Let me write down some of the recent developments in Turkey: * A parliamentary commission which was established to investigate corruption allegations leveled at ex-ministers cannot hold sessions because...
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In December 2011, the court sentenced Cengiz Yıldız, a police officer who was on duty at the time of the incident, to four years and two months in prison...
I was watching Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on TV after a tragic event that took place in Adana. A 4-year-old girl, Gizem, was kidnapped and then found violently...
Roberto Frifrini “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political...
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The Gezi Park Process and the new democratic values in Turkey
From a peaceful sit-in in defense of a city park to a nation-wide protest movement. This could be a brief summary of the events that occurred in Turkey during the...
The 15th anniversary of the International Justice Day comes in a changing time for Turkey. The efforts made the present Government for the democratization of the country are reaching now...
HRAA General Secretary Salih Efe spoke about religious minorities rights in Turkey at a conference held at the EU Parliament on 03 July 2013 in Strasbourg, France. He was...
The Association for Liberal Thinking (LDT), a Turkish think tank, has chosen to bestow its 2013 Freedom Honor Award on lawyer, activist and Today’s Zaman columnist Orhan Kemal Cengiz....
World Refugee Day prompts more pondering about refugee issues HRAA’s Secretary General Salih Efe: Turkey’s new “Foreigners and International Protection Draft Bill” is a milestone in refugee issues despite...
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...