Writer Hozatli had been sentenced for claiming that the police has dissidents arrested.

The European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee has passed a report on Turkey with 48 votes and 4 abstentions.

Two explosions took place in Buca, province of Izmir, on Monday morning and lunchtime yesterday.

The European Court of Human Rights has sentenced Turkey to paying compesation for imprisoning human rights activist Akin Birdal.

The Parliamentary Human Rights Commission will investigate the murder of 12 persons in Beytüssebap, Sirnak, which took place on Saturday.

Just before the second hearing of the Dink murder trial, the RSF urged Turkey to investigate the murder fully.

General Yasar Büyükanit spoke at the opening of the new academic year of the military academies, but he was addressing many more than the students present...

86 women NGOs gathered and made a joint press statement yesterday to call for women's participation in the preparation of the constitutional draft. They worry that the principle of equality may be taken out.

The second hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial ended without bringing more clarity into the case. O.S. did "not remember" much, Uzundal accused Tuncel, and Tuncel refused to give names of police officers involved.

The Parliamentary Human Rights Commission has formed commissions to investigate deaths of journalist Hrant Dink and refugee Festus Okey.

"Kurds in Turkey: Main Requirements for a Peace Process" was the title of the conference, which was held on 29 and 30 September in Diyarbakir.

"I wouldn't have killed him if I knew he had a family" regretted O.S. the suspect for killing journalist Dink. Three of the eight detained suspects were questioned by the defense lawyers. The defendants told conflicting stories.

114 lecturers at Bosphorus University have come out in support for Professors Oran and Kaboglu.

Caricaturist Muhammet Sengöz has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days imprisonment for a caricature. This was converted to a fine.

Even if applications to become third-party plaintiffs have been mostly unsuccessful, rights organisations are determined to witness the murder trial.

Erhan Tuncel, police informant and suspected of incitement to murder, was called by intelligence officer Muhittin Zenit very shortly after the murder.

The 78'ers Turkey Initiative has accused retired General Kenan Evren of hypocrisy.

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Prime Minister Erdogan has lost his case against journalist Ilhan Selcuk.

Just before the second hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial, lawyer Fethiye Cetin lists the hurdles the plaintiffs have faced in trying to ensure a transparent investigation and trial of all those involved in Dink's murder.