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[OPINION] Ask Spano about Turkey’s persecuted judges

Ugur Tok

31/05/2020

Robert Spano, new president of the European Court of Human Rights gave an online interview to Mikael Rask Madsen. The interview is followed by a series of questions sent by online audience. It was not a surpris... Read More...

Is it fair that Judges and Prosecutors in Turkey are Held in Isolation? The ECtHR’s Bora v. Turkey Decision

Leighann Spencer

21/03/2018

Hakan Aydin* & Leighann Spencer On 15th of July 2016, just five hours after the controversial coup attempt began in Turkey – a time when the responsible could not possibly be determined – the Prosecu... Read More...

[OPINION] Diyarbakır’s Tragedy Displays AKP’s Distaste for Multiculturalism -1

Philip Bernard Kowalski

12/03/2018

Diyarbakır is a city unlike any other in Turkey. With the second longest set of historic walls in the world that enclose its densely packed antique core, it rivals better known Middle Eastern cities ... Read More...

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

PPJ

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...

[OPINION] Coup Botched, Torture Allowed in Turkey

Ugur Tok

19/01/2018

In the aftermath of the controversial coup attempt on 15 July 2016, even without any proper investigation aiming at finding out the real perpetrators, a state of emergency (SoE) was declared by t... Read More...

[NEWS] “ECHR is bargaining with Turkish judiciary prior to its verdicts” Kerem Altiparmak says

PPJ

24/11/2017

By PPJ Kerem Altiparmak, Turkey's prominent human rights defender and academic, said " European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) wants the domestic remedies to be extended in order to prevent the application... Read More...

ECHR: A New Solution Partner of Erdogan Regime?

İhsan Gumus

19/06/2017

by IHSAN GUMUS Burning heretics with low cost All the doors are being closed to their faces. This may suit best to describe harsh conditions under which victims of the “state of emergency”... Read More...