Turkey needs to be taking precautionary steps today, to make sure its troops dont commit repeat violations in any operations it undertakes in northern Iraq, says Elizabeth Andersen of Human Rights Watchs Europe and Central Asia division.

Political scientist Gerger said Turkey was a partner of the US in its war crimes. Gerger said. Turkey has become an unpaid soldier instead of being a paid soldier. And now it is acting as if it said no to the US

Unions and NGOs declare March 27 an action day for peace. Iraqi children are dying, let us not send our children to school, say DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB and call for one-day general strike.

Thousands of people protested the U.S. -led attack on Iraq. U.S., take your hands off the Middle East, Make Peace not War, We wont kill, we wont die, we wont be anybodys soldier, shouted the crowd. Police broke up the protest by using tea gas.

Anti-war protesters warned Turkish leaders and called on the parliament and the government not to get Turkey involved in a crime against humanity.

25 academics from Turkey in their letters to the President, the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Turkish Parliament, demanded that Turkey does not participate in this war, does not allow its land, air space, ports and airport to be used for attack.

We will take shelter in caves if there is a chemical attack, said Mardin mayor Tutasi. The U.S. troops have rented certain places, said Kiziltepe mayor Sincar. Some people have already become rich through the war.

I am against the US, but I dont think a new motion will be rejected, said AKP lawmaker Caliskan. Lawmakers Ozcan, Akman and Erdogan would act towards national interests. Oztunc and Eri chose not to say anything before the motion is resubmitted.

Peace activists held a protest in Sabiha Gokcen Airport rented by the US as an airbase in the war on Iraq. The motion was rejected but the occupation goes on, shouted the protestors. The checks will go on every week, they said.

Peace Initiative/Turkey calls Turkish deputies to keep their present stand for peace as Washington pressure for providing access to US land troops grows on the Turkish government.

European Human Rights Court has unanimously decided that the EHRC judges accepted PKK leader Ocalans application against his condemnation after an unfair trial. Constitutional Court ruled out permanent ban of pro-Kurdish party HADEP.

37 anti-war activists including known acedemics, writers and journalists appealed to Turkish Parlimanet in order to stand firm on the motion not to allow the US troops deployment in Turkey.