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Nothing is Lost Yet, There is Still Time

The 1st Gulf war days. I wonder when was the second one fought? They - the media-are psychologically preparing us for their prospective war. However, 94 percent of Turkish citizens oppose this war and carry onthe campaign for peace.

17 February 2003 Nadire Mater

Struma: Death on the Black Sea in 1942

The book of Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins explores politics that led to deaths of nearly 800 refugee Jews. As the Struma neared the Bosporus Strait in mid-December, its largest loss of civilian life at sea.

17 February 2003 Matthew Prıce

The First War of New Empires

The stakes for not supporting the USA are too high, Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul realized after sleepless nights. Did he sincerely believe he could end up with a foreign policy with more character when he was visiting Turkeys Arab neighbors?

6 February 2003 Ayşe Kaya

Turkeys Neo-Islamists Weigh War and Peace

To keep their place in the governing civilian-military coalition, the AKP has chosen to adopt the establishments logic. Instead of representing the unrepresented anti-war majority, the AKP allows the US to consult directly with the pro-war military.

5 February 2003 Yüksel Taşkın,Yüksel Taşkın

30 Human Shields Setting Off for Baghdad

Unemployed Tarhan, photographer Yurdalan, student Celik, Dayanan from the IHD, and others are neither supporters of Saddam, nor heros looking for an identity. Their purpose is to prevent the U.S. attack on Iraq. Theyll be in Iraq next week.

30 January 2003 Hamza Aktan

Ankara Should be the Capital of Peace!

The international Participants demand the Turkish government to refuse to be the northern front of this war. They joined the Peace Gathering in Istanbul during the weekend and visit the Parliament Speaker and the Deputy Prime Minister in Ankara.

29 January 2003

No Base in Iskenderun

Akgun, head of the Iskenderun branch of the Chamber of Architecture, called on the government to have a clear stance on a possible war in Iraq, and on the U.S. to find a peaceful solution. Akgun said many people would fee Iskenderun in case of a war.

24 January 2003 Akın Bodur

Peace Gathering: War Is Not the Answer

Finkelstein, Elsworthy, Curman, Myrdal, Hipkin, Amundson, Savic, Simmons, Komarcevic, Bjelic, Prof. Schumm-Garling, Bötte, Wecker, Simpson, Claussen, Rotem and Tramonti expected in Istanbul to join weekend peace activities.

23 January 2003

No American-Style Haircut!

Barbers Huseyin and Levent Muti have decided not to do the American-style haircut until the possibility of an attack by the U.S. on Iraq ends. Huseyin Muti said his fellow barbers should take the very same decision and protest a possible war in Iraq.

23 January 2003

TUSIAD after Weapons Industry

TUSIAD called on the government to be determined about Iraq. According to Associate Prof. Dr. Kozanoglu, TUSIAD aims to benefit from the weapons industry. According to Prof. Dr. Minibas, TUSIAD wants to be in the right place in the war of resources.

17 January 2003 Hamza Aktan

Anti-War Signatures Delivered to Parliament

The Bursa Anti-War Platform delivered 15,000 signatures to Parliament. The Iraq operation is the outcome of a dirty and bloody policy on an oil-rich region, read the statement by the Chamber of Electrical Engineers.

15 January 2003 Özge Kural

Women Will Collect Sentences for Peace

Hands Across the Divide group launches support action for Turkish Cypriots: Saturday 11, January - Eleftheria Square, Nicosia, from 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM.

10 January 2003

Reforms May Free Editor Ak

The Court of Cassation has, for the second time, overruled the fine handed to Ak, Superonlines former coordinator of the Interactive Department. The General Penal Board wants the court to reconsider the case taking EU reforms into account.

10 January 2003 Erol Önderoğlu

Dont Turn Our Land into War Field

The Bars all around Turkey organized, No to War, demonstrations. Turkey does not have a single soldier or a single cent to sacrifice to the oil and weapon monopolies, read the statement by TBB.

War in Iraq would Hurt Economy

96.3 percent of the people researched by AKADEMEDYA, dont support a war in Iraq. 77.4 percent want Turkey to remain impartial and not to allow use of its bases, and 28.6 percent believe a Kurdish state in northern Iraq would cause divisions in Turkey.

8 January 2003 Pınar Özkan

End Interrogations in the Universities

Gokcek, talking on behalf of the Students of the Eskisehir Youth Club, said the interrogations in Sivas and Edirne, and the cooperation between YOK and police must end. Gokcek said they were fighting for a democratic university.

International Action Alert: No to War!

Peace Initiative of Turkey: Will Turkey allow the deployment of US troops and the use of Turkish bases, airports and seaports for Iraq? The Turkish Parliament will vote on these critical issues in the coming weeks! Join us in our call.

German Foundations Case: Accusation Rejected

The German Foundations and other officials rejected accusations of espionage. The Ankara DGM held defendants exempt of the hearing and rejected to drop the case.

3 January 2003 Nadire Mater

EUs New Turkey Policy

It should be asked to modify the Copenhagen decision in Thessaloniki by lending to Turkey a strong and tangible political support simultaneously with the resolution of the Cyprus problem prior to February 28th or April 16th latest.

3 January 2003 Cengiz Aktar

Trying German Foundations

The German foundations in Turkey, the villagers of Bergama, and the former head of the Istanbul bar, are being tried by the Ankara DGM. They are charged with espionage. The NGOs are closely following the case.

Turkish Cypriots Demonstrate for Solution

There was a general strike all over the northern part of Cyprus to support the demonstration for peace and membership to EU. The UN has a deadline for signing of an agreement until the 28th of February 2003 based on the Annan Plan.

27 December 2002

Southeast Worried of War and Migration

HADEP Sirnak head Yumak, Akbulut from the Hakkari IHD, Van IHD head Erten and Mardin IHD head Cangir, remind that the people in southeastern Anatolia would be the most affected from a U.S. war in Iraq...

25 December 2002 Hamza Aktan

Turkish Cypriot Women Send Henna To Hawks

Women sent henna in order to show their disappointment and anger for the failed efforts to have an agreement on Cyprus at the Copenhagen Summit of the EU. It was went to Denktash, Ertugruloglu, Soysal, Ecevit, Gurel, Baykal and Agar.

17 December 2002

Debating Free Press in the Kivrikoglu Trial

The former military chief, retired general Kivrikoglu sued the RSF and demanded compensation. RSF stressed that the issue to be discussed should be press freedom in Turkey. Kivrikoglus lawyer insisted there is an assault on Kivrikoglus personal rights

13 December 2002 Burçin Gerçek

Kurdish is Free, Students are Punished

The Hundredth Year University has put in effect once again the punishments handed out to 167 students that petitioned for Kurdish optional classes: 33 are expelled, 34 are suspended for 2 periods and 50 are and the other 50 for a week.

12 December 2002 Hamza Aktan

The Northern Establishment Poor to the Street

Government officials, soldiers, Turkish settlers carrying three-crescent flags, a concert by Levet, a day-off for civil servants, call from the governing parties, loudspeakers of civil defense, and imprisoning children chanting peace slogans at school..

11 December 2002 Sami Özuslu

Enforcing the Public

President Sezers recent statement that the headscarf has no place in the kamusal alan didnt make it entirely clear: Does he mean public/official institutions solely an interactive, transactional process or both?

10 December 2002 Rana Zincir Celal

Whose Europe, Whats Europe?

What are the steps taken by Turkey, in terms of freedom of expression, since its adoption as a candidate member to the European Union- that is a usual question we hear from almost all international reporters who visit Turkey.

9 December 2002 Nadire Mater

We Dont Want to Write War Stories!

More than 10,000 demonstrators, including workers, unemployed, homosexuals, anarchists, Islamists, and communists, gathered in Istanbul and said, No to War in Iraq... The leftist parties were in majority while right-wing parties were not present...

3 December 2002 Hamza Aktan

Isnt the Army Ours?

Senlikoglu criticized the fact that the headscarf is only allowed in places other than public places. According to her, this is an artificial agenda., the ones who started the debate over headscarves are trying to cast a shade on AKPs success.

27 November 2002 Hamza Aktan

North and South Academics Urge For Talks

Joint Statement:The submission of the plan for the solution of the Cyprus Problem by the UN Secretary-General brings Cyprus to a most critical phase in its history. As members of the academic , conscious of the need for open dialogue.

27 November 2002

Hands Across the Divide: Drop the Case!

Hands Across the Divide, Cypriot NGO organized in northern and southern parts of divided Cyprus, staged symbolic protests where women closed their mouths with tape in order to protest the repression on journalists and trade unionists in North Cyprus.

23 November 2002