Turkish public gives vexed reactions regarding the heated debate on Armenian Question. While some propose: Lets recognize what had happened in the past, this would only credit us, others retort:Europe and the US are attempting at dismembering us.

The European leg of the Worlds Women March, that began on March 8 in Brazil for campaigning against gender based violence and poverty, starts in Turkey on May 9. Women of Turkey and Greece cooperate in the event to further peace between two countries.

NGO representatives, who attended the BIA ² projects training seminar for the rights organizations in Izmir, discussed their relations with the media. The media should be more conscious about the rights. The rights organizations have a lot to for that.

In the 23 April Childrens Holiday, 728 children across the country draw and paint for disarmament, in Amnesty International campaign and call the governmet to cut arms expenditures.

Acquittal of police officers charged with subjecting in 1999 Nazime Ceren Salmanoglu, then 16 years old, and Fatma Deniz Polattas, then 19 years old, to horrific torture including rape, arouses AIs concerns.

The Head of the Turkey Journalists Association Orhan Erinç says that the New Criminal Code retains articles violating the freedom of information: We do not want Turkey topping the list of the countries with most imprisoned journalists.

The HRW urges that a high-level and public statement be made, affirming the legitimacy and value of the work of human rights organizations, including the Human Rights Association, and condemning the death-threats made against its staff.

Chief of Staff Gen. Özkök in his annual evaluation signals soaring relations with Greece. Özkök also indirectly rebuffs the U.S. depictions of Turkey as a model Islamic country. Turkey is a secular republic Özkök says.

While national media disregards broadcasting in other languages than Turkish, Local Diyarbakir Gün TV is yet to receive a reply to begin Kurdish Arts and Culture programs since 15 months now.

The ECHR rules out that Rights to a just trial and healthy environment are violated and court decisions concerning the closure of the gold mine of Ovacik enforced. According to the decision, the gold mine will close, believes local lawyer Terzi.

Scenes of violence and hate speech against the Kurds screeened as part of National Security course in a girls high school in Izmir, sparks controversy. This course provokes xenophobia and should be removed off the the curricula, experts agree.

30 rights organizations attended the seminar, where Ugur, Gumrah, Gokcen and Onderoglu made presentations on rights organizations, globalization and becoming influential and visible through the media. The two-day seminar was stage to heated discussions.

Turkey has adopted in 2003 the right to re-trial right in cases of violation of rights. The main problem regarding the issue is that the law conditions the right with an eye to exempt Ocalan of this right.

According to legal experts, Turkey is not legally obliged to retry Ocalan. Yet, there exist flaws in terms of fair trial in Ocalan case. Law specialist Sözüer: Ocalan should be retried even before ECHR decison.

Şebnem Fincancı Korur: The process is totally against deonological guidelines. Physicians must not be instrumentalized in cases like this. Mahmut Şefik Nil: Asking for photos and images is a direct violation of personal integrity.

Lawyers: The Case Merits the ECHRs Attention According legal experts, demanding pornographic images, consent to medical inspection, and the demeaning process of reporting for exemptions of the gays from military service are against human rights princ

The ECHRs decision regarding the Öcalan case will not be about re-trial, but on the right to a fair trial. Mostly these two are confused.

Aggression erupts in Sakarya yesterday, in the wake of nationalist violence targeted at supporters of prisoners rights group TAYAD in Trabzon last week. Members of the Sakarya Youth Association protesting against the incident faces attempted lynching.

Conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan, who is taken under custody and sent to his military unit, pending trial at the Military Court. Constientious objection should be accepted as legal under international treaties and the Constitution, says attorney.

44 NGO representatives from 11 provinces attended the first Training for Rights Organizations by BIA². We most of the time are at odds with the state because of the region they work in, and added the media prejudiced, the participants said.