Demanding their lost relatives be found, Saturday Mothers met for the 206th time in Galatasaray. This time, they brought the case of Hasan Gülünay, who disappeared in July 1992, to attention.

Associate Professor Çalışkan believes that Obama’s impending visit is aimed at getting Turkey to support the US withdrawal from Iraq.

Around 500 women walked along the pedestrian precinct of Beyoğlu in the evening of 8 March, reclaiming the streets for women.

Writer Karin Karakaşlı spoke at a panel on “The other’s other: Armenian women”, saying that every identity requires labour and has a price. Kayuş Çalıkman Gavrilof spoke of the need for women to organise.

The International Publishers Association has called on the EU to support independent publishers in Turkey who are being restricted by Article 301 and face financial ruin because of court cases.

Women’s Day was celebrated by around six thousand women, many of them Kurdih. Workers and feminists were also part of the crowd.

Association of Committees of Monitoring MPs and the Elected releases its annual report, gathering statistical data on individual MPs performance at the parliament.

Cumhuriyet daily's Balbay and online Toplumsal Haber columnist Aydın are taken under custody for a second time in relation to the Ergenekon case. TGC, ÇGD and TGS express concern over government pressure on the media.

This week another denim sandblasting worker lost his life at a young age. Minister of Labour Faruk Çelik has announced the closure of many workshops operating in unhealthy conditions.

Emre Günaydın, main suspect in the murder of three Protestant pastors in Malatya, has taken back his statement accusing Varol Bülent Aral of inciting him and his friends to the murder.

Akın Birdal, candidate for mayor’s office in Greater Istanbul, has predicted that many people will be surprised at the local election results, as the media is misleading the public.

A report by the State Auditing Commission (DDK) on shipyards has been found to contain racist descriptions of Greeks, such as “lazy” and “a genetic hostility towards Turks”. When reported, parts of the reports were taken off the website.

18 February, International Asperger Day, was ignored by the media. This showed once again that the media ignores difference and does not represent it.

Prosecutor's office in Silopi arbitrarily postpones an excavation at BOTAŞ land, which is a suspected burial place of the extra-judicial killings committed in the 1990s.

Actress Yıldırımlar calls for the immediate release of children tried with terror charges for participating in protests and demands amendments to law, in a conference which a petition is revealed to public.

Despite daily Sabah's headliner article, Kurds in southeastern Turkey seems to see state TV's Kurdish channel as a part of the government's electoral campaign, rather than a move towards increasing freedoms.

The Yeşilçam Awards were handed out this week, honouring Turkish film productions and performances. The film "Three Monkeys" received four awards in different categories.

Lawyers for the Çeber family have accused the judges of leniency towards the accused police officers. The judges have withdrawn, and it is yet to be decided which court will take on the case.

Two women politicians apply to the ECHR regarding Italy's PM Berlusconi's insulting remarks about women. bianet talks to Anna Paola Concia about their stance, their expectations from the case and situation of civil rights in the country.

The head of the Dutch Safety Authority has announced that last week’s Turkish Airlines plane crash in Amsterdam may have been caused by a faulty altimeter.