip of land with the highest population density. Overview on the situation of youth in Gaza.

The active blogs of a few years ago, which scrutinised social violence and confrontations between the opposition and the police, seem to have waned in popularity today. Their success was attained neither by Facebook nor by mini-blogs, like dormant volcanoes whose eruption has been postponed eternally.

What do young Egyptians aspire for today? The generation between 18-29 years of age is ageing prematurely. Young Egyptians don’t dream of fulfilling their dreams anymore or travelling to discover the world. Their ambitions are threatened and their dreams are diminishing due to increasingly bad economic conditions, which haven’t spared any field.

“Tiaret: the town hall’s headquarters besieged by dozens of Young people” is the title of the newspaper ‘Liberté’ of the 1st of February 2009. In this locality, situated in the East of the capital city, young people have stormed the town hall to protest against their life conditions and particularly against unemployment.

Senda and Lydia are two beautiful 17-year-old secondary school students, dressed in the latest European fashion and speak very good French.

Four children between 6 and 12 years old said to have thrown stones at a police vehicle were allegedly beaten and taken into custody. When people protested against the arrests, the police intervened with water cannons and tear gas.

Kışanak from the Peace and Democracy Party reiterated the proposal of 26 sovereign regions. Assoc. Prof. Dr Aktar said that the request suits the EU Regional Policy and that it could be a useful step on the way to a solution of the Kurdish question.

According to the "Education Monitoring Report" by the Education Reform Initiative, 50 percent of Turkish girls aged 15-19 do not go to school. About 360,000 high school students dropped out of school in 2008/2009. Regional differences and the family background play important roles.

The 11th Chamber of the Court of Appeals decided to merge the cases against Erzincan Public Chief Prosecutor Cihaner at the Erzurum 2nd High Criminal Court and at the Court of Appeals respectively. The prosecutor of the Court of Appeals demanded the release of all detained defendants of both cases. The court accepted the request.

USA citizen Norma Cox was repeatedly expelled from Turkey in the 1980s because she was seen as a "danger to the national security". The European Court of Human Rights decreed that the entry ban interfered with the right to freedom of expression and convicted Turkey.

Greek and Turkish left-wing parties Synaspismos and ÖDP called for gradually reducing the defence budget and re-allocate sources to economic, social and ecological development. Labour parties EEK and DİP demand to dispense military bases in Turkey and Greece.

Deniz Baykal, chair of the centre-left Republican People's Party, resigned on Monday. Regarding an intimate video published in the internet last week, Baykal said, "This is not a matter of a tape. This is a conspiracy. I am not the only target of this complot; it is also aimed at the CHP".

The constitutional reform package was approved by the parliament by 336 to 72 votes, two clauses were dropped. The package will be subject to a referendum once it will have been approved by President Gül.

Amendments of the articles related to penalties for civil servants, military jurisdiction and the reorganization of the supervision of judges and prosecutors and the Constitutional Court have passed through the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 5 May.