[OPINION] Nationalist Vigilantes and the Turkish State Leighann Spencer 24/01/2018 On the 24th of December 2017, emergency decree No.696 was proclaimed by the Government of Turkey. It states that “regardless of an official title or duties or the lack thereof, people who played a... Read More...
[OPINION] Is Turkey heading towards a civil war? M. Behzad Fatmi 11/01/2018 Under the ongoing state of emergency, Turkey has issued yet another controversial decree on December 24, 2017 granting immunity to civilians who were part of the mobs which suppressed the 2016 fai... 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...
[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...
[OPINION] From Roman Proscriptions to Emergency Decree Laws: Annihilation of Opponents in Turkey PPJ 21/07/2017 By ATILLA KOC Throughout history, people who accumulated sufficient power have elaborated different ways to annihilate their opponents. Notorious Roman General Lucius Cornelius Sulla had developed an aut... Read More...