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    AFTER 15 JULY, VIOLATION JUDGEMENTS AGAINST TURKEY BY THE ECtHR

    In the light of these judgements, which contain the most fundamental determinations regarding universal law and constitutional guarantees, we hope that this study prepared by Justice Square will be useful in the hope…
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    EXAMPLE OF A BAD AND CONTRADICTIVE REPORT: HRW REPORT 2023

    Human Rights Watch released its 2023 Human Rights Report. As it has been done for years, they wrote in the Report: “There are no victims in Turkey except those who have experienced political…
    Dr. Gökhan Güneş

    INTERPRETATION OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE PROSECUTOR ON TERROR OFFENDERS IN BREACH OF THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE

    Hundreds of people have been declared terror criminals in advance and their fundamental rights have been violated with the lists created within the scope of the Bylaw on the Reward to Be given…
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    ON THE ILLEGALITY OF THE TERROR WANTED LIST PREPARED BY THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

    The Ministry of Interior has updated the “list of wanted terrorists” this week within the scope of terrorism and published it on the Ministry’s website http://www.terorarananlar.pol.tr/tarananlar. It is seen that many journalists, especially…
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    TURKISH JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES PROTECT TORTURERS

    Torture; refers to the systematic and unfair behavior of a public official against a person that is incompatible with human dignity and that will cause him to suffer physically or mentally, affect his…
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    THE COURT OF CASSATION UPHELD THE ACQUITMENT OF FORMER UNDERSECRETARY, BIROL ERDEM, WHO HAD BLACKLISTED THOUSANDS OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS

                                                                                                                                           The Birol Erdem decision announced by the Assembly of Criminal Chambers of the Court of Cassation has become the most discussed topic of this week. Birol Erdem, who still works…
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    UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS  DECISION  ABOUT GÖKHAN AÇIKOLLU

                                                                      A. GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMITTEE’S DECISION The United Nations Human Rights Committee reached an important decision on unlawful detention, poor prison conditions and violation of the right to a fair trial…
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    AN IMPORTANT DECISION FROM THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ABOUT THE ISSUES OF UNLAWFUL ARREST, THE VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL AND POOR PRISON CONDITIONS

    Dr. Bahadır ASLAN                                                                                                               The United Nations Human Rights Committee made an important decision in the file number 3736/2020 on the issues of wrongful arrest, poor prison conditions and the violation…
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    AN ORGANISATION FALLING FURTHER BEHIND IN MEETING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY INSTITUTION OF TURKEY

    Dr. Gökhan Güneş In this article, evaluations on the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (HREIT), which has been granted B status by the Global Network of National Human Rights Institutions, are…
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    TURKEY HAS BECOME THE CENTER OF ABDUCTIONS AND DISAPPEARANCES

    Acts of enforced abduction and disappearance are defined as a crime against humanity in Article 7 of the Rome Statute. Despite this, many acts of enforced abduction and disappearance have been carried out…
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    THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSTANTLY WHITEWASHING THE UNLAWFUL PRACTICES IN TURKEY HAS CRITICIZED THE LAWYERS

    Dr. Bahadır Aslan The Constitutional Court, which should be the protector of the Constitution and universal principles of law, rejected hundreds of thousands of individual applications due to rights violations without justification during…
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    TRANSITION PROCESS FROM INDEPENDENT MEDIA TO REGIME MEDIA IN TURKEY

    Recently, the legal regulations and the established institutional structures in Turkey are used to abolish fundamental  rights instead of protecting and improving these ights. In this context, legal texts such as the Turkish…
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    VISIT TO CEMETERY AND PRAYER BECOME THE SUBJECT OF TERROR INVESTIGATION IN TURKEY

    The investigation process must be fair and equitable. The investigation must first of all be initiated with the suspicion of a crime. This suspicion of crime must also have reasonable grounds and legal…
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    THE PREVENTION OF THE RIGHT TO CONSULT WITH A LAWYER IS A VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL

    1. As a requirement of the right to a fair trial, the lawyer may meet with the suspect, except in exceptional cases, within the scope of the right to benefit from the assistance…
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    THE PREVENTION OF THE RIGHT TO CONSULT WITH A LAWYER IS A VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL

    As a requirement of the right to a fair trial, the lawyer may meet with the suspect, except in exceptional cases, within the scope of the right to benefit from the assistance of…
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    THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED THAT TURKEY IS UNFAIR

    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:                                              …
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    Verdict of ECHR on Former Member of CC Alparslan Altan on 16 April 2019 Judicial Review of its Decision [1]

    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…
    Nuri Sungur

    THE OHAL COMMISSION AS A DELAYING TACTIC

      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…
    Aziz Kamil Can

    Putschist Journalists

    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.…
    Aziz Kamil Can

    HYPOCRISY OF TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND THE ECtHR

    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…

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