The Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan Will Guarantee the Success of the Peace Process in Turkey
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UN Commissioner: Turkey hinders our investigations in the South East
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Al Hussein said: “Our attempts at investigating the severe human rights violations in South Eastern Turkey are constantly rejected.”
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Children tortured in prison
More than 40 imprisoned children in the Adana Kürkçüler E Type Closed Prison, known for its officials’ rights violations, tortures, and arbitrary policies, were exiled to other prisons after being beaten and tortured.
IHD : 7,907 rights violations in Kurdish region in 3 months
Human Rights Association (IHD) Diyarbakir Branch released its report of human rights violations committed in the Kurdish region of Turkey over the past three months. IHD Diyarbakir Branch reported 7,907 rights violations in the Kurdish region in three months during which 90 people, including three children, died in conflict environment.
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UN report on the destruction and rights violations in Turkey
The UN Human Rights Office on Friday published a report detailing allegations of massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 in southeast Turkey.
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CoE Secretary General warns Turkey on journalists and right violations
Following the visit of Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland published a press statement warning the member state on severe violations of journalists and parliamentarians rights.
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Türkdoğan: Worst period for human rights in Turkey
IHD Co-chair Öztürk Türkdoğan: “We are experiencing the worst period for human rights. We are facing developments that never should have happened in a country that claims it’s democratic.”
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GABB: Report on Local Democracy and Appointment of State Commissioners to Municipalities in Turkey
Prelude Political history of Turkey evidences that only in military junta periods appointed officials carried out official duties of elected local administrations. Read Report in PDF Appointed soldiers or bureaucrats…