Following the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on war crimes in Northern Syria, 68 MEPs have written a letter to the EP president. Brussels, October 19, 2020 To M. Davide Sassoli,President of the… Continue reading
TURKEY CONTINUES TO ATTACK LEGALLY ELECTED POLITICIANS The past few days in Turkey have been marked by a wave of arrests of politicians from Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), including the Co-Mayors of Kars, numerous former MPs, and members of the… Continue reading
Statement on the ECtHR President’s honorary doctorateWe published a statement on the honorary doctorate the ECtHR President Robert Spano received from İstanbul University during his visit to Turkey: The EUTCC strongly dissociates itself from the fact that the President of the… Continue reading
EUTCC statement on Turkish Intelligence Organisation’s plans to attack Austrian politicians. It was revealed yesterday that an agent of the Turkish Intelligence Organisation (MIT) had turned himself in to the Austrian intelligence service where he reported on plans to attack… Continue reading
Robert Spano, the president of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), received an honorary doctorate from Istanbul University on September 4, 2020. This occurred at a time when various bodies of the Council of Europe have noted that human… Continue reading
CPT report on Turkey, including Imrali prison Council of Europe anti-torture Committee CPT published 2 reports on Turkey, including Imrali prison where Kurdish political leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned since 1999. The CPT notes that the situation regarding the… Continue reading
On the occasion of the infomal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Berlin at the end of August, where relations with Turkey are on the agenda, we sent a letter to HR/VP Josep Borrell to draw the attention to the… Continue reading
Press ReleaseFor immediate release 6 August, 2020 New CPT reports on Turkey The Council of Europe’s anti-Torture Committee (CPT) recently published two reports on prison’s conditions in Turkey. CPT’s visit in May 2019 to Turkey was to examine the treatment… Continue reading
Dear Sir or Madam, As EU Turkey Civic Commission we are pleased to send you our first newsletter. From now on we would like to provide you with a monthly newsletter with import information about the EU, Turkey and the… Continue reading
On the occasion of the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, we sent a letter to HR/VP JosepBorrell to draw the attention to the recent deplorable Turkish disregard for human rights, democracy, and the very rule of domestic/international law. Joseph… Continue reading