According to Prof. Dr. Ersanlı, the opposition parties need to rethink their attitude, while the AKP needs to be pushed to more radical steps.

The International Hrant Dink Foundation prepared an open film project on the topic of conscience. Short films can be submitted till 30 November and will be assessed by a jury formed by Costa Gavras and Georges Moustaki.

Because the Turkish Ministry of the Interior did not permit his funeral in Diyarbakır, musician Tigran was buried in Brussels.

Because of "inclement weather", Öcalan's lawyers have not been given permission to visit him on İmralı island.

Today, Minister of the Interior Atalay met with representatives of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey.

Assoc. Prof. Tosun believes that the MHP's opposition to the government's initiative is an attempt to keep its base. However, the party is moving away from the centre.

Atalay is to meet with the DSP, the BBP and the DTP this week. The MHP refuses a meeting, while the CHP wants to know the content of the "package".

Women who have lost their children in the fighting of the last decades came together in Diyarbakır to call for peace.

The night from Saturday to Sunday, women at two opposite ends of the country held a night-long watch to call for peace.

According to his own wishes, Tigran will be laid to rest in Diyarbakır.

Direnistanbul launched its programme of resistance in Taksim Square yesterday evening.

Following the meeting between Prime Minister Erdoğan and a delegation from the pro-Kurdish DTP today, both sides displayed optimism.

He taught Armenian young people Armenian history and literature, and us our own history. We learned socialism and history from him. He was a true internationalist. My master, my comrade, my friend, my older brother Sarkis, I will always carry you inside me. And I will always miss that smile, as we all will.

According to Assoc. Prof. Yeğen, the government seems to have achieved public support for its Kurdish initiative, but there are still open questions.

After long refusing to meet with MPs from the pro-Kurdish DTP, Prime Minister Erdoğan will meet a delegation tomorrow, but emphasises that he will attend the meeting as a party chair.

While one Bursa court punished a child for "insulting a civil servant on duty", another Bursa court has acquitted eight people for similar slogans.

Following an investigation into the attack on journalist Tuna, six people have been arrested.

The first activity after announcing that the government would take the Kurdish question into hand was a meeting with 15 journalists.

Although it would be exaggerating to say that the government is preparing a "solution", there is a window of opportunity that all socialists and democrats need to make use of.

Lawyer Öz is outraged at the acquittal of defendant Osmanağaoğlu for the third time, accusing the secret service of protecting him.