Reacting agains the army Chief of Staff General Hilmi Ozkoks complaints that recent anti-terror legislation curbs them of authority, human rights activist Yavuz Onen of TIHV warns:The army is already granted abundant power. Our rights are in danger.

Yektan Turkyilmaz, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin and an academic from the Duke University in the US, is freed after two months in an Armenian prison.

Arrest of one Kurdish journalist and a human rights activist for allegedly having footage of outlawed PKK militants raises concerns for renewed harassment of dissidents. Domestic journalist associations and Reporters Without Borders denounce the arrest.

People with the HIV virus can now live up to 20-30 years thanks to new medication, said Professor Doctor Simsek. People with this virus need constant medication. Otherwise, their standard of living can become very low.

ECHR handed Turkey a fine of 166,000 dollars in damages last year, in 17 cases about freedom of expression, fair trials and journalist deaths. In the first six months of this year, ECHR has fined Turkey 370,000 dollars in damages.

A group of 12 intellectuals met Prime Minister Erdogan on Wednesday to urge for a solution to the Kurdish question. Spokesperson Gursay also urged the guerrilla PKK to halt armed fighting and give peace a chance.

Reporters Without Borders protests against the arrest of journalists who covered the release of Turkish infantryman private Kirandi. The legitimate and necessary fight against terrorism can never justify such violations of press freedom, the RSF said.

Erkan Ersoz and Ersan Ugur Gor, two conscientious objectors from Turkeys War Resisters Association, urge for the acquittal of arrested objector Mehmet Tarhan, whose request for release was denied during todays hearing.

Journalism is a peculiar, subjective, local and original activity. The use of language as a means of conveying thought, as well as the original aspects of cultural and social concepts, tend to narrow the limits of journalistic training abroad.

Tayfun Mater, contributor to the Intellectuals Declaration, says that the General Staff exceeds limits of authority with its combatant-view announcement, which signals the military solution to the Kurdish dispute gaining validity.

The new wave of violence is not something that may be comprehended and evaluated within the borders of Turkey. As PKK approaches the end of the road, the lack of a political power to replace it is further complicating the problem.

The Istanbul Network of World March for Women drew attention to the rise of an anti-Kurdish and militarist climate in Turkey. According to the women, operations are mostly hurting civilians, and especially women.