A wide variety of people were invited to the President Gül's reception at Cankaya.

International PEN, Article 19 and IPA have called on Turkey to abolish the controversial Article 301.

"Hürriyet" journalists Karakurt, Tatlican and Kilic will have to pay a total of 60,500 YTL for their feature on Kandil mountain.

The referendum on changes in general and presidential elections will begin at the borders tomorrow.

The Modern Lawyers' Association opened the new judiciary year with a discussion on independence of judges.

While Baykal was celebrating the CHP's 84th anniversary, his opponent Sarigül called for his resignation.

The continuation of trials against Tugluk and Ata is based on a certain interpretation of Article 14 of the Constitution.

Journalists Utku and Duran joined the IPS training programme: journalists should oppose war.

Hüseyin Celik's continuation in the office of Minister of Education, as well as the compromise reached between the AKP and the military, does not bode well for children and teachers.

Journalist Türker Alkan says that he has being receiving death threats since the general elections. One email sender identified himself as a policeman.

The new government has received its vote of confidence with 337 votes. ÖDP MP Uras has criticised the government programme.

The AKP's claim of a yearly growth rate of 16 percent is mostly deception which has been achieved by speculation.

Kürkcü, Mater, Üstündag and Korkut described the Independent Communication Network (BIA) project, saying that "the invisible has to be made visible".

Singer Ferhat Tunc had called for peace, reminding people that PKK and MKP members who die are also "children of this country". His comments have landed him in court.

In order to prove that the government has been discriminating against Diyarbakir municipality, mayor Baydemir has listed unsupported projects.

On the second day of the "From the Classroom to the News Room" programme, young journalism candidates listened to and discussed with academics and professionals in journalism.

The IPS Communications Foundation has offered young journalist candidates the opportunity of a "media preparatory programme". Journalist Talu, lawyer Yilmaz and Assistant Professor Alankus lead a discussion on alternative media.

Diyarbakir mayor Osman Baydemir has breached the "discourse of peace" with militarist language. However, no problems will be solved when a discourse of war takes over.

The first plenum of the Turkey Peace Parliament on 1 September has resulted in a report, a summary of which is given below.

Following a conference in January which convened to look for peaceful solutions to the Kurdish question, the Turkey Peace Parliament assembled in Ankara on 1 September, Peace Day. The AKP government has been called on to stop pretending to act and to look for solutions.