The fight against terrorism has created certain wars, Human Rights Foundations chair Onen. Certain countries have been occupied. Human rights violations have increased. All these point to a new struggle area. We need international solidarity.

EU enlargement expert Aktar said the second EU draft had one improvement in favor of Turkey and two dangerous items. The EUs final statement will be a roadmap for Turkey, he said. Privileged partnership is an exaggerated fantasy, he adds.

Hakan Albayrak, the former writer for the Milli Gazete, who was convicted and arrested for insulting Ataturk in one of his articles, was released from the Ankara Kalecik prison after serving for six months.

38 newspaper, radio and TV reporters from six provinces in the Black Sea region, discussed responsible journalism and rights reporting during the program with presentations by Prof. Dr. Koker, Dr. Dursun, Dr. Tosun, Duran, Celikkan, Haksever and Erol.

The furious people of the Kiziltepe, Mardin urge for the murder, in a police operation, of the 12-year-old Ugur, and his father Ahmet Kaymaz uncovered. They are seeking to hide the incident from public says local human rights activist Perincek.

Lawyer Cetin said that the National Security Board should just be an advisory body, added that the Sept. 12 period legitimized bodies like the MGK and secret documents. Prof. Uskul said MGSB should be in line with constitutional and political realities.

A young academic, Ayse Gül Altinay, probes into the intricate mechanisims of Turkish state-building processes, through her invaluable work The Myth of The Military-Nation. Crtics praise the book also for its universal value in analysing male domination.

23 reporters and womens rights activists from Bolu and six provinces attended the BIA ²training seminar. They discussed responsible reporting and reporting on rights. Dr. Koker, Dr. Dursun, Dr. Tosun, Duran, Celikkan and Haksever made presentations.

The June, July and September reports of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation show that defendants facing charges of torture are mostly acquitted.

INdependent Deputy Sirin handed a question motion to Prime Minister Erdogan about a mass grave found in Diyarbakir and claimed to be of villagers who got lost 11 years ago. He demanded that the ministries, and army make their finding on the issue public.

Inhabitants of Turkeys most prosperous province Kocaeli, benefit from lesser health facilities than Turks living in the German city Dusseldorf, shows a research by Dr. Kaya of Kocaeli University.

Its estimated that at least 50 people, mostly women and children, have died or been wounded this year alone as a result of landmines and abandoned unexploded ordinances in Hakkari. Recently, two children and an adult were killed and three others wounded.

It was the most recent of frequent explosions in Hakkari, an area heavily polluted by anti-personnel landmines and other unexploded ordinances during the conflict between PKK guerrillas and Turkish security forces. The bombs are deemed a serious problem.

Prof. Polat said Turkey still didnt pass harmonization laws about the Childrens Rights Convention, 15 years after adopting it. According to Polat, institutions responsible for serving children have many shortcomings.

Women lawyers said MTA discriminated against women by employing 75 men and only five women. They called on women to spend effort to defend their rights and promised to support the Chamber of Geology Engineers in any legal procedure.

RTUK gives a 30-day closure to Hakkari FM because of Democratic People Partys chair Suvagcis words. In the program he condemned the closing of the party, those missing while under arrest and he wants a democratic solution to the Kurdish issue.

Cases against nine police officers from the Istanbul Anti-Terror Branch who were charged with torturing Yeter and 14 others in another incident in 1997 were dropped on 11 November, because they had reached the time limit for such proceedings.

A court acquitted police officers Ismail Icen and Mustafa Yucel, who were being charged for torturing Daslik. Her lawyer appealed the case at the Supreme Court of Appeals. Icen, who stood another trial for torture, was acquitted in recent months.

Actress Genç of Theatre Amargi had a case brought against her for swearing at official on duty based on her lines in the play Spilled Unwritten She has stated that this kind of censorship applications are hindering the artistic creation process.

TMMOB Chamber of City Planners handed out City Planning Media Awards. Bianet received an award for contributing to the city culture and urban consciousness, for bringing urban problems onto agenda and for providing scientific arguments.