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Articles Refugee, Asylum And Migration

Call to the Turkish government to resume its open-door policy towards Syrians and to open its border for İraqi refugees

18 Eylül 201415 Şubat 2019

The lack of a near-term solution to the Syrian civil war as well as the establishment of a caliphate by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS – formerly known as...

Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Can we trust the Turkish media?

1 Eylül 20144 Şubat 2019

01.09.2014 A few days ago we read in the Taraf daily that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been paying some young people TL 800 to 4,000 monthly...

Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Totalitarian siege

23 Temmuz 20144 Şubat 2019

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...

Articles Refugee, Asylum And Migration

Refugees under attack

24 Haziran 201415 Şubat 2019

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...

Articles Children's Rights

Sympathetic toward death penalty, intolerant of criticism

13 Mayıs 20144 Şubat 2019

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...

Articles Minority Rights

Roma target: a Pan-European stigma

15 Aralık 20137 Nisan 2023

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...

Articles Freedom Of Thought And Expression

The Gezi Park Process and the new democratic values in Turkey

4 Eylül 20134 Şubat 2019

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...

Articles International Human Rights Mechanisms

International Justice Day

18 Temmuz 20134 Şubat 2019

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...

Articles Freedom Of Thought And Expression

Religious Freedom in Turkey

8 Temmuz 20134 Şubat 2019

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...

Articles Children's Rights

Today’s Zaman columnist Cengiz presented with LDT Freedom Honor Award

14 Mayıs 20134 Şubat 2019

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....