The defendants were prosecuted for having attended the funeral of Ciftci in 1999. Dr. Ayan, was sentenced to 18 months and Kaya, together with other 28 defendants, to 18 months in prison.

Musician Tunc, a writer for the daily Yeniden Ozgur Gundem, and chief editor Colak, are facing interrogations for an article they wrote and published on the trial of the former DEP lawmakers. They are accused with insulting justice decision.

Ragip Zarakolu, owner of the Belge Publishing House was acquittted too. IPAs Alex.Krikorian and Kjell O. Jensen from Norvegian Pen attended to the hearing for solidarity.

Three years have passed in the death fasts, which started on October 20, 2000. A total of 107 people died up to today.

The Security Directorate lifted an administrative investigation about claims by DEHAP official Gunduz, who says she was raped by civilian police officers. The reason for the decision was that no security official is in the position of defendant.

Sanar Yurdatapan stands for the principles of tolerance and free expression, which are fundamental to respect for all human rights, said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.

Singer Tunc is released. The other artists, singer Rojin and stand-up showman Batki, who performed in the same festival, are sentenced in absentia. The first hearing of the trial opened against the artists will be held in August.

121 Turkish intellectuals, of whom 12 of whom are women, including Yurdatapan, Kanar, Öndul, Kurkcu, Kocali, Kemal, Kaplan, Duran, Zarakolu called for peaceful discussion of Turkeys problems and legalization of political amnesty.

The actors and actresses protested the seizure of a fly swatter used in a theatre play Gavara during a culture festival in Hakkari. The fly swatter was seized because of its colors.

OMCT is gravely concerned for the psychological and physical integrity of Ms. Gündüz and calls on the government of Turkey to initiate an immediate, impartial investigation into these allegations.

Police confiscated a number of confidential files and computers of Human Rights Association, some of which contain information on human rights violations perpetrated by the security forces.

Human Rights Associations Diyarbakir branch revealed that 24 people died and 45 injured from landmine explosions and other leftover explosives between 2002-2003. Most of those who died were children.

Molped reklamı ile ilk defa üstü örtük özel günler deşifre oldu. Deşifre olmakla da kalmadı, kapalı mekanlardan ya da gündelik hayatla mesafesi çizilmiş doğal manzaralardan beri gelip sokağa indi, ele güne sorulabilir oldu.

Dar Zamanlar üçlemesinin ilk kitabı olan Ölmeye Yatmak, cinselliğini ulusal ideallerle bastırmak zorunda kalan Cumhuriyet kadınının sesini bugünlere taşıyan bir roman. Adalet Ağaoğlu, Cumhuriyet kadınının cinselliğinin izini sürüyor.

Kadın ailenin barınma, beslenme, eğitim ve sağlık gereksinimlerini sağlayabilmek için yaşamı ucuza getirmenin yollarını ararken ağır fiziksel ve ruhsal bedeller ödeme pahasına yapabilirliklerini en son noktasına kadar zorluyor.

HRW: Dont Repeat Civilian Killings and Displacement. If Turkish operations in Northern Iraq bear any resemblance to those in southeastern Turkey, we can expect to see a human rights disaster.

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered a judgment in the case of Refah Partisi (The Welfare Party) and others v. Turkey: There had been no violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Amnesty welcomes the recent announcement by Mr. Elkatmis, chairman of the Turkish Parliamentary Human Rights Monitoring Committee, that he will seek a visit to examine the conditions under which Abdullah Ocalan is being held.

Unfortunately, the legislation, which passed in December, was apparently mis-drafted and left restrictions on access to counsel in place. A further amendment repealing one paragraph of an article of a 1992 law is necessary.

Human Rights Watch 2003 reports issues: Minority languages, particularly Kurdish, torture and ill-treatment, tension in the new F-type prisons, forcibly displaced villagers, honnor killings, August reform legislation, human rights defenders, UN and EU.