21.02.2007 By Stephanie Ho, Washington 23 January 2007 The Gallup polling organization has found that, while Muslims say they admire democratic values, they also believe Islamic laws and democracy...
26.01.2007 Salih EFE Background on Turkey AsylumLaws Although Turkey is party to the main UN, Council of Europe and ILO conventions, in the field of asylum and migration Turkey’s...
24.09.2006 Lawyer Investigated to Reveal Child Torture An investigation was launched against lawyer Erkem for her statements as Bar Association official related to child torture in local prison. She...
10.07.2006 BİA (Istanbul) – The Human Rights Agenda Association (IHDG) has issued a statement following an attack on human rights activists, academics and observers during a promotional press conference in...
08.07.2006 BİA (Istanbul) – Advocates of human rights in Turkey are standing up in defence of Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul branch former chair Eren Keskin after a group of Turkish women...
08.07.2006 BİA (Istanbul) – Advocates of human rights in Turkey are standing up in defence of Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul branch former chair Eren Keskin after a group of Turkish women...
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Minority Rights
Confronting Equality: The Need for Constitutional Protection of Minorities on Turkey’s Path to the European Union
07.07.2006 With Turkey’s vigorous efforts to join the European Union (EU) and fulfill the requirements necessary to qualify for membership, debates over minority rights once again have become central...
03.07.2006 Behind Closed Doors* “The history of this type of madness has to be written down: Within the dominant rationalistic culture, before the other form in which people use...
25.06.2006 There is a paradoxical “question” used in justifying torture, a sort of devil’s advocacy. The question was originally put forward by a German politician in the 70s. It...
15.05.2006 SERDAR ALMAYAÇ IZMIR – Turkish Daily News Sunday, May 15, 2005 President of Human Rights Agenda Association Orhan Kemal Cengiz, in criticizing the general reaction to the verdict...