As the government, the opposition and families continue to struggle for power over children's bodies, education expert Aydoganoglu warns that the children's self-confidence is destroyed.

Academic Ünlütürk Ulutas has researched women who migrate to Turkey from the former Eastern bloc. They miss their children, fear the police, work hard and live secretively.

Nurettin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish DTP, was arrested at the airport in Ankara on his return from Germany. The DTP has condemned the arrest.

As an experiment in democratisation, our staff are rotating duties. This also means that new areas of expertise are explored.

From 18 to 20 December, TÜRSAK shows international films in Istanbul. The theme this year is "Overcoming Borders".

According to Prof. Dr. Ergil, the PKK will be weakened, but not destroyed by the attacks. A more comprehensive package addressing the Kurdish question is necessary.

In the last two years, there have been three murder cases of Christians in Turkey. Now a priest in Izmir has been wounded by a young man.

The European Peace Parliament, the Human Rights Association and the Labour Party have protested against cross-border operations: "Violence has not solved anything up to now."

Writer Perihan Magden has been given a one year and two month suspended prison sentence for reporting on what people said about the then district governor (kaymakam) Aytac Akgül in Yüksekova, in the southeastern province of Hakkari.

The four-year trial of singer Ferhat Tunc, who criticised the imprisonment of Leyla Zana in the "Gündem" newspaper, has still not ended.

The General Staff has announced that PKK targets on Kandil mountain have been bombed, and that attacks were not aimed at people living in Northern Iraq. Reuters says that 10 villages were hit, homes and schools ruined.

A military court in Van has released the three suspects, two of them soldiers, in the Semdinli bombing trial. They will be tried without detention. Joint attorneys walked out of the hearing.