Yeni Şafak: “Don’t touch, you don’t know about bombs,” the daily said in the headline of its main story yesterday, quoting remarks from a military officer addressing a police officer during the discovery of a munitions-filled civilian truck in Ankara last week. Late last Wednesday Ankara police stopped a truck in Ümitköy upon receipt of an e-mail from an unidentified individual. A search of the vehicle showed that it was filled with weapons and hand grenades. One of the military officers in the truck reportedly tried to impede the search of the vehicle by saying a police officer should not to touch the grenades.Radikal: “Sultan searching for her sisters for 72 years,” was the headline of a front-page article in the daily yesterday, reporting that Sultan Kulualp, who assumed her two sisters had been killed during the rebellion that took place in 1937 in Dersim but was later told they were alive, has yet to find her sisters. Kulualp, (79), was seven when the massacre took place. She lost her parents and her sisters. Later, she was told her sisters were alive and had been adopted by a family in Isparta. “I still don’t know what happened to them,” she told the daily.
Sabah: In its lead story yesterday, the daily reported that the government plans to establish teams to fight discrimination and intolerance among the public under the aegis of the Interior Ministry. The move is part of the government’s democratic initiative, which is intended to expand the rights of previously disadvantaged groups and communities such as the Kurds, the Alevis and the Roma. With the planned move, punishments given to those who are involved in discriminatory acts will be increased. The teams will also work on legal amendments as they think necessary to fight discrimination.
