Activists have criticised the upcoming referendum as unnecessary, as a new constitutional draft is being prepared anyway.

Sociologist Yegen has evaluated the current political climate as a silencing of alternative discourses on the Kurdish question. The arena has been left to the army and the PKK.

Iraqi President Talabani warns the PKK that if activities do not stop, they will have to leave.

An overwhelming majority approved a one-year authorisation of cross-border operations into Northern Iraq.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Guterres has warned against cross-border operations into Northern Iraq.

After the murder of three men in Malatya in April this year, a trial will finally be opened.

According to the Reporters Without Borders yearly list, Turkey ranks 101st out of 169 countries.

Today, Turkish Parliament will debate and vote on an authorisation for the Turkish army to carry out cross-border operations into Northern Iraq. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the debate and vote will be open.

The Human Rights Watch has published a press release, in which it condemns pressure put on a gay rights organisation in Istanbul.

Professor Atilla Yayla has faced workplace sanctions and harassment in the press, and now faces criminal charges for comments made on Turkish history in a panel discussion.

Although there is diplomatic tension between Turkey and the USA because of the passing of the "genocide" resolution in a committee of the House of Representatives, most US states already recognise a "genocide".

The government will ask parliament to authorise one year of operations. Cicek: The PKK, not Iraq, is the target.

Around 30,000 people joined Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun’s funeral procession in Diyarbakir on Saturday (13 October).

Parliamentary approval for Turkish soldiers to carry out cross-border operations in Northern Iraq may be debated in parliament as early as today (15 October).

Agos editor Arat Dink, the son of murdered journalist Hrant Dink, and the licence holder of the newspaper, Serkis Seropyan, have been on trial for "degrading Turkishness".

Prominent Kurdish Writer Uzun, who lived in exile in Sweden for a long time, died yesterday (11 October). His death is a great loss to Kurdish and world literature.

The Mental Health Platform called for a culture of conflict resolution to replace the existing culture of conflict. Turkey needs a comprehensive mental health policy "focused on people, human rights and democracy."

Today, newspapers in Britain and the USA covered the possibility of Turkey carrying out cross-border ground operations in Iraq.

A 19-year old man has been given a two-year suspended sentence for sending an email threat to the Agos newspaper.

The ECHR has decided that compulsory Religious Education classes contradict the principles of plurality and objectivity.