The Sisli District Court judge adjourned the trial of Turkish novelist Pamuk until February 7, 2006. Nationalist groups accusing Pamuk with treason booed the novelist and threw eggs on him and supporters during their entry into and exit from the court.

Journalist Birol Duru of the pro-Kurdish news agency DIHA remains in jail since his arrest four months ago. He was arrested in the village of Dinarbey in southeastern Turkey in August, and charged with possessing a videotape of the Kurdish guerrilla PKK.

The court has sent Pamuks file to the Justice Ministry for its authorization to try the novelist. The judge argues that Pamuk should be tried under the former penal code, in effect when he made his controversial statement. The trial could be postponed.

The Supreme Court of Appeals orders retrial for Handan Caglayan based on the new penal code. She had been sentenced to seven months in prison and fined 513 YTL for saying My Dear Sisters in Kurdish in a speech during the 2004 local election campaign.

Cagri magazines reader Erkan Akay, as well as writer Orhan Pamuk, journalist Ersen Korkmaz, publisher Zarakolu, writer Kisanak, and singer Ferhat Tunc, will stand trial based on article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code by the end of this year.

There is no alcohol ban, said Interior Minister Aksu. Lawyer Vuraldogan from the Ankara Bar Association, who is preparing to take legal action, and bar owners Keskiner and Ersuren, argue the practice constitutes a limitation of rights.

Guldunya Toren, who has become a symbol of honor killings, was murdered by brothers, following a family decision to kill her. She was raped and as a result, became pregnant outside of marriage. She was under police protection at a hospital when killed.

To be a woman is to wait for your son who is in the army or up on the mountains, to realize you have been sterilized when you come back home from a caesarean, to get beaten up by your husband back home after a demonstration you have marched side-by-side.

Amnesty international in a public statement expresses extreme concern for increased number of writers journalists and novelists who are prosecuted under Article 301 of the Turkish penal code. The article is generally used against critics of the state.

30 thousand children who work in cotton fields in Sanliurfa returned to school three months after the term began, despite a law banning children under the age of 14 from labor. The National Education Directorate is trying to make up for the delay.

In an open letter to the Turkish president and prime minister, a group of European Parliament deputies call for the release of conscientious objector Tarhan, who has been sentenced to four years under charges of insubordination in front of the unit.

37 reporters and academicians participated in the Seminar on Reporting on Childrens Rights by the BİA² and UNICEF. They agreed that the media plays an important role in the correct representation of the child in society.

In a public stetement issued after editor Fatih Tass adjourned trial for publishing a Turkish translation of American academic John Tirmans book International PEN expressed concern for growing number of trials against journalists and writers.

Emrah Eserli, a child labourer who worked in mines in Zonguldak, has died. Employing children is a crime against humanity, said Coban from the union DISK. Rights activists and journalists also criticize the problem of child labour in the mines.

The Our Cultures are Our Wealth program broadcasted in the Kirmanchi dialect of Kurdish on TRT3 channel, carried reports on the government, economy and culture. There was no mention of the recent developments in the region.

We are being discriminated and faced with prejudices, says Demirer, who has been living with the HIV virus for 15 years. Professor Badur, AIDS Fight Association chair, stated that AIDS is increasingly becoming the disease of the outskirts, the poor.

Turkeys public TRT television broadcast in languages other than Turkish is criticized for its stereotype content. The Kirmanchi Zaza Circassian Arabic and Bosnian news broadcasts remain identical and little emphasis is laid on cultural differences.

32 local reporters and womens rights activists met at the BIA² training and discussed womens rights and reporting on womens issues. They focused on violence against women and honor murders and said We will bring womens rights into local reporting.

Mazlumders Bilgen thinks that the officials use the demonstrations to cover up the Semdinli bombings, reporter Selek conveys the peoples demand for a civilian investigation commission and according to columnist Magden the state of emergency continuıes

62 percent of Turkish women are faced with domestic violence by their husbands according to a study by Antalya Womens Center for Consultation and Solidarity. The Center has categorized domestic violence under 53 topics, such as rape.