25 reporters and journalists from local radio stations, TV channels and newspapers joined the workshop organised by IPS and Press Now in Antalya at the weekend.

Parties and organisations of the left have condemned the operations and are calling for peace.

Hundreds of protesters joined the DTP press statement at Galatasaray Square in central Istanbul, but the police intervened in the ensuing march with tear gas, water cannons and shots fired in the air.

As we reported in December, bianet adopted a rotation model last year in order to put into practice our ideal of democratic collaboration. Now our third period of rotation has begun, with Gökçe Gündüç as our new editor-in-chief.

The General Staff has announced that ground operations in Northern Iraq have ended. 240 PKK militants are said to have been killed, as well as 24 soldiers and 3 village guards.

The General Staff has sued lawyer and human rights activist Keskin for “denigrating the army”; Keskin said, “I will continue to criticise militarist pressure.”

The opposition CHP has appealed to the Constitutional Court to overrule the headscarf amendments, and university rectors have called for the resignation of Higher Education Council President Özcan.

"It was surreal sitting there eating a Subway sandwich, listening to elevator music, and hearing explosions so loud they could knock your drink right off the table, and gunfire in the distance."

Children forcibly displaced by the armed conflict in the southeast of Turkey have found a ray of hope with the Basak Foundation.

In order to protest against the appalling safety and working conditions at the Tuzla shipyards, trade unions started a strike on Wednesday. 86 people were detained, and some were beaten.

In the last six days, so the General Staff, 24 soldiers and 230 PKK militants have been killed. Iraqis are fleeing their villages. Turkish human rights activists are starting a peace vigil.

At the fourth hearing on Monday, the court finally reacted to the untolerable behaviour of defendants and defense lawyer Fuat Turgut.

On Tuesday, the police arrested a further six people as part of the Ergenekon operation. There are three academics, a journalist, and a gold dealer among them.

Singer Bülent Ersoy’s courageous anti-war utterances on live TV have provoked a nationalist backlash and an investigation.

The fourth hearing has brought no further clarity in the case, as many of the requests of the joint plaintiffs were refused.

DTP politicians have called for an end to operations and violence in general. Journalist Akad criticises the mainstream media for misleading the public.

Yesterday there were hearings in the Hrant Dink and the Malatya murder cases. Whether or not all the shady connections in the murders will emerge will decide on the future of Turkey’s democracy.

The Iraqi government has demanded that Turkish soldiers be withdrawn from Northern Iraq. US Secretary of Defense Gates has called on a “dialogue with the Kurds which would strengthen effect of military operations.”

In the last seven months, 18 workers have died on Tuzla shipyards. The Limter Is trade union has announced a strike from Wednesday, 27 February.

The General Staff has announced that ground operations in Northern Iraq are continuing and that 15 soldiers and 112 PKK militants have been killed in the first three days.