Just over four months ago, my fellows OSCE parliamentarians and I were in Turkeyfor elections that were vibrant, but tainted by restrictions to media freedom and other issues of concern. This time, we hope to observe...
Yazar: Rights Agenda Editor
I’ve lost a friend I’ll never be able to replace. I’ve lost a piece of my life. And now, for the first time, it occurs to me what torture...
I’m in Diyarbakır to fulfill my last duty to my friend. Tahir Elçi was not only a very good lawyer and a human rights defender, but he was also...
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), probably the most bloodthirsty terrorist group ever, hit Paris on Friday night. According to news agencies, 129 died and hundreds...
Tahir Elçi, a prominent lawyer and chair of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was detained last Monday for spreading Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) propaganda. Previously, Elçi appeared in Ahmet Hakan’s...
Four in Diyarbakır, 34 in Suruç and 102 in Ankara, a total of 140 deaths for which the government declared that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
Articles
Democracy And Human Rights
Dismantling democracy in Turkey: a civil rights perspective (II)
The effective enjoyment of fundamental freedoms granted by domestic constitutions is the only reliable indicator of any country’s democratization status: All human liberties set forth by national charters connote...
The term democracy describes a form of government in which the legitimacy to rule (kratos) is bestowed upon the people (demos) of a state, who exert it with a...
Günal Kurşun From time to time, I think about the social roots of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. It is obvious that there is ongoing discrimination against and “otherization” of Kurds...
” The rule of law is a pillar in the constitution of Turkey. Altough it is prescribed in the constitution, the relation of Turkish politics with the concept of...