News: Hidayatullah.com and the Citizen Daily reported a controversial statement from Raihan Diani - an activist and former chairwoman of the Democratic Aceh Women Organization (ORPAD) in a discussion in Jakarta, January 16. Diani accused the enforced Sharia law in Aceh often resulted in discrimination against Acehnese women. This accusation was conveyed in a discussion forum entitled "Sharia and Women Prosperity in Aceh" which took place in Bakoel Café, Cikini…

Recently, America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), officially issued extracts of the report about the CIA conduct towards prisoners in the so-called ‘War on Terror'. The entire report extends to about 6000 pages, though only 400 of its pages were allowed to be published. However, these 400 pages are enough to reveal the inhumane and cruel face of the Western governments. According to the report, the prisoners were deprived of sleep…

On 8th of January 2014, the Turkish Prime Minister was speaking at the 'Protecting the Structure of Family and the Dynamic Population Program' in Ankara to announce a series of social reforms prepared by the government. Under the new plan, the government is pledging 300 Turkish Liras for a couple's first child, 400 liras for the second, and 600 liras for the third, while easing conditions for new mothers to…

News: The Minimum Wage Determination Commission held the fourth meeting with the Ministry of Labor and Social Security in order to set the minimum wages for the year 2015. After the meeting, where the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey represented the employees and the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations represented the employers, Minister Faruk Çelik, declared that the Minimum Wage Determination Commission had completed its work and announced…