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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Finkelstein, Elsworthy, Curman, Myrdal, Hipkin, Amundson, Savic, Simmons, Komarcevic, Bjelic, Prof. Schumm-Garling, Bötte, Wecker, Simpson, Claussen, Rotem and Tramonti expected in Istanbul to join weekend peace activities.

Barbers Huseyin and Levent Muti have decided not to do the American-style haircut until the possibility of an attack by the U.S. on Iraq ends. Huseyin Muti said his fellow barbers should take the very same decision and protest a possible war in Iraq.

Two thousand and 482 journalists were laid off in 2002, in Turkey, said a report by the Work Life Commission of the CGD. The report drew attention to violations of a press law no: 212, and accounted for journalist Sinan Karas situation.

TUSIAD called on the government to be determined about Iraq. According to Associate Prof. Dr. Kozanoglu, TUSIAD aims to benefit from the weapons industry. According to Prof. Dr. Minibas, TUSIAD wants to be in the right place in the war of resources.

Eksi, head of the Press Council, called on Premier Gul to explain who and what he was talking about by saying, Media organizations in Turkey get money from the U.S., who reserved this money to win support for its war.

The Bursa Anti-War Platform delivered 15,000 signatures to Parliament. The Iraq operation is the outcome of a dirty and bloody policy on an oil-rich region, read the statement by the Chamber of Electrical Engineers.

Workers, students, civil servants, employers, every one out of three Cypriots were on the streets Tuesday. The universities went on a boycott for the first time; the tradesmen shut down their shops. Waving EU flags, they demand solution by February 28.

Human Rights Watch 2003 reports issues: Minority languages, particularly Kurdish, torture and ill-treatment, tension in the new F-type prisons, forcibly displaced villagers, honnor killings, August reform legislation, human rights defenders, UN and EU.

Hands Across the Divide group launches support action for Turkish Cypriots: Saturday 11, January - Eleftheria Square, Nicosia, from 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM.

The Court of Cassation has, for the second time, overruled the fine handed to Ak, Superonlines former coordinator of the Interactive Department. The General Penal Board wants the court to reconsider the case taking EU reforms into account.

The Bars all around Turkey organized, No to War, demonstrations. Turkey does not have a single soldier or a single cent to sacrifice to the oil and weapon monopolies, read the statement by TBB.

Gokcek, talking on behalf of the Students of the Eskisehir Youth Club, said the interrogations in Sivas and Edirne, and the cooperation between YOK and police must end. Gokcek said they were fighting for a democratic university.