A Turkish court tried writer Bingolce and publisher Sokmen of the Womens Slang Dictionary, for writing and publishing an obscene book. Lawyer Arin presented the court with part of the 262,000-word slang dictionary and the Large Slang Dictionary.

Law specialists question Turkish governments decision to provide logisitical support to the US forces fighting in Iraq. Is Iraq our enemy, asks Prof Dr. Uskul asks. Turkey will provide humanitarian aid to US soldiers, but how about to Iraqis?

How will the Turkish army prevent the establishment of a federal Kurdish state for which the word of US is sufficient? By attacking and destroying it just as it is being established? And if so, when and how will the Turkish army get out of such a mess?

Since one week women stage silent sit-ins by Taksim Metro entrance against the occupation and bombing of Iraq. They will be there every evening. They expect to reclaim ever new Peace Points across the country.

Gregorian Patriarch Moutafian remarks that they do not consider United States attack on Iraq as just. Visiting Iskenderun for Easter preparations all Iraqis and Americans who die in the war are innocent, says Moutafian

Tekeköy inhabitants took to the streets to protest against the mobile power plant. Three were arrested. Recently started to operate on the Black Sea coast near Samsun province the plant engenders environmental hazards, say environmental activists.

Turkey is positioning itself alongside the aggressor with an eye to readjusting its economic policies with the US aid, reacts Sami Evren chair of Public Workers Confederation (KESK) to Powells visit. Turkey should not and will not join this mess.

Supporting Womens Leadership in Turkeys Local Development, project is launched in Diyarbakır. The project includes, production facilities, childcare centers and training in various fields.

We hope that you can stop a second Vietnam war before it is too late and many innocent people are killed. Please put yourselves in the position of your friends in Turkey, in the position of ordinary Iraqis who will suffer in this conflict.

Coordination Against War in Iraq urges keeping up the struggle against United States aggression. US is not a force that can not be stopped or defeated says Public Workers leader Evren and warns the government for futher tension in Northern Iraq.

MGK may not become civilian unless Turkeys militarist structure changes, says political scientist and writer Gerger. He says improvements in human rights and democracy depends on this.

Kurtuluşumuzu Örgütleyelim Konferansı, Adana, Antalya, Mersin, İstanbul, İzmir, Ankara, Diyarbakır ve Bursadan iki yüzün aşkın kadının katılımıyla gerçekleşti. Konferansın sonunda, bir kadın koordinasyonu için ön girişim oluşturulmasına karar verildi.

Kadınlar, Iraklı kızkardeşleriyle dayanışmak üzere 5 Nisan Cumartesi günü saat 15.00-17.00 arası Taksim Gezi Parkında buluşacak. İki saat sürecek etkinlikte beyaz şallar örtülecek, ortak ağıtlar söylenecek, oyunlar oynanacak.

Turkeys sending troops into northern Iraq would be the same as the US intervention in Iraq, said Prof. Uskul. It could lead to fighting and it would have no legitimacy. According to Prof. Azrak, it would not be accepted in the international community.

The Ankara DGM rejected a request to withdraw the judge and release defendants. The witnesses did not attend the trial saying they had no life security, or means to finance their transportation costs. This trial is important for Turkeys interior peace,

It is almost assured that Bush Jr. will desert the Kurds for a fourth time, after 1918, 1975 and 1991, should the they present a problem for the future puppet Baghdad government predicts international analyst Prof. Baskin Oran.

The week closes as anti-war actions extend across the country, in many cities where public protests are unusual anti-war activism gathers momentum, reinforcing the national opposition against US occupation in Iraq and prospective Turkish cooperation

5 thousand people held an anti-war demonstration in Istanbul, calling for an end to bombing in Iraq and for humanitarian aid to Iraqi people. The president of KESK, Sami Evren was sharply critical: The capitalist lobby and the war lobby go arm in arm.

Turkey deploys 102 health workers and physicians to the Iraqi border area. A mobile hospital is set up. Medical supplies from WHO against smallpox and against anthrax and nuclear-chemical-biological toxication are transferred to the area.

Turkey needs to be taking precautionary steps today, to make sure its troops dont commit repeat violations in any operations it undertakes in northern Iraq, says Elizabeth Andersen of Human Rights Watchs Europe and Central Asia division.