Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was gunned down on January 19 has been commemorated on the 40th day of his death. Hundreds attended the ceremony. Patriarch Mesrob II urged the authorities to find those behind the killing.

Unidentified aggressors attacked and burned down the offices of leftist Education and Science Workers Unions Sakarya branch. Protesting the incident, Antalya branch chair Zeybek urged the authorities to catch and bring the aggressors to justice.

Local journalist Emin Bal faces a trial on deprecating police officers, who he claims have harassed him while under custody. They offered me to serve as a police agent and when I rejected, they retailated in this manner, Bal claims. Case continues.

Thousands of women took to the streets this weekend to voice their demands as celebrations for March 8, Womens Day begin. From honor killings, sexual harassment and violence to gender discrimination at work, women chanted for another world.

Responding to a parliamentary motion, Minister of Justice said that the government doesnt have a dateline for ratifying the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture. TİHV cticizes the response, urging for independent monitoring bodies

Journalists organizations criticize the new draft legislation on States secret information as a new tool for oppression on journalists and freedom of expression in general. The draft leaves the control to decide whats secret or not to the government.

A five-year-old girl had dropped and drowned in the manhole in Sirinevler district, which has been left nearly open during road construction. Metropolitan Municipality blamed the contractor company but experts says its their responsibility to inspect.

Four organizations gathering doctors, dentists, health services workers and pharmacists together have begun a series of street protests to condemn governments policies to further commercialize the system. Protests will continue throughout March.

A court ruling sentenced pro-Kurdish DTP co-chairs Tuğluk and Türk to imprisonment. Another attempt to block DTP from functioning, says DTP vice president Kaplan. Government turns a blind eye to peace in the Kurdish problem, socialist party leaders agree

Turkeys Human Rights Association discloses its 2006 report, which files 972 cases related to the violation of the right to life and 3 472 cases resulted in injuries. State of human rights detoriated in the country last year, says İHD chir Alataş

University administrations collaborate with public prosecutors to oppress dissident students by constant inquisitions and disciplinary penalties, says Eliaçık from the new Students Union Initiative. Recently,33 students sentenced to 3,9 years in Edirne.

Iconic voice of the opposition in the US to Bush administrations occupation of Iraq, Sheehan urges everybody to take to the streets on March 17 Global Day of Action. We need millions of people she said.