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Bruinessen says The Kurds have always had the idea of a Kurdish State. According to him Iraqi Kurds had no choice but to ask United States support. Bruinessen claims: KADEK wants to begin negotiations with Turkey via US.

WiPC, International PEN campaigns on the imprisonment of the Kurdish politician Zana, whose case the WiPC has recently adopted, having established that she has writing credentials and that her imprisonment is in part a deliberate punishment for her exerc

The number of journalists imprisoned in Turkey has steadily dropped in recent years - 13 were in jail at years end, mostly for being affiliated with outlawed groups publications legal harassment of the media continued.

Helsinki Commission urges Countries to repeal Criminal Defamation & Insult Laws. Theyre actively used against those who criticize their governments in a number of other OSCE participating states including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Greece and Turkey.

Baskaya is being sued for his book Articles Against the Flow, on grounds of article 159/1 of the Turkish Penal Code.

Turkeys Kurds and particularly the Kurdish guerrillas, contrary to Ankaras nightmares have apparently distanced themselves from the emergent Kurdish administration in Northern Iraq instead of finding a there a role model for their future.

The traditional outdoor rally will take place in the Caglayan Square where trade union leaders will address participants from unions, left parties and youth and intellectuals. 50 thousand is expected to come together in İstanbul rally.

Broadcast Editor of Adanas local Radyo Dunya Ozic is tried for airing a program in Kurdish, titled Kurdish Language and Literature. The final decision depends on a related State Council case.

Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has called the opening of the Green Line for citizens from both communities in Cyprus a step, of historic proportion, towards a settlement of the Cyprus issue.

Hasan Özgün, a reporter with the pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem, was released on 21 April 2003 after more than nine years imprisonment. He now faces a further 12-year jail term forinsulting state institutions.

A Turkish court tried writer Bingolce and publisher Sokmen of the Womens Slang Dictionary, for writing and publishing an obscene book. Lawyer Arin presented the court with part of the 262,000-word slang dictionary and the Large Slang Dictionary.

We hope that you can stop a second Vietnam war before it is too late and many innocent people are killed. Please put yourselves in the position of your friends in Turkey, in the position of ordinary Iraqis who will suffer in this conflict.

How will the Turkish army prevent the establishment of a federal Kurdish state for which the word of US is sufficient? By attacking and destroying it just as it is being established? And if so, when and how will the Turkish army get out of such a mess?

Tekeköy inhabitants took to the streets to protest against the mobile power plant. Three were arrested. Recently started to operate on the Black Sea coast near Samsun province the plant engenders environmental hazards, say environmental activists.

Supporting Womens Leadership in Turkeys Local Development, project is launched in Diyarbakır. The project includes, production facilities, childcare centers and training in various fields.

Gregorian Patriarch Moutafian remarks that they do not consider United States attack on Iraq as just. Visiting Iskenderun for Easter preparations all Iraqis and Americans who die in the war are innocent, says Moutafian

Since one week women stage silent sit-ins by Taksim Metro entrance against the occupation and bombing of Iraq. They will be there every evening. They expect to reclaim ever new Peace Points across the country.

MGK may not become civilian unless Turkeys militarist structure changes, says political scientist and writer Gerger. He says improvements in human rights and democracy depends on this.

Coordination Against War in Iraq urges keeping up the struggle against United States aggression. US is not a force that can not be stopped or defeated says Public Workers leader Evren and warns the government for futher tension in Northern Iraq.