Human Rights Foundation Chair Onen says 80 military coup still intact by renewing and sophisticating itself. The culture of conflict is trying to spread into the civilian environment. This is an operation to suppress peace.

Human Rights activists say it found no sign of a clash where 9-year-old Kurdish girl Mizgin was killed by gunfir. Her brother Hadi charges they were fired on by security forces without warning and corpses were shot again afterwards.

DISK chairman Celebi announces that a youth union is to follow the founding new pensioners union. A union of women is unlikely he says. Women are already in every field. Yet they are not active at the unions executive levels, due to family burdens.

Movie actors and playwrites warn film and TV industry of possible walkouts if conditions of new Team Agreement are not met. Their union SINE-SEN proposes to end uninsured employment, improve working hours and protect women from harassment.

Turkeys school-teachers uniaon Egitim-Sen to launch nation-wide campaign petitioning for equal, free and quality education for all levels and sections of education. Engineers Chamber, TMMOB and largest union confedartion Turk-Is to support campaign.

Turkey criticized in the lastest Amnesty International report on The persistence of protracted and unfair trials for those charged under anti-terrorism legislation. AI issues seven-point appeal for improvements addressed at Ankara government.

9-year-old Mizgin Ozbek and two others were sprayed with bullets in a car in southeast Batman while officials maintain child was caught in cross-fire. Human rights NGOs and local Bar Association set up fact-finding delegation.

Turkish courts are geared up to hear 45 press and freedom of expression cases until the end of the year. First case starts with the Kirandi trial on September 8 while eight journalists, writers and publishers are to face judges on October 5.

A year after filing a criminal complaint against commanders who staged Turkeys 1980 military take-over, the Platform Against Coups has repeated its charges at the Court of Appeals, demanding former Chief of Staff Evren and commanders to put on trial.

Brushing off public reaction and warnings by opposition deputies, ruling AKP majority passes government motion to send Turkish soldiers to Lebanon. Simultaneous to the vote, over 10 thousand people poured out to the streets of capital Ankara in protest.

Families of soldiers killed in action in troubled Southeast region blame government and call on Ankara to refrain from sending troops to Lebanon. Reaction to government policy mounts in wake of new funerals for soldiers killed in clashes with PKK.

Diyarbakir court arrests 11 executives of pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party including provincial chairman Avci after police storm party headquarters in Siirt. Politicians accused of aiding the outlawed PKK organization and conducting propaganda.

Four students were beaten by side watchers as they tried to protest sending troops to Lebanon. Police Chief Cerrah approved of the lynching. As celebrations went on for the Victory Day, we talked to youngsters on the issue: Theyre simply confused.

Journalist Ipek Calislar will be tried for insulting Ataturk in her last book, Latife Hanim, where hes told to wear a scarf to avoid murder. Lawyer Kanar says that prosecutors are givin way to nationalism by taking such individual complaints seriously.

Activists demanded the Minister of Environment that the Dutch ship Otapan loaded with high levels of asbestos should be sent back. Netherlands sent the ship to Izmir for tearing down but rejected to declare the level of toxic waste involved.

The Attorney Generalship of Ankara had banned Kaos GL gay and lesbian solidarity foundations publication issue on pornography. The First Instance Criminal Court rejected their appeal. The Foundation is preparing to carry the case to the ECHR.

Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Kadikoy demanding Israel to withdraw immediately from Lebanese and Palestine soil as well as closure of military bases and abolition of bilateral treaties with Israel from the government.

Some degree of Turkish is essential if you are intended to stay for a relatively longer time in Istanbul. Maps may not help, ask friends how to start strolling through the city. Share a flat with others, you will enjoy greater freedom than in a hostel.

It has been seven years since the Marmara Earthquake in Kocaeli that took thousands of lives and left many more without a home. As experts warn for another disaster threat for Istanbul, no concrete precautions had been put in place by the government.

Sirnak Prosecutors Office prosecution also investigating retired General Tokat for public revelation on ordering clandestine street bombings to intimidate judges and civil servants. New probe looks into whether he was involved in similar activities there