A project scanning school books for human rights violations has revealed that only eight percent are unproblematic.

The "Ergenekon" investigation probing into Turkey's "stay behind" operations, revokes public memory. Relatives of the "disappeared" people under police custody revive their successful campaign of the 90's to raise the issue.

While all over the world begun a debate about the possibility to put Israel'i responsibles under trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity for Gaza military operation that caused 1300 deaths, Spanish National Assembly started an investigation about a fact happened in 2002.

Currently dozens of children around Turkey are in prison. They are being kept in unacceptable conditions and may face steep prison sentences.

The Fatih municipality in Istanbul has destroyed the children’s centre in the Roma neighbourhood of Sulukule.

The Socialist Feminist Collective has launched a quarterly publication. The first issue contains articles on local elections, urban transformation, the economic crisis, male violence, female labour, motherhood, homophobia and modern art.

Around 50 NGO representatives and journalists from Croatia, Turkey, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo met in Brussels for a workshop on corruption. Önderoğlu from bianet participated.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left a Middle East panel at the World Economic Forum in protest at being allocated less time to speak than Israeli President Shimon Peres. No permanent rift seems to have taken place.

Abdülkadir Aygan, a former PKK member who then worked for the clandestine JITEM gendarmerie organisation for nine years, now lives in Sweden. Taraf reporter Neşe Düzel talked to him there. This is the first part of the interview.

An actor's confession of killing a Greek Cypriot prisoner of war during Turkish military intervention of 1974, a confession later retracted, sparks debate on the missing persons in Cyprus.

In a press statement published on their website, the International Labour Office predicts a steep rise in global unemployment. Their predictions range from a loss of 18 to 50 million jobs worldwide.

The Association of Women Workers says women should refuse to vote for parties with a few token woman candidates.

Dink family lawyer Tuna evaluated the investigation of defence lawyer Turgut as positive but a step taken far too late. She is not optimistic about the trial.

The European Court of Human Rights has penalised Turkey for arresting and prosecuting an under-fifteen year old for alleged PKK membership.

An increase in poverty will lead to more children working. Children’s centres need to be improved to prevent children from working in the street and education support must be a priority.

On the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of two Kurdish politicians in Silopi, southeastern Turkey, thousands of people gathered in protest.

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has rejected a call to open a case against the apology campaign under Article 301.

The Contemporary Journalists’ Association (ÇGD) has announced its journalism awards for 2008.

In the eighth hearing of the Hrant Dink murder on 26 January, defendants Tuncel and Hayal fought. Links with the Ergenekon organisation will be investigated, the judges dediced.

A court of appeal has overturned the decree to close the gay rights organisation Lambdaistanbul. However, the same court warns the assocation not to try and “encourage” homosexuality and transgender identities.