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[REPORT] PPJ has released new report on CoE- Turkey relations

04/02/2018

Platform for Peace & Justice (PPJ) has just released its new report on relationships of Council of Europe and Turkey in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt of July 2016. The report entitled COUNCIL O... Read More...

[NEWS] Customs Union Renewal raises concern over worse HR violations in Turkey

PPJ

28/01/2018

PPJ- 28 January 2018 In the light of recent developments, European politicians who closely observe Turkey have been discussing the prioritization of economy over values. While some argue that economic re... Read More...

[NEWS] UN Rapporteur exposes scale of torture in Turkey

PPJ

18/01/2018

PPJ- 18 January, 2018 Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, has submitted a report which reveal horrific facts regarding the rig... Read More...

[NEWS] UN Human Rights Experts Urge The Turkish Gov’t to End SoE

PPJ

17/01/2018

PPJ- 17 January, 2018 UN human rights experts call on the Turkish Government not to extend the currently practiced state of emergency. After the failed coup attempt on 15 July 2016, the government has ex... Read More...

[NEWS] Turkey’s New Status is “Not Free” in the Freedom House Report

PPJ

16/01/2018

PPJ- 16 January, 2018 Turkey has fallen under the “Not Free” category for the first time in the "Freedom in the World", report has been published by Freedom House for 18 years. According to the repor... Read More...

[NEWS] EP members urge the Turkish Criminal Court to implement the decision of the Supreme Court on Alpay and Altan

PPJ

13/01/2018

Rebecca Harms together with other Members of the European Parliament and of the EP-Turkey Forum has issued a statement concerning the refusal of the local courts to respect the ruling of the Turkish Constitutio... Read More...

[NEWS] German Constitutional Court overturned deportation of radical militant to Turkey due to Torture

PPJ

09/01/2018

The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany overturned a decision given by a court ordering the deportation of an individual convicted of supporting a “terrorist organization”. According to Reuters News Agenc... Read More...

[REPORT] CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REGIME BY DECREE LAWS

PPJ

05/01/2018

Platform for Peace and Justice (PPJ) has just released its report examining the state of emergency decree laws published in aftermath of the failed coup of July 15 2016. The report shows that the state of emerg... Read More...

[OPINION] Strange Case of Akay: Bylock, Turkey’s Coup and Rwanda’s Genocide Trial

PPJ

31/12/2017

By EMRAH AKSU During the last four years, the erosion in the law system of Turkey has increasingly become much more apparent and catastrophic. Every occasion of arbitrary practice of law enforcement... Read More...

[NEWS] 2 Decree Laws Issued Overnight Signal Grave Rights Abuses

PPJ

24/12/2017

PPJ- 24 December 2017 2 Decree Laws issued by the government overnight enact crucial changes that will lead to grave rights violations. The Decree Laws include a list of 2756 public servants dismissed fr... Read More...

[ Interview ] I faced harassment, rape, arrest, torture and imprisonment, but I did not give up

[INTERVIEW] Mesale Tolu: You can experience all that, but you can go on!

[INTERVIEW] Meşale Tolu : Man kann all das erleben, aber man kann weitermachen!

Çiler Ilhan on Women’s Rights

Local Elections in Turkey are of Vital Importance

Kati Piri “Erdoğan has all the power possible, but he still blames others for the economy”

Kati Piri: “Our red line on Turkey has been crossed, and that is how we have ended up with our position today ”