While the Come On Girls, to School campaign is continuing, two sisters in the Gazlikuyu village are still working in cotton fields. The girls could not talk to the reporter since they cannot speak Turkish.

Mayor Yilmaz made a press statement and denied the morality guard reports in the media. He argued that the incident was a ploy. Cakir, who reported the incident said the implementation has been going on for months and said he is behind his news story

The municipal police have no authority to warn the youth who hold hands or cuddle on the shore. The real crime being committed here is to violate peoples freedoms, said lawyer Cinmen.

Turkish Parliament finally adopted the controversial reform of the Turkish penal code. Although applauded exaggeratedly by Verheugen and some EU leaders because of absence of the mention of adultery, the new TCK is full of many anti-democratic articles.

Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said that any article of the Turkish Penal Code could not be interpreted as restricting rights or freedoms.

Activists from across the globe gather in Ankara in the New Tactics in Human Rights International Symposium. At least 400 representatives from a wide array of organizations will discuss new approaches to further human rights situation in the world.

According to the IHD, the fact that prosecutors, judges and forensic medical experts do not document torture by police, is an evidence of systematic torture. The association sent Prime Minister Erdogan photographs of victims of torture.

During the international symposium titled, Women in Turkey and the EU: Toward a Joint Understanding organized by Ka-Der, participants discussed womens problems arising from being a woman, and looked for ways to improve solidarity among women.

TCK draft can be reconsidered after new Justice Commisson members are elected, said Justice & Development Party deputy leader Firat.

AKP tried to include the adultery crime in the code with a formula of sexual disloyalty, risking the agreement with CHP. The initiative failed with the staking of CHP saying, If you do that, we will desert Parliament. Then, TCK Draft was withdrown.

An exhibition of Turk and Greek Modern artists called Greece-Turkey Meeting Point: Modern Art, will open on October 17th at the Istanbul Aya Irini Museum.

When the opposition of the Republican Peoples Party (CHP) was also added to the reactions raised from the domestic and foreign public opinion, AKP renounced from its initiative to make the adultery a crime.

IHD workers Salman and Kizgin are being tried for insulting state officials because of their posts. The same people are trying Salman and Kizgin.

Editor-in-chief Ucar said 12 new cases have been brought against the daly Ulkede Ozgur Gundem after the DGMs were annulled. It is still a crime to publish announcements by a non-violent group, said Ucar. He argued there are 90 cases against the daily.

AKP wants to make adultery a crime to get the support of its conservative voters, said Prof. Narli, who spoke about the debate on making adultery a crime in the TCK. Anatolian women did not use to complain about their husbands who had two wives.

Parliament is discussing the Turkish Penal Law (TCK) motion. The last-minute summit between CHP leader Baykal and Deputy PM Gul produced a compromise of AKP not to launch the adultery motion to Parliament.

Women from Diyarbakir, Batman, Van, Mardin, Gaziantep and Mersin, argue that making adultery a crime would legitimize honor crimes. They draw attention to how widespread polygamy is, and say: Everybody will become a guard of virtue of each other.

Greens from Turkey and Spain urge for resignation of their respective Ministers of Environment for their part in the sinking of a Spanish ship with toxic waste in Turkish southern port of Iskenderun. Mediterranean is turning into a time bomb they say

An independent Commission comprising of prominent European politicians such as Martti Ahtisaari former Finland president and former EU commissioner Hans van den Broek concludes that Turkey is eligible for EU membership negotiations.

The Turkish government has announced that it is determined to restore soon adultery like an offence liable to a prison sentence in spite of the reactions of the secular circles and the European Union.