Turkish voters punished the governing parties and pinned their hopes on Islamists and Erdoğan, Kurdish voters in big towns didnt vote for the DEHAP, Social Democrats foundered on their opposition policy, EU could be the decisive political question.

The 2002 Human Rights Watch Annual Dinners in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco will honor two other human rights defenders, in addition to Yurdatapan, a Chadian lawyer and a leading HIV/AIDs activist from India.

Conscientious objector Bal, started a death fast claiming he was tortured. He was taken to an Ankara military hospital as his condition worsens. Bals lawyers prepare to take the case to international human rights organizations.

Ciftci died during an operation in prison. A Turkish court continued to try the people detained during the events that broke out at his funeral ceremony. Genefke from IRCT said, those who opposed torture were standing trial, and not the actual torturers.

In Turkey-Russia relations, both sides generally try to keep things cordial, Prof Turan of Bilgi University told EurasiaNet. Turkey has nothing to gain from exploiting the problems Russia has with its internal unity.

There exists only one-woman journalist who leads an national daily among scores of Turkeys newspapers. There exists almost no anchorwoman. For the worse you will never see a womans face in the white screen if she is than lets say 40.

In Golcuk, AKP was in majority in the ballot-boxes where sergeants cast their votes while CHP was the leading party in the ballot-boxes where admiral and officers cast votes.

AKP promised the IMF, along with the capital-holders, to be loyal to Turkeys current economic program. It will be very difficult for the party to keep this promise and to also come up with solutions for unemployment and poverty.This is almost impossible.

KTOS head Sorakin, said that committees agreed on during the New York talks were not yet formed because of Denktashs illness. Reading the press release of This Country Is Ours Platform Sorakin emphasized they were for peace based on political equality.

Turkish court acquits 47 people who were accused shouting slogans at the funeral ceremony of hunger striker Kayaci. Among the 47 defendants were a TIHV doctor Alp Ayan, union heads from CHD and IHD, and journalist Kaya.

Representatives of different sectors expect the government direct public resources to profitable sectors; establish cooperative banks in agriculture; reduce stoppages in the construction sector, and lower taxes in the automotive sector.

Ayar from AKP, Vecdi Gonul could be the prime minister; Dogan from AKP, We will change the healthcare system; Ergun from AKP, Politics have become centralized and table; Gun from CHP, We need to reestablish the moral values we have lost.

AKP supports Turkeys EU membership. The party is against a military strike by the U.S. against Iraq. AKP does not touch on military spending and the issue of headscarves, and promises to restructure the higher education system.

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The parties that defended the 10 percent threshold level fell victims to the threshold. Out of 18 parties that were able to run in elections in Turkey where there are 51 parties, 16 parties fell out of parliament. AKP became the single leading party...

Rise in votes and seats and two principal reasons of the political upheaval. The elimination of the traditional parties in Parliament is explained in particular by a double protest by the popular strata of the big cities and Anatolia.

A group of intellectuals, including Calislar, Zarakolu, Turkali, Yagmurdereli and Yurdatapan asked political parties about what they will do to end the isolation in F-type prisons, and called on Justice Minister Celikel to come up with a solution.

Unions, NGOs and political parties prepared a Peace Communiqué against a possible military strike on Iraq by the U.S: The U.S. intervention in the region would bring death, not democracy. We are raising our voices against war and poverty.

AKP:Is a melange of some leftist ideas packed in an Islamic cover, symbols of modernization used without style and the formerly held Islamist views masked against legal persecution.

The European Commission Turkey Representation expects Turkey to confirm its commitments to reforms in order to comply with the EU-accession criteria.