Representatives of the EU Commission say that the Human Rights Foundation has a very wide definition of torture. The Foundations head Onen says that there has been a general inclination in the world after 2001 to narrow down the definition of torture.

Hands Across the Divide activist Cahit complains that women arent included in the solution process despite a UN resolution. Cahit, Merlem and Oztoprak agree Referendum is a big chance for peace. At last, we will make a decision in the referendum.

Cypriot academician Hasguler will run in the European Union elections in the Cyprus Republic on June 3. He became a candidate with the aim of questioning history with the right perspective and building bridges of friendship between the two communities...

Denktas called on the postponement of the referendum on the Annan Plan, in his speech and said, The game of taking the state out of our hands, has started. We are struggling not to lose it. We did not lose it up-to-now and we will not lose it after now.

15 Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot poets came together to use their imagination and work on a common poem: We decided to work on a concept and we chose the concept YES which is a very popular and also unpopular word today in our country.

Karayalcin, the SHP leader which led the Union of Democratic Powers, attributed the failure of the Alliance in attaining even the votes of Democracy Party in the November 3 elections, to the influence of Kurd leaders Mesud Barzani and Jalal Talabani.

Reporters Without Borders has protested after police beat nine journalists who were covering the crushing of a demonstration against electoral fraud in South-eastern Diyarbakir.

The Human Rights Association and the Turkish Human Rights Foundation demand that conditions are met so that Ismail Hakki Avci, who was tortured in the U.S. can press legal charges.

The Employment and Labor Council report said that one out of three educated youth in Turkey, and two women out of three are jobless. Joblessness is more widespread among women, said the report and added the jobless rate would double in the year 2010.

With 92 percent of the nationwide local election ballot boxes opened: AKP 42.2 percent, CHP 21.2, SHP 5,8 percent, DYP 8,2 percent, MHP 8,6 percent.

AKP got the mayoral seats of 56 provinces, out of a total of 81, CHP of 9 provinces, Democratic Union of Powers of 5 provinces and MHP of 4 provinces, Saadet and DYP each of one province, according to the returns of 54 % of ballot boxes counted.

The local elections consolidated the power of the AKP. According to semi-official results, the AKP gained nearly 42% of the votes against 34% at the legislative elections of 2002, very far from its nearer rival, CHP, which obtains 18% against 19% in 2002.