The RTUK sanctioned Ozgur Radio for referring in a press review to the front page of the daily Günlük Evrensel that said police in plain clothes had massacred members of DEHAP during a wedding in Adana.

Director Fatih Akin, who won the Golden Bear cinema award with Against the Wall at the Berlin Film Festival, decided to direct a documentary for his next film.

The Chief Public Prosecutor has asked for an investigation permit from the Transport minister Yildirim for Karaman, General Manager of the State Railways Authority, saying that fast train journeys were launched without the infrastructure was completed.

Alir asked for help from the officials before she was murdered. The subgoverner is now full of regret. The villagers and headman didnt either help her, who applied to the prosecutor police numerous times saying she was faced with violence.

Nearly 200 people, including 86 women, had signed up for the Kurdish language courses so far, but they did not accept application of children younger than 14 years.

The Czech team who excavated the ancient city of Kyme in 1925, smuggled out all the artifacts to Prague, says Prof. Lagona, Kyme excavations head. She urges for the completion of Aliaga Museums construction.

European Union issues specific rules for the movement of goods across the Green Line dividing the Cyprus island between Turkish north and Greek south. The decision is expected to improve northern economy under international embargo since 1974.

Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer endorses the government decree to appoint former diplomat Mehmet Yigit Alpogan as the first civilian head for Turkeys supreme security body National Security Council.

Ilicak village residents of Beytussebap are forced to leave their homes under orders by local gendarme commander, say Human Rights Association Diyarbakir branch officials. This is the first time since 2001 when military resorted to similar measures.

Nurcan Taylan of Turkey breaks two world and three olympic records. She combined a world record of 97.5 kg in the snatch and a trembling 112.5 kg lift in the clean and jerk for a new world record total of 210 kg to take gold in the 48 kg class.

In the past year, a total of 270 husbands accross the province of Denizli were ordered by the judges to stay away from home for three months under charges of maltreatment of their wives or children.

Diyarbakir Governors Office is seeking legal action against Greater Diyarbakir Mayor Baydemir and four other district mayors, whose condolence visit to the family of a killed Kurdish rebel, instigated heated debate. Baydemir refused further statement.

Excavations in Kyme, the biggest ancient harbor city in Mediteterranean, resume. They have acquired evidence that the first coin in history was not forged by the Lidians, but by the Eolians, says excavations committee head Prof. Lagona.

The Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Association sent a letter to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urging for investigation regarding claims of tortured Kurdish guerillas, arrested during operations especially in eastern and bsoutheastern Turkey.

Four people died after two trains collided in Tavsancil hamlet of Gebze town of northwestern Kocaeli province on Wednesday.

Chief of General Staff General Ozkok said on Wednesday that visit by several mayors to offer their condolences to the family of a terrorist who was killed in security operations in Turkeys southeastern Diyarbakir province was an improper manner.

Cicek says any additional legal arrangement is out of question for EUs setting a negotiation date for Turkey. additional legal arrangement was out of question for European Unions (EU) setting a negotiation date for Turkey in December.

The European Union will provide 2.5 million euros for the demining of Cyprus. With the project, beginning in the no-man zone in Nicosia, an area of 180 kilometers will be demined. The project is in line with the Green Line regulations.

The Metropolitan Municipality responded to shelter demands by saying it will support a womens shelter opened by the Human Resources Development Foundation. That is not our demand, said the women, and added they were expecting a clear explanation.

Turkeys supreme security body, first time since its establishment in 1960, is to be headed by a civilian, along with Turkeys reforms for the EU membership bid. Two candidates are former ambassador Osman Korutürk and Ümit Pamir.