Türkei

Report – Lawyers Delegation to Diyarbakır – 21 to 24 January 2016

From 21 to 24 of January 2016, a delegation of 10 lawyers from Austria, Belgium, Germany and Italy visited Diyarbakır, Turkey. The mission was coordinated by two European lawyers’ organizations—the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) and European Democratic Lawyers (EDL)—and the Unione delle Camere Penali Italiane. It was supported by …

↓Report – Lawyers Delegation to Diyarbakır – 21 to 24 January 2016

THE INDEPENDENCE OF LAWYERS MUST BE RESPECTED, AND THEY MUST NOT BE IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR CLIENTS – FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, ESPECIALLY THAT OF ACADEMICS, MUST BE RESPECTED BY THE TURKISH AUTHORITIES.

ELDH Statement ELDH is highly alarmed by the new mass arrest of Turkish citizens. According to Turkish media 320 Turkish citizens have been detained this week. Among them are lawyers, academics, politicians and students. They are suspected by the Turkish authorities of supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). It seems very likely, according to reports …

↓THE INDEPENDENCE OF LAWYERS MUST BE RESPECTED, AND THEY MUST NOT BE IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR CLIENTS – FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, ESPECIALLY THAT OF ACADEMICS, MUST BE RESPECTED BY THE TURKISH AUTHORITIES.

Mass trials against lawyers in Turkey going on

22.10.- 25.11.15 Istanbul

KCK Lawyers Trial, next hearing on 22nd October 2015, in Istanbul In November 2011, 46 lawyers were arrested in simultaneous police raids in many Turkish cities as part of the so-called KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) operations, anti-terror operations that have seen over 8.000 journalists, trade unionists, politicians, deputies, local coucillors and mayors http://peaceinkurdistancampaign.wordpress.com/resources/pik-campaign-statements/trials-and-tribulations-in-turkey/ arrested since …

↓Mass trials against lawyers in Turkey going on

Massenprozesse gegen AnwältInnen in der Türkei

07.-14.05.15 Istanbul - Silviri

Nächste Gelegenheiten für Prozessbeobachtungen Der nächste Termin im „KCK AnwältInnen Prozess“ wird am 7. und 8. Mai 2015 in Istanbul stattfinden. In diesem Prozess sind 46 Anwält*innen angeklagt. Der nächste Termin im „CHD oder DHKP-C AnwältInnen Prozess“ wird vom am 13. und 14. Mai 2015 in Istanbul stattfinden. In diesem Prozess sind 22 Anwält*innen angeklagt …

↓Massenprozesse gegen AnwältInnen in der Türkei

„Der so genannte Anti-Terror Kampf am Beispiel der Kurdinnen und Kurden im Lichte internationalen Rechts“

Bonn, Internationale Fachtagung, 6. – 8. Februar 2015 Bonner Abschluss-Resolution Nach intensiver Befassung der TeilnehmerInnen der Fachtagung mit dem Selbstbestimmungsrecht der KurdInnen dem Konzept des Terrorismus und dem rechtlichen und politischen Lösungsweg kommen diese zu folgendem Ergebnis: Das kurdische Volk in den Staaten des Nahen-Ostens (Türkei, Syrien, Irak, Iran) hat das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung. Nach …

↓„Der so genannte Anti-Terror Kampf am Beispiel der Kurdinnen und Kurden im Lichte internationalen Rechts“

ELDH Protests the Decree of the Cabinet of Turkey to Postpone the Strikes in Metal Industry

Open letter to the Turkish Prime Minister ELDH is severely concerned to learn that the Turkish Cabinet has postponed, in reality banned, the strikes in the metal industry covering 38 companies that Birleşik Metal-İş partly launched on 29 January 2015 and would start on 19 February 2015 in ten different cities of Turkey. Download letter …

↓ELDH Protests the Decree of the Cabinet of Turkey to Postpone the Strikes in Metal Industry

HANS-LITTEN-PRIZE Awarding 2014 to the ÇHD President Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLI

Prof. Dr. Lieven De Cauter: The Extremes of Contemporary Politics – A Philosophical Address in Honour of an Imprisoned Turkish Lawyer (PDF – File) Prof. Dr. Beate Rudolf, Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte: Laudatory Speech Dieter Hummel, President of the German Association of Democratic Lawyers: The Awarding of the HANS-LITTEN-PRIZE to the ÇHD President Selçuk …

↓HANS-LITTEN-PRIZE Awarding 2014 to the ÇHD President Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLI