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[OPINION] Five Years On, the Legacy of the Gezi Park Protests is Alive and Well

Philip Bernard Kowalski

30/04/2018

In the late spring of 2013, Istanbul was aflame in an intoxicating, revolutionary atmosphere. What started as an environmentalist sit-in protest against the destruction of the last green space in Taksim Square... Read More...

Impediments to Defending Human Rights in Turkey Outlined in New Amnesty International Report

Leighann Spencer

26/04/2018

Human rights are being eroded in Turkey. Although issues existed prior to July 15th, 2016, the coup attempt and subsequent State of Emergency (SoE) has seen an abolishment of rights like freedom of express... Read More...

[NEWS] UN Special Rapporteur brings the human rights violations under SoE to attention

PPJ

26/02/2018

By PPJ- 26 February 2018 The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ni Aoláin, published and submitted... Read More...

Amnesty International Condemns Turkey Rights Violations in Annual Report

Leighann Spencer

22/02/2018

Today, Amnesty International released its Annual Report on the state of human rights around the world. The section on Turkey was scathing, with rights violations becoming more and more f... 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...

HRF: 268 Curfews Declared in Turkey

PPJ

06/11/2017

According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, at least 268 curfews were declared in at least 47 districts in 11 provinces; fundamental rights of at least 1,809,000 people were violated. The Human Right... Read More...

[REPORT] A Comprehensive Report On The Prison Conditions In Turkey: In Prison 2017

PPJ

18/10/2017

Platform for Peace & Justice (PPJ) has released its comprehensive report on the prison conditions in Turkey during the State of Emergency declared in the wake of failed coup attempt in July 2016. The report... Read More...

[NEWS] Jailed Judge is awarded by PACE with Human Rights Prize

PPJ

10/10/2017

By PPJ The fifth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Turkish supporter of the independence of the judiciary M... Read More...

[NEWS] Apply what you demand for Rohingya in your own country says High Commissioner of UNHRC to Turkish Gov’t

PPJ

11/09/2017

By PPJ Zeid Al Ra'ad Al Hussein, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered an opening speech at Human Rights Council 36th Session. In his speech, he emphasized that human rights violations make t... Read More...

[OPINION] Criminals out, disabled and sick innocents in

BETÜL SAĞKOL

26/08/2017

By BETUL SAGKOL In order to understand the value given to human rights in a modern society, value given to children, old people and disabled people can be used as a very important measure. These groups, ... Read More...

[INTERVIEW] Prof Mehmet UGUR: "We may be enjoying relative freedom in Europe but this freedom is tainted by continued violations in Turkey"

Der Putsch war nichts als ein vergiftetes Geschenk an Erdogan zulasten der türkischen Gesellschaft

Das Engagement der Bundesregierung darf nicht mit dem Fall von Deniz Yücel enden

Beatriz Becerra: Turkey must act according to its commitments.

Hans-Olaf Henkel MEP: Merkel decision to let hundreds and thousands of refugees into Germany made the entire EU subject to Erdogan’s blackmail.

[INTERVIEW] MEP Fleckenstein: “For the time being, the relations with Turkey can’t be value-based”

[INTERVIEW] Peace Petition Signatory Prof. Mehmet Ugur “The hunger strikers had a simple demand: they wanted their jobs back!”