To keep their place in the governing civilian-military coalition, the AKP has chosen to adopt the establishments logic. Instead of representing the unrepresented anti-war majority, the AKP allows the US to consult directly with the pro-war military.

Amnesty welcomes the recent announcement by Mr. Elkatmis, chairman of the Turkish Parliamentary Human Rights Monitoring Committee, that he will seek a visit to examine the conditions under which Abdullah Ocalan is being held.

Yelkovan, Chamber of Ironsmiths chair, said production halted and unemployment increased after the Gulf War. The tradesmen at the Mersin Industry Complex closed their workplaces and tied black ribbons on their cars to protest possible U.S. attack.

The Kurdish minority who live on the Iraqi side of the border have flourished as a result of the diesel trade. Supermarkets, internet cafes and new vehicles can be easily spotted in northern Iraq while they are almost unknown further south.

Unfortunately, the legislation, which passed in December, was apparently mis-drafted and left restrictions on access to counsel in place. A further amendment repealing one paragraph of an article of a 1992 law is necessary.

Unemployed Tarhan, photographer Yurdalan, student Celik, Dayanan from the IHD, and others are neither supporters of Saddam, nor heros looking for an identity. Their purpose is to prevent the U.S. attack on Iraq. Theyll be in Iraq next week.

Türkeys former Chief of Staff Gen. Kivrikoglu sued RSF after his picture appeared along with 37 other predators of press freedom in an exhibition the organization staged last May in the main hall of the St. Lazare railway station in Paris.

The international Participants demand the Turkish government to refuse to be the northern front of this war. They joined the Peace Gathering in Istanbul during the weekend and visit the Parliament Speaker and the Deputy Prime Minister in Ankara.

100 representatives of 20 different professions each, announced their reasons for opposing the war and signed a joint communiqué. Academicians, civil servants, doctors, engineers, workers, lawyers, journalists, businesspeople and, students were among them

People in Istanbul said No to War, in Beyazit Square, and called on to the government not to support the war. The anti-war activists demanded that the U.S. troops leave the bases and ports in Turkey, and that the budget for its people, not for war.

Akgun, head of the Iskenderun branch of the Chamber of Architecture, called on the government to have a clear stance on a possible war in Iraq, and on the U.S. to find a peaceful solution. Akgun said many people would fee Iskenderun in case of a war.

Memik, the general director of the Worker Villager newspaper, is convicted of being a member of an illegal organization. He is currently in the Sincan F-type prison. According to Memik there is a plot against him.