Newsletter August 2024

Turkey: Kurdish Songs and Dances Are Not Terrorist Propaganda Statement by Emma Sinclair-Webb, Associate Director and Turkey Director of Human Rights Watch Turning Kurdish wedding parties into crime scenes by arresting and prosecuting guests and musicians is only the latest… Continue reading

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Newsletter Mai 2024

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter.  Kind regards  Dersim Dağdeviren  EUTCC board member  EUTCC statement: Verdict in the Kobane Trial: Ignoring European Rulings The EUTCC calls on the European institutions to immediately impose political sanctions out… Continue reading

Newsletter April 2024

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter. Kind regards Kariane WestrheimChairperson Our statement: Anti-Kurdish Policy from Turkey to EuropeWe call on the European Union member states not to support Turkey’s anti-Kurdish policy. Freedom of the press &… Continue reading

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Newsletter March 2024

Our statement: Upcoming elections in Turkey: Neither free nor fair In addition to identifying violations of the principle of free and fair elections in accordance with the Protocol 1, Article 3 of the Human Rights Act, it is important to… Continue reading

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Press Statement 13.03.2024

Upcoming elections in Turkey: Neither free nor fair On March 31, local elections will be held in Turkey. The local elections are currently making headlines due to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statement that the upcoming local elections would be… Continue reading

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Newsletter February 2024

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our February newsletter.  Kind regards Prof. Kariane Westrheim  EUTCC Chairperson  Our statement on CPT’s Visit to Turkey  We call upon the Council of Europe to use all possible mechanisms to end this lawlessness. … Continue reading

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Press release

24 February 2024 CPT’s Visit to TurkeyA delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention ofTorture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment carried out anad hoc visit to Turkey from 13 to 22 February 2024. A special… Continue reading

Commentaries #25

Commentaries #25 Chronology of the PKK: From group formation to party (1973–1980) By Prof. Joost Jongerden, University of Wageningen  Executive summary:  The Kurdistan Workers Party (Partîya Karkêren Kurdistan, PKK) is often considered a latecomer that miraculously survived the 1980 military… Continue reading

EUTCC Newsletter July 2023

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter.  Kind regards  Prof. Kariane Westrheim  EUTCC Chairperson  Press Briefing on the situation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan  The U.K.-based Trade Union Campaign for Abdullah Ocalan was joined by members of… Continue reading

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EUTCC Newsletter June 2023

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter.  Kind regards  Prof. Kariane Westrheim  EUTCC Chairperson  European Parliament’s report on Turkey European Parliament’s Turkey Rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor presented the first draft of this year’s on Turkey.  The Council… Continue reading

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EUTCC Newsletter May 2023

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter.  Kind regards  Prof. Kariane Westrheim  Chairperson  Our Statement on the run-off election in Turkey A clear stance is needed from Europe and its institutions for the opposition, which has fought… Continue reading

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Newsletter August 2024

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter. Kind regards Prof. Kariane WestrheimChairperson Turkey: Kurdish Songs and Dances Are Not Terrorist Propaganda Statement by Emma Sinclair-Webb, Associate Director and Turkey Director of Human Rights Watch Male Violence Monitoring… Continue reading

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