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EUTCC Newsletter June 2023

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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 of Europe’s annual penal statistics on prison population for 2022

Turkey is the country with the highest total number of inmates. 

https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/european-incarceration-rate-increased-following-the-end-of-covid-19-lockdown-measures-council-of-europe-s-annual-penal-statistics-released

Security service vehicles kill Kurdish children

Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Spokespersons Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy: It should be underlined that in incidents of death or injury resulting from actions of the security forces, there are often no investigations launched, or perpetrators may receive “penalties” that seem more like rewards. 

https://hdp.org.tr/en/security-service-vehicles-kill-kurdish-children/17423/

Turkey’s targeted assassination of civilians in North and East Syria 

Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Spokespersons Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy: We call on everyone to make sure that these attacks are not forgotten and allowed to fade, un-noticed, into history, and ask the national leaders and international organisations to ensure that Turkey stops such attacks that violate both the international and humanitarian law.

https://hdpeurope.eu/2023/06/turkeys-targeted-assassination-of-civilians-in-north-and-east-syria/

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EUTCC Newsletter May 2023

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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 for change despite the strongest repression. Turkey’s policy under Erdoğan must not remain without consequences. If judgments of the European Court of Human Rights continue to be disregarded, the Council of Europe must take the necessary measures for violation of the convention.  

http://eutcc.net/?p=1397

Press conference by Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Mithat Sancar and Green Left Party co-spokespersons Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar and İbrahim Akın on the presidential run-off elections

Society and politics are not hopelessly at the mercy of the downward spiral, but have the chance to consciously and actively intervene in the process of change. 

https://hdpeurope.eu/2023/05/hdp-and-green-left-party-we-made-an-effort-to-open-the-door-to-democracy/

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Statement: Election in Turkey

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Dear Sir or Madam,
Please find attached our statement regarding the run-off election in Turkey.
If you need further information, don’t hesitate to contact us. 
Kind regards 
Prof. Kariane Westrheim EUTCC Chairperson 

Statement on the run-off election in Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was declared the winner of the run-off election, which was neither free nor fair. He won by a narrow margin. His challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu achieved very high vote shares especially in the Kurdish provinces, despite the deep nationalist tones. The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and The Green Left Party (YSP) had called for his election in order to pave a way out of autocracy.
European heads of state and government did not wait to congratulate Turkey and to express their hope for good cooperation, as did Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. The restraint in the run-up to the elections already indicated that people were prepared for Erdoğan to carry on as usual.
What the country’s politics will look like in the future was hinted at in Erdoğan’s speech after the election. “It is not possible for him [Selahattin Demirtaş] to get out of prison under our rule.” He will not care about European court rulings in the future either. He will also make the refugee agreement paid even better. The entire Middle East will continue to be marked by instability. An end to the expansive foreign policy is not in sight.
A clear stance is needed from Europe and its institutions for the opposition, which has fought for change despite the strongest repression. Turkey’s policy under Erdoğan must not remain without consequences. If judgments of the European Court of Human Rights continue to be disregarded, the Council of Europe must take the necessary measures for violation of the convention.  

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EUTCC Newsletter April 2023

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Dear Sir or Madam,
Please find below our monthly newsletter.
Kind regards 


Prof. Kariane Westrheim 

Chairperson 

Our statement on the wave of arrests against journalists, lawyers, artists and politicians in Turkey in the run-up to the elections 
http://eutcc.net/?p=1381

Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Co-Spokespersons Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy on the wave of arrests against journalists, lawyers, artists and politicians 
https://hdpeurope.eu/2023/04/police-operations-against-the-hdp-and-civil-society-organizations/

Justice Ministry says visits to imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan were disrupted due to ‘unavoidable reasons’
https://www.duvarenglish.com/justice-ministry-says-visits-to-jailed-pkk-leader-abdullah-ocalan-were-disrupted-due-to-unavoidable-reasons-news-62243

bianet Male Violence Monitoring Report April 2023 Men killed at least 24 women, inflicted violence on at least 56 women and abused at least four children in a month in Turkey
https://m.bianet.org/english/male-violence/278174-men-killed-24-women-in-april

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Press release

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Wave of arrests in Turkey

Police raids took place in several cities today. More than 150 people, among them numerous journalists, lawyers and politicians were arrested. This marks a new and worrying stage in the election campaign, showing that Erdoğan’s AKP-MHP coalition is using all means to stay in power. Especially the Kurdish and the democratic electorate are the focus of the attacks.

Precisely these circles – the Green Left alliance with the HDP – are decisive for the outcome of the elections and thus also for the imperative need to vote out President Erdoğan and his AKP-MHP coalition.
These repressions are unacceptable and require a clear response from the European Union and the European institutions. The Council of Europe, which will accompany the elections with a 40-member delegation led by Social Democrat Frank Schwabe, must take the above aspects into account.
The EUTCC calls on the Council of Europe and the European Union to take a position without delay. The Council of Europe must adapt its plans for election observation accordingly.

Prof. Dr. Kariane WestrheimEUTCC Chairperson
Dersim DağdevirenEUTCC Board member

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