Annual Anatolian Eagle maneuvers have standard procedures and participating countries follow the planned scenario, says Gen. Gurak, following allegations on Turkish army providing special training to pilots engaged in Gaza offensive.

The Turkish Association of Disabled People has accused local authorities of token gestures towards the disabled rather than real service.

Google has included Turkish in its automatic translation service for Internet pages and articles. Now Turkish speaking Internet users can at least get a general impression of an Internet page.

Pacifists are meeting in Istanbul on 4 April to stage a “No to NATO” rally. 24 groups have called for the closure of NATO bases in Turkey.

Doğan Özkan read a press briefing of the Human Rights Association in front of Selimiye Barracks in Üsküdar in 2004. Now he is facing court for discouraging people from doing military service.

DTP MP Aysel Tuğluk is facing a prison sentence for saying that denouncing the PKK as terrorists would not solve the Kurdish question. The court has sent her file to parliament in order to lift her immunity.

Tried with imprisonment on allegations related to news articles revealing an unlawful general authorization of electronic surveillance to security forces, Tahincioglu and Goktas's case continued today.

An Adana court condemns a 15-year-old to imprisonment on terror charges. The child is accused of membership to pro-Kurdish PKK on grounds he had participated in a street protest. Rights activists demand child justice system.

The Izmir fire brigade has been joined by its first female recruits. They feel passionate about their duty to save lives and hope to make positive contributions to the unit.

A joint project by the Ottoman Bank Museum and Sabancı University was attended by 200 people. Assistant Professor Leyla Neyzi led the workshops.

In the run-up to the Turkish local elections in March, the Istanbul branch of the Chamber of Architects is discussing local administration at a symposium.

After working without pay for three months, 800 workers have found themselves to be out of a job. The Hyundai management denies dismissals and emphasises that they only did not renew contracts.

The "Six Dots" Association for the Blind is calling on municipalities to finally start providing services for the blind, and disabled people in general. So far, they have been shirking their responsibilities.

Three Ozgur Radio workers in Istanbul and one Demokrasi Radio worker in Izmir have been taken into custody in relation to a classified investigation against the illegal Marxist Leninist Communist Party.

My words on Armenians apologizing to Turks regarding past terrorist acts have been distorted, says Australian academic Gakavian. It was claimed he responded to Turkish intellectuals' latest campaign on events of 1915.

One may disagree with Hrant Dink's writings and sayings but he could have defended himself if he were alive. Now he's left dead, I had to act against those violating his rights. Journalist Sener talks to bianet about his latest book.

Recently published statistics show that Turkey has been forced to increase its agricultural imports to a record high in the history of the Turkish Republic.

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, the annual rise in consumer prices was 9.5 percent in January 2009.

A group of intellectuals and academics has condemned a PKK-related group, HPG, for openly threatening sociologist İsmail Beşikçi on their website.

An Armenian academic in Australia has initiated an apology campaign in reply. However, the European Armenian Federation has condemned any campaign without genocide recognition as “populist”.