Although there is diplomatic tension between Turkey and the USA because of the passing of the "genocide" resolution in a committee of the House of Representatives, most US states already recognise a "genocide".

The government will ask parliament to authorise one year of operations. Cicek: The PKK, not Iraq, is the target.

Around 30,000 people joined Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun’s funeral procession in Diyarbakir on Saturday (13 October).

Parliamentary approval for Turkish soldiers to carry out cross-border operations in Northern Iraq may be debated in parliament as early as today (15 October).

Prominent Kurdish Writer Uzun, who lived in exile in Sweden for a long time, died yesterday (11 October). His death is a great loss to Kurdish and world literature.

The Mental Health Platform called for a culture of conflict resolution to replace the existing culture of conflict. Turkey needs a comprehensive mental health policy "focused on people, human rights and democracy."

Today, newspapers in Britain and the USA covered the possibility of Turkey carrying out cross-border ground operations in Iraq.

The ECHR has decided that compulsory Religious Education classes contradict the principles of plurality and objectivity.

While most newspaper columnists agree that military operations will not solve the Kurdish question, the frontpage headlines today were highly emotional and many called for revenge.

Today government members, army and secret service members and police officers met to discuss the increase in violence in recent days.

DTP, ÖDP and human rights organisations have countered the mainstream discourse on an intensification in the fight against terrorism with a call for an end to violence and democratic reforms.

According to the General Staff, 13 soldiers died in a PKK attack on Sunday.

Two explosions took place in Buca, province of Izmir, on Monday morning and lunchtime yesterday.

The Parliamentary Human Rights Commission will investigate the murder of 12 persons in Beytüssebap, Sirnak, which took place on Saturday.

"Kurds in Turkey: Main Requirements for a Peace Process" was the title of the conference, which was held on 29 and 30 September in Diyarbakir.

114 lecturers at Bosphorus University have come out in support for Professors Oran and Kaboglu.

Erhan Tuncel, police informant and suspected of incitement to murder, was called by intelligence officer Muhittin Zenit very shortly after the murder.

A retired army officer has published a book entitled "I have Seen Betrayal" in which he recounts incidents of the army abusing its position, creating fake battles and disguising soldiers as PKK militants.

Still perceived as a threat by the army and others, education in one's mothertongue is the right of children and benefits their development.

General Basbug opposes education in their mothertongue for "some ethnic groups", but many military and other schools encourage education in a foreign language medium.