Not only these, but this government also tried to make a deal with the leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to find a way to reach a...
“Like many women when they’re harassed, I didn’t know what to do,” she repeated over and over again. After Kocher and her boyfriend switched places, her harasser immediately left. Though...
2012 Press Releases
Letter to the Auuthorities from the Refugee Rights Coordination Human Rights Violations Against Syrians in Hatay Shoulds be Investigated
28 February 2012 LETTER TO THE AUTHORITIES FROM THE REFUGEE RIGHTS COORDINATION HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST SYRIANS IN HATAY SHOULS BE INVESTIGATED Refugee Rights Coordination which consists of 5...
Articles
International Human Rights Mechanisms
Lawyers to take Dersim massacres to ICC despite hurdles
Turkey’s prime minister achieved a milestone when he recently apologized on behalf of the state for the Dersim massacre of the 1930s. “On behalf of the victims, our petition...
When the French were discussing passage of a law in 2006 to criminalize denial of the Armenian genocide, Hrant Dink was being tried under Article 301 of the Turkish...
Why is it so hard to face up to the past? There are many reasons, no doubt. But I believe that one of the most important reasons is the...
The General Staff recently issued a press release about the ongoing Sledgehammer (Balyoz) coup plan trial, underlining that they failed to understand why the defendants are still being kept...
06 March 2011 (Istanbul) – The arrest of nine journalists and writers on March 3, 2011, in the absence of clear reasonable cause, will have a chilling effect on...
Articles
International Human Rights Mechanisms
‘Turkey’s inclusion in international justice system critical to its EU venture’
“If Turkey is to be a member of the EU, it has to sign the Rome Statute. The EU reports on Turkey have mentioned that issue several times, and...
The first time I saw these photos, I said to myself, no legal system could allow an aggressor to be so close to his victim. When her ex-husband whispered...