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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
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…
Actual
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…
Aziz Kamil Can
PASSPORT UNLAWFULNESS AND THE DESPERATES SAILING TO DEATH
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.…
Weiser NİCHT
Noah’s Pudding: Taste in the Unification of Differences*
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…
Burak Kahraman
Ultimate Aim, Knowledge and Willing in Armed Terrorist Organization
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…
Weiser NİCHT
BYLOCK: ENSLAVEMENT OF FREEDOMS IN TURKEY*
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…
Weiser NİCHT
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUPREME COURTS UNDER THE SHADOW OF PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS*
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,…
Aziz Kamil Can
PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT CAMPAIGN /PROPAGANDA OF (TURKISH PRO-GOVERNMENT) MEDIA ABOUT THE ECHR RULINGS
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…
Cem Aydın
Disproportionate Decisions of Intemperate Judges
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…
Burak Kahraman
BEING A WOMAN OR A CHILD IN PRISON
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…
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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
- AN ORGANISATION FALLING FURTHER BEHIND IN MEETING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY INSTITUTION OF TURKEY
- TURKEY HAS BECOME THE CENTER OF ABDUCTIONS AND DISAPPEARANCES
- THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSTANTLY WHITEWASHING THE UNLAWFUL PRACTICES IN TURKEY HAS CRITICIZED THE LAWYERS
- TRANSITION PROCESS FROM INDEPENDENT MEDIA TO REGIME MEDIA IN TURKEY
