Newsletter

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please find below our current newsletter. 

Kind regards 

Prof. Kariane Westrheim 

Chairperson 

Our statement: Doves of peace needed instead of hail of bombs

Turkey must immediately stop its attacks in Iraq and Syria, which violate international law. This requires condemnation, clear measures and immediate sanctions from the international community, above all the United Nations and the European Union, against Turkey. 

http://eutcc.net/?p=1824

Turkish Airstrikes on Northern Syria 

Update by the Rojava Information Center

Information note following the fact-finding visit of the Monitoring Committee

Co-rapporteurs: Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC) and Ms Jill Mortimer (United Kingdom, EC/DA)

Statement by Human Rights Watch on EU’s migration support to Turkey 

While Turkey is engaged in summary deportations of Syrians and Afghans, the European Union continues to provide funds for migration management to Turkey. The EU should make sure its migration support to Turkey is not used to violate rights.

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EU Turkey Civic Commission
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Our statement: CoM failed to push Turkey to implement the ECHR judgment 

We urge the Committee of Ministers to put pressure on Turkey to implement the demands – a review mechanism for everyone in the light of the standard set out by the ECHR and the adoption of legislative measures to secure a mechanism with the possibility of release – urgently and to use all available mechanisms for this. 

http://eutcc.net/?p=1802

Press conference of layers regarding Mr. Öcalan’s solitary confinement 

More than 1500 lawyers worldwide have sent a letter to the Turkish Justice Ministry regarding the restriction of Mr. Abdullah Öcalan’s right of access to his llawyers and submitted their application for a meeting with him.

Report by UN Syria Commission of Inquiry 

The United Nations Syria Commission of Inquiry published its new report. It is noted that Turkey continued to target civilian settlements in Northern & Eastern Syria.

World Peace Day

On World Peace Day, let’s keep doing all we can to encourage more peace, democracy and freedom in the world. 

In the context of Turkey, we will continue to work for a political solution to the Kurdish question and a democratisation of the country & thus the region.

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EU Turkey Civic Commission
www.eutcc.net
Twitter: @EUTCC1
Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission
Instagram: @eutcc1

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 example of how for decades the Turkish authorities have perverted the criminal justice system to target legitimate activities and political expression by Kurds.

Male Violence Monitoring Report August 2024

Men killed at least 27 women and 6 children in August. 

Turkish drone terror in Northern Syria and Kurdistan Region of Iraq continues

The global threat of Islamist terrorism is increasing. The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is an important entity in the fight against this. Turkish drone terror is weakening the region and paving the way for the resurgence of ISIS. Immediate sanctions from the international community are needed here. 

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Today marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. We remember the thousands who have been forcibly disappeared in Turkey. We call for clarity about their whereabouts and for accountability of those responsible.

World Peace Day 

On World Peace Day, let’s keep doing all we can to encourage more peace, democracy and freedom in the world. 

In the context of Turkey, we will continue to work for a political solution to the Kurdish question and a democratisation of the country and thus the region.

—
EU Turkey Civic Commission
www.eutcc.net
Twitter: @EUTCC1
Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission
Instagram: @eutcc1

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please find below our current newsletter.

Kind regards

Prof. Kariane Westrheim
Chairperson

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 Report August 2024

Men killed at least 27 women and 6 children in August. 

Turkish drone terror in Northern Syria and Kurdistan Region of Iraq continues

The global threat of Islamist terrorism is increasing. The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is an important entity in the fight against this. Turkish drone terror is weakening the region and paving the way for the resurgence of ISIS. Immediate sanctions from the international community are needed here. 

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Today marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. We remember the thousands who have been forcibly disappeared in Turkey. We call for clarity about their whereabouts and for accountability of those responsible.

World Peace Day 

On World Peace Day, let’s keep doing all we can to encourage more peace, democracy and freedom in the world. 

In the context of Turkey, we will continue to work for a political solution to the Kurdish question and a democratisation of the country and thus the region.

—
EU Turkey Civic Commission
www.eutcc.net
Twitter: @EUTCC1
Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission
Instagram: @eutcc1

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please find below our current newsletter.

Kind regards

Dersim Dağdeviren
EUTCC board member

Nobel Laureates for Mr. Öcalan’s Freedom & Negotiations 

69 Nobel Laureates address the Committee of Ministers of the CoE, the ECtHR, the CPT & the UN Human Rights Committee and call for Abdullah Öcalan’s isolation conditions to be lifted, his release and renewed peace negotiations between Turkey and the PKK

http://eutcc.net/?p=1743

Statement: Turkey’s anti-Kurdish war escalation 

The EUTCC condemns Turkey’s anti-Kurdish war escalation and calls for an end to the invasion policy that violates international law, an immediate package of measures against Turkey’s expansionist foreign policy and an immediate visit by the CPT to the prison island of İmralı. 

http://eutcc.net/?p=1740

Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture on Turkey 

The Committee should ask the state party to supply detailed information about the steps it is taking to halt acts of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment committed by its military forces and intelligence personnel, together with affiliated local militias, that constitute not only human rights violations but potential war crimes and ensure that all individuals under its control, including military personnel and armed groups, adhere to international human rights law and humanitarian law, in particular the absolute prohibition on torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.

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EU Turkey Civic Commission
www.eutcc.net
Twitter: @EUTCC1
Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission
Instagram: @eutcc1