Conscientious objector Ismail Saygi, who was taken into custody on 16 March, has been arrested. His supporters have planned a campaign for today.

Various Turkish and international organisations have invited to a conference entitled “Water: Under the Yoke of Capitalism” which takes place this weekend in Istanbul.

Under the slogan “We look out for each other,” over 1,000 women have signed a statement condemning the categorisation of women into those who are covered and those wo are not.

There have been memorial events of the Halabja Massacre in 1988, in which Saddam Hussein ordered the massacre of thousands of Kurds in Northern Iraq.

Bianet asked people in the street what they thought about the attempt to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

The fourth hearing in the Malatya Murders case ended with a postponement as the joint attorneys had demanded a recusation of judges.

Doctors from a private hospital in Bursa traveled to the province of Tunceli for the Day of Medicine on 14 March. They examined patients in the districts and also gained a new perspective on Tunceli.

The ruling AKP has been in power for six years, but has not made any attempts to change the Law on Political Parties or the constitution. Its current defense smacks less of democracy than of fascism.

Joint attorneys in the case against the suspected bombers of the Semdinli bookshop have withdrawn from the case in protest. They argue that the military court is not independent and there will not be a fair trial.

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has marked the five-year anniversary of the US occupation of Iraq with an article on her campaign website. She calls George Bush a "traitor", and his entourage "vampires" for pushing millions of people into grief.

Members of the ruling AKP have reacted indignantly to the closure demand by Prosecutor Yalcinkaya, saying that the AKP would get even more support in the next elections.

President Gül said that he was “above politics” as president. The CHP and MHP have responded cautiously, while the DTP has condemned efforts to close both the AKP and the DTP.

The prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals has filed a court request to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), alleging that it is antisecular.

Women journalists from Turkey, Algeria, Italy, the Lebanon, Spain, Egypt, France, Morocco and Palestine will consider the “Mediterranean Woman in her 20s” in 45 articles.

An Izmir court has sentenced Prof. Dr. Yayla to a suspended 15-month prison sentence for saying that Kemalism was “more regressive than progressive.”

The US Department of State released its 2007 report on Turkey on 11 March. The report criticises the fact that there has been an increase in torture, that the judiciary is not impartial, and that violence towards women continues.

According to a report by the UNFPA and the Demographics Association, 21.1 percent of men and 27.7 percent of women in Turkey do not know the reproductive organs. 48.7 percent of women think that “early withdrawal” is an effective contraceptive.

In the DTP closure case, the Prosecution of the Supreme Court of Appeals has demanded that 221 people be banned from politics. Prof. Köker says there can be no solution when “political participation is prevented.”

2008: 4 years have passed since the reform of the Family Code. Casablanca, a population of 3.5 million (officially), economic capital and melting pot of ancient resident and rural populations who have come to seek employment, of middle classes … Amal, Leyla, Ikram, Ghanya, Amina and Kawtar live their twenties here. Their priority: to work.

Despite the culture of disapproval and the fact that punishment can reach murder or reclusion, love is still worth the risk in Palestine.