The environmentalists demand that the Spanish-flagged cargo ship loaded with poisonous waste: The EU will demand that we build eradication facilities, not that we accept their waste.

What are the steps taken by Turkey, in terms of freedom of expression, since its adoption as a candidate member to the European Union- that is a usual question we hear from almost all international reporters who visit Turkey.

Turkeys secularist elite is convinced that presence of veiled women in the public sphere symbolizes the Islamist urge for reshaping the secular government on the guidelines of Islamic canon.

The state is not fighting against torture, said lawyer Ozturk. As evidence of the ongoing torture, he presented the application by children to the IHD. The children claimed they were tortured after the police killed one of their friends mistakenly.

The editor-in-chief Erol Ozkoray and writer Nur Dolay of the Idea Politic magazine will make their depositions in writing from France. The case was brought against the journalists based on the General Staffs demand.

More than 10,000 demonstrators, including workers, unemployed, homosexuals, anarchists, Islamists, and communists, gathered in Istanbul and said, No to War in Iraq... The leftist parties were in majority while right-wing parties were not present...

Senlikoglu criticized the fact that the headscarf is only allowed in places other than public places. According to her, this is an artificial agenda., the ones who started the debate over headscarves are trying to cast a shade on AKPs success.

Joint Statement:The submission of the plan for the solution of the Cyprus Problem by the UN Secretary-General brings Cyprus to a most critical phase in its history. As members of the academic , conscious of the need for open dialogue.

23 percent of women in Turkey give birth before the age of 20. Each year, 1,200 women die during pregnancy, labor or after childbirth. 42 percent of women in Diyarbakir are uneducated. 32 percent of girls arent registered in schools, TAP Foundation says.

Armenian and Turkish language newspaper AGOS editor in chief Dink believes that the minorities should be excluded by the regulation that authorizes and says that the regulation is antidemocratic. Armenians are preparing to establish a radio station...

We have already published one/two Turkish authors this year, naming me authors whose works have no resemblance whatsoever to those of Tekin. I was tempted to say, Oh, yes, you are right. Who wants two oriental dishes in one dinner party!

Hands Across the Divide, Cypriot NGO organized in northern and southern parts of divided Cyprus, staged symbolic protests where women closed their mouths with tape in order to protest the repression on journalists and trade unionists in North Cyprus.

TGC head Erinc, jurist Ilkiz, Babakus from the Circassian Platform, and Tan from the Azadiya Welat, commented on broadcasting in different regional languages and dialects: An important step, but insufficient.

Turkish Cypriot NGOs undersigned Solution in Cyprus and EU Membership declaration. During the meeting in Chamber of Commerce an agreement has been reached on engaging in a series of actions throughout existing crucial period before Dec.12.

Prof. Narli says, turban is in the government protocol because the demands of the vicinity have moved to the center. Associate professor Dr. Alankus is against making the turban sharply a political symbol.

21 percent of children work; 62.6 are subjected to violence; there are a million 400 thousand disabled children; children constitute 10 percent of people who are subjected to torture. Cetin from MAZLUM-DER called on the authorities to solve the problems..

The Istanbul Bar banned IHD deputy chair Eren Keskin from serving as a lawyer for a year. The reason for this decision is her prison sentence seven years ago. She will go to court and demand that the execution of the decision is halted.

TTB Deputy Chair Dr. Bakkalcı: AKPs plan is a continuation of the economy program Turkey has been pursuing for the last 20 years, and which resulted in a devastating economic crisis. It is far from solving problems and taking a human approach.

Turkeys new Justice Minister Cicek served as a state minister in the years of 1987-1991. When Cicek was the state minister responsible of family matters, women protested him by blowing whistles. They even got divorces in protest.

Caricaturists Ayrancioglu and Saatci; Superonlines former editor Ak; Turkish Daily News writer Bekdil and director Cevik; Gun TVs former owner Bingol and many other journalists, are awaiting the decisions by the supreme court of appeals post-EU reforms.