TURKEY IS GOING AWAY FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF THE RULE OF LAW RATHER THAN GETTING CLOSER TO IT

The Criminal General Council of the Supreme Court (Yargıtay Ceza Genel Kurulu) has decided there is…

WE SHARE THE GRIEF WITH FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED

The incident caused death of four soldiers that happened in Hakkari on 30 August 2009 made…

THE SUSPENSION OF GUNLUK NEWSPAPER IS AN ACTION AGAINST FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION!

Gunluk (Daily) Newspaper was suspended 29th times. The decision of suspension shows what is or is…

WE DENOUNCE ATTACKS ON THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

If one wants to measure what stage the standards of democracy, freedom of thought, expression and…

URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY-CEMAL BEKTAS

TUR 002 / 0809 / OBS 119 Sentencing / Judicial harassment Turkey August 20, 2009  …

OPEN LETTER TO MR. RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

OPEN LETTER TO MR. RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY   Geneva-Paris,…

KURDISH QUESTION IS NOT ONLY POLITICAL BUT ALSO A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE

  Human Rights Association (IHD) determines that the question of human rights and democracy is the…

THE STATE IS DECEIVING PUBLIC OPINION WITH THE SO-CALLED ‘KURDISH OPENINGS’

Human rights violations experienced in the prisons of east and southeast Anatolia continue to increase.  In…

JOINT EVALUATION ON THE COUNCIL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE

The Council of Forensic Medicine has a structure that is considered by the Ministry of Justice…

THE KURDISH QUESTION WILL ONLY BE SOLVED WITH THE PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

Although we were pleased to see an even partial decrease in human rights abuses in the…