A court ruling sentenced pro-Kurdish DTP co-chairs Tuğluk and Türk to imprisonment. Another attempt to block DTP from functioning, says DTP vice president Kaplan. Government turns a blind eye to peace in the Kurdish problem, socialist party leaders agree

Iconic voice of the opposition in the US to Bush administrations occupation of Iraq, Sheehan urges everybody to take to the streets on March 17 Global Day of Action. We need millions of people she said.

No need to be afraid of living without an identity. As individuals were, we dont need to hold on to our identities. They only bring pain and sadness. Get rid of your identities of all sorts and unite under the roof of humanity.

I will tell you a day in the so-called F-type maximum security prisons. Just as I am writing this letter we heard that the Ministry of Justice has just issued a declaration about the F-type. To tell the truth, I think nothing will change.

University administrations collaborate with public prosecutors to oppress dissident students by constant inquisitions and disciplinary penalties, says Eliaçık from the new Students Union Initiative. Recently,33 students sentenced to 3,9 years in Edirne.

ECHR condemned Turkey on three accounts involving the right to a fair hearing and to liberty and security. Mustafa Benli, editor and propriator of three political magazines had been imprisoned for being a member to an illegal organization by DGM in 1999.

A conference titled Facing the Past organized by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Turkey branch will bring together academics, activists and experts from Turkey and around the world in Istanbul, between February 24-25 to share experiences.

Religious representatives from Turkish northern and Greek southern Cyprus met for the first time with the initiative of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. They agreed to work together towards a climate of peace on the divided island.

A woman judge has been attacked at the Court of Justice by relatives of a culprit whose demand for acquittal was turned down. Such attacks are a result of the male-dominant mentality and lack of political will to combat violence againts women, Arın said.

American soldiers raided the Iraq Syndicate of Journalists offices in Baghdad and confiscated computers as well as damaging the lieu. IFJ condemned the action and demanded immediate reprisal of the confiscated material.

UNESCO says half of the worlds 6 000 languages are to die out. Expressing the importance of mother language Its the medium for learning respect for oneself, ones history and ones culture and for others and their differences said Mr. Matsuura.

Assoc. Prof. Haluk Gerger received 2, 63 dollars with interest from the US embassy in Ankara, in consequence of his and his wifes extradition despite having valid 10-year visas during a visit to New york in 2002.