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EUTCC Newsletter July 2023

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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 the Kurdish community and over 40 trade unions, local governments, NGOs and others for a press conference in front of the European Parliament demanding international action on the case of jailed Kurdish political leader Abdullah Ocalan whom lawyers and family members had not heard from for 28 months

EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE DEMANDS INTERNATIONAL ACTION FOR IMPRISONED KURDISH LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN

Arrest of journalist Merdan Yanardağ on terror charges 

The editor-in-chief of TELE1 TV, Merdan Yanardağ, who was arrested on on charges of “propaganda for a terrorist organization” and “praising criminals” had criticized the government for not allowing the imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to meet with his family and lawyers

https://m.bianet.org/english/freedom-of-expression/281405-court-rejects-indictment-against-arrested-journalist-merdan-yanardag

Website bans 

Turkey issued access bans to 712,558 websites in 2022, a recent report by the Istanbul-based Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD) revealed.

https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-government-banned-access-to-712000-websites-in-2022-news-62782

EUTCC Commentaries 

The Kurdistan Workers Party is often considered a latecomer that miraculously survived the 1980 military coup. Yet the establishment of the party in 1978 was preceded by a long process of group formation that started shortly after the 1971 military coup in Turkey. This article presents a chronology of the PKK during the 1970s. 

https://journals.tplondon.com/com/article/view/3023

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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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Please find below our current newsletter. 

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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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