On 23 April, Children's Day, the children we talked to expressed a wish for all children to be equal and take part in celebrations.

Two letters from journalist Mustafa Balbay have been published in the Cumhuriyet newspaper.

The ECHR has convicted Turkey for the disciplinary punishments that were handed to trade union members.

Amnesty International has launched its report on the situation for refugees in Turkey.

Two Kurdish politicians have been convicted for a call for peace in which they used the word “guerilla” for PKK members.

Yesterday evening, a weapons cache was found on land in Beykoz, Istanbul, belonging to the İSTEK Education Foundation. The foundation has said that the land belongs to the military.

Students from less well-off backgrounds face serious difficulties trying to get by. Cihan Erdal, a third year student in Istanbul, is only one of many.

Cashman, chair of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Working Group, has expressed his hope that the Lambdaistanbul case will end positively.

Trade unionist Okcan says that workers have not and will not apply to Istanbul’s governor for permission to gather in Taksim Square on Labour Day.

According to a report by the Initiative for Women’s Labour and Employment, women continue to be exploited in domestic and outside work.

A 26-year-old has been arrested for the murder of Melek, a member of the Pink Life LGBTT Association. This is only the latest in a spate of murders affecting the LGBTT community.

At a basic journalism seminar in Thrace, local journalists discussed the independence of journalists, correct reporting, photo reporting and creative journalism.

At the ninth hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial, triggerman suspect Samast proved uncooperative. Requests by joint attorneys to call high-ranking security officers or merge trials have yet again been rejected.

An Ankara court rules to refer the case to the ongoing Ergenekon trial. One judge had lost his life when a gunmen raided the Council of State in 2006.

More than 200 people gathered before the court hearing in Beşiktaş. They once again demanded investigations into allegations of involvement against state and security officials.

Lawyer Muharrem Erbey of Diyarbakır’s Human Rights Association says that the DTP members arrested do not know what they are being accused of. More than 250 people are said to have been detained, and around 80 arrested.

Hundreds followed the call of the 7th Package Initiative and protested against the government and the economic crisis in Taksim Square.

President Talat’s party has lost the general elections in Northern Cyprus, while the National Unity Party has made a return.

An Istanbul court has ordered the arrest of six professors, a member of the ÇYDD association and a businessman.

Following the detention of 53 party members, including three co-chairs, the DTP made a press statement in Galatasaray in protest.