Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2980/2017*,**,*** Communication submitted by:                     İsmet Özçelik, Turgay Karaman and I.A. (represented by counsel, Walter Van Steenbrugge) Alleged victims:                                              …

INTRODUCTION On April 16, 2019, ECHR held an individual application lodged by the former member of the Constitutional Court (CC), Alparslan Altan, and decided that there had been two violations of the right…

  Introduction The Commission on Examination of the State of Emergency Procedures (the Commission) was established with Legislative Decree No. 685, published on the Official Gazette on 23 January 2017. The decree in…

It has been more than two years since the July 15 coup attempt. However, the “operation plan” which exists in every military coup or coup attempt throughout the history, has not showed up.…

As seen in most of the totalitarian regimes, Turkey has also been abondened to a one-man rule. Transformation to the current situation from a country which was the strongest candidate to the European…

When many children lost their lives in the capsized boat tragedies in Aegean Sea, one of the pro-government pool media columnists criticized and accused the victims of the crackdown on the Gulen Movement.…

Ashura: Democratic Social Order of the Foods When I thought the developments in the Middle East region, somehow Ashura (Noah’s Pudding) came to my mind. As is known, Ashura is well-known desert and…

Ultimate Aim Armed terrorist organization in terms of criminal law is regulated in the Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC). According to this article, armed organizations are the organizations established “with…

Since attempted coup in Turkey dated July 15, 2016, government and judicial institutions continue a relentless witch hunt against opposition. Number of dismissed officials from the public sector exceeded hundreds of thousands long…

Rulings of the Supreme Courts inappropriate  A few days ago, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declared the appeal of Selahattin Encu & others’ (Appeal No: 49976/16, dated 17/05/2018) for Roboski Massacre,…

Nowadays, in Turkey where every kind of human rights violation is observed,  the pro-government media, known as “Havuz Medyasi” in Turkish, literally “the pool media”, has been undertaking a well-organized campaign of perception…

Every profession has an artistic value. Art is all methods describing and expressing an emotion, a design, a beauty or similar things. A member of a profession proves his/her success and competence through…

The July 15 coup attempt remains shrouded in mystery. High-ranking political, military and intelligence officials who should be held accountable for the act are kept away from committees and courts, and the members…

In parallel with technological developments, new crime types and and new protection mechanisms have emerged. Most important part of these developments was social media communication networks. Today, millions of people are connected to…

  For some time now, the press has been publishing news about some state institutions, filing compensation cases for physical damages occurred in their buildings, because of the July 15 events. While even…

  In Turkey, with the KHKs (governmental decrees) with No. 695 and 696 issued on 24 December 2017 as part of the procedures applied under OHAL (State of Emergency), it is ordered that…

It was the days when the only political “Party” of a country, having literally lost the “Justice” in its name, and focused only and solely on its own personal “Development”, has destroyed all…

The Rule of Law Index for the year 2017 that is prepared by the World Justice Project (WJP) to evaluate judiciary systems of countries in the world, is released. Turkey’s score in “2017…

  The power holders, governing our country in recent years, are perpetrating an unlawfulness that can very rarely be seen on earth, while committing a genocide which outstrips even the witch-hunts of the…

 I do not want to be misunderstood. The ‘gone to seed’ in the title does not mean deteriorating,  perishing or ending. On the contrary, I allude to existence. I am talking about a…