Disabled representative Küçükarslan says that a change in health report regulations mean fewer people are counted as disabled.

At the latest Ergenekon hearing, five defendants were released from detention. Küçük has been questioned in relation to the Malatya murders.

Following a find of weapons in Istanbul’s Poyrazköy, arms and ammunition were found in the Bosphorus at the Beykoz coast of Istanbul.

DTP MP Kurtulan has called for an investigation into police violence against children. She reminded parliament of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Diyarbakır MP Birdal has called for an investigation into the massacre in Mardin.

Following comments by the Istanbul Chief of Police in relation to a murder, feminists have called on him to resign.

Former Chief of Staff Büyükanit appeared in a political talkshow on Channel D and talked to journalists Birand and Akar.

Dr. Beşikçi argues that the massacre of 44 people in a village in Mardin cannot be blamed only on feudalism, the village guard system, ignorance or underdevelopment.

Social worker Altuğgil explains why children of the massacred families should stay with relatives. "An analysis of the feudal relations necessary to protect children from abuse."

Opening for a 12th time, International Flying Broom Festival features 90 films from 26 countries. This year's main theme is the "80s".

İHD releases a report, filing the rights abuses committed by village guards, who were armed by the state in 1992 to fight against the Kurdish rebel group PKK.

Karayılan says that the PKK will not lay down their arms without anything being offered in return, but he calls for arms to be silenced.

As investigation and prosecution under Article 301 depends on ministerial approval, a lot hinges on the attitude of new Minister of Justice Ergin.

DTP MP Akın Birdal files a query for PM Erdoğan. He asks if the government plans to amend the constitution to include a clause for equality for LGBT individuals.

Özer was given prison sentences with regard to two articles published in his Çağrı magazine.

Diyarbakır Sur district mayor Demişbaş is sentenced to prison for referring to rebel PKK leader as "Mr. Öcalan". Elected in recent local elections, he is striped of the right to serve as public officer by the ruling.

Colonel Ali Öz and seven other gendarmerie officers will all be tried in a Criminal Court of Peace for negligence in the Hrant Dink murder.

DTP MP Tuncel has accused the state of supporting a certain kind of masculinity with guns.

37 years ago, three student revolutionary leaders were executed on 6 May. Here is an account of the days leading up to their deaths.

Leftist organizations call upon Swedish authorities to release Doğan, a political refugee who was condemned to life in Turkey and have serious health problems following the hunger strikes in 2000.