{"id":1525,"date":"2023-08-08T18:51:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:51:32","slug":"eutcc-newsletter-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1525","title":{"rendered":"EUTCC Newsletter July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Sir or Madam,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below our current newsletter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind regards&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EUTCC Chairperson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press Briefing on the situation of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-peace-in-kurdistan wp-block-embed-peace-in-kurdistan\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"muYpVuMRmz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaceinkurdistancampaign.com\/emergency-press-conference-demands-international-action-for-imprisoned-kurdish-leader-abdullah-ocalan\/\">EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE DEMANDS INTERNATIONAL ACTION FOR IMPRISONED KURDISH LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE DEMANDS INTERNATIONAL ACTION FOR IMPRISONED KURDISH LEADER ABDULLAH OCALAN&#8221; &#8212; Peace in Kurdistan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaceinkurdistancampaign.com\/emergency-press-conference-demands-international-action-for-imprisoned-kurdish-leader-abdullah-ocalan\/embed\/#?secret=p8EiL5XMuf#?secret=muYpVuMRmz\" data-secret=\"muYpVuMRmz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arrest of journalist Merdan Yanarda\u011f on terror charges&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The editor-in-chief of TELE1 TV, Merdan Yanarda\u011f, who was arrested on on charges of &#8220;propaganda for a terrorist organization&#8221; and &#8220;praising criminals&#8221; had criticized the government for not allowing the imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan to meet with his family and lawyers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/m.bianet.org\/english\/freedom-of-expression\/281405-court-rejects-indictment-against-arrested-journalist-merdan-yanardag\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website bans&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey issued access bans to 712,558 websites in 2022, a recent report by the Istanbul-based Freedom of Expression Association (\u0130F\u00d6D) revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/turkish-government-banned-access-to-712000-websites-in-2022-news-62782\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EUTCC Commentaries&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/journals.tplondon.com\/com\/article\/view\/3023\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Turkey Civic Commission<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><br>Twitter: @EUTCC1<br>Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter.&nbsp; Kind regards&nbsp; Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp; EUTCC Chairperson&nbsp; Press Briefing on the situation of PKK leader Abdullah \u00d6calan&nbsp; The U.K.-based Trade Union Campaign for Abdullah Ocalan was joined by members of&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1525\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1893,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}