Global BAK participants mailed postcards to members of the parliament. The postcards had photographs of torture in Iraq. Dont let Bush into the parliament, said the protesters.

Noting that anybody had not yet claimed the responsibility for the explosion, Aksu said that marginal, small scale terrorist organizations staged such acts to make their existence felt and spread terror.

Shelters for hundreds of women, and rehabilitation centers for children could have been set up with the money spent for the NATO summit, say womens rights activists. Some USD 17 million was spent for environmental arrangements ahead of Istanbul summit.

Aygun, head of the Tunceli Bar, is standing trial for getting people chant slogans during Newroz celebrations. He says he did not get people chant slogans but just gave a speech.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe AKPM is expacted to terminate the monitoring process which it imposed on Turkey for 8 years. This decision has a vital meaning to commence membership negotiations with the EU.

PM Erdogan addressed those who opposed to the NATO Summit saying, The mentality of Go home should be overcome. He said that the NATO Summit is an opportunity to promote Turkey.

F-16s will patrol the skies, and ground any object that violates the air space prohibition. Beginning to west of Bakirkoy, it will extend east of Umraniye. Two early warning AWACS will be in Istanbul to report any aircraft in violation of the airspaces.

A table designed especially for the NATO Summit and the main meeting room is composed of 29 parts. The 13.5 meter wide table is one of the main parts of the project as 26 Presidents will meet around it.

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said that he met former Democracy Party (DEP) deputies in his capacity of Deputy P.M, upon the evaluation of the governmental units that, the meeting would be useful.

Balik from DIHA, and Gullu from Ozgur Halk magazine were arrested after being detained for four days. They are expected to be transferred to the maximum-security Tekirdag F-type prison. Lawyer Dogan will object to their arrest.

At the rally in Diyarbakir, which the former Democracy Party (DEP) deputies Leyla Zana, Hatip dicle, Selim Sadak and Orhan Dogan joined yesterday after their release, slogans for Apo (Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of PKK) were chanted.

TRT Radio 1 and TRT 3 TV broadcasted in the Circassion language Thursday, following the Bosnian, Arabic and Kirmanji. Besides common news programs, three songs by the Circassians Folkloric Dance Group were also broadcasted.

Journalist Baskaya and publicist Erdogan face up to three years in prison for a book called, Articles Against the Flow.

Kurdish Institute head Beyaz said broadcasts in the Kirmanji dialect are too short when the need is taken into account. But Beyaz believes that the European Union criteria have been met. Beyaz criticized TRTs package programs.

Turkey as a democratic partner, Italy on behalf of G-8 and Yemen on behalf of regional countries became co-president of the mechanism. Details will become clear in the course of transition period.

The day Kurdish broadcast was launched, the High Appeals Court ruled to release the four former DEP Deputies Zana, Dicle, Sadak and Dogan. In this way, the two excuses which the European Union asserted, were eliminated.

TRT 3 TV broadcasted programs in Kirmanji dialect of Kurdish. The channel showed the video clip of Mirkut by Kardes Turkuler music group and talked about the Diyarbakir Culture and Arts Festival. There will be Kirmanji broadcasts every Wednesday.

Lawyer Alatas applied to the Supreme Court of Appeals and demanded that former DEP lawmakers are released. The Supreme Court of Appeals released the lawmakers on Wednesday. It will decide on a retrial on July 8.

The four former Democracy Party deputies Leyla Zana, Hatip Dicle, Selim Sadak and Orhan Dogan who were sentenced to a 15-year prison after the retrial were released after orders by High Appeals Court.

European Parliament President Pat Cox welcomed on Wednesday Turkish Court of Appeals decision to release four former DEP deputies Zana, Dicle, Dogan and Sadak.