{"id":1845,"date":"2024-12-04T17:22:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T16:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:49:54","slug":"newsletter-nov-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1845","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Nov 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The recognition of the DAANES seems essential in order to prevent an escalation in the region. Humanitarian aid to the DAANES areas is also essential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4hRvL7QmUb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1842\">PR: Turkish-controlled ISIS 2.0 military campaign in northern Syria<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;PR: Turkish-controlled ISIS 2.0 military campaign in northern Syria&#8221; &#8212; EUTCC\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1842&#038;embed=true#?secret=ErCuK7yqRX#?secret=4hRvL7QmUb\" data-secret=\"4hRvL7QmUb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our statement &#8216;Continuities of anti-Kurdish Politics: Again Trustees&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey is carrying out these measures without any consequences. In particular, the European Union and the European institutions, above all the Council of Europe, tolerate this behaviour. The available options for sanctions do not apply in the context of Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XYJqnxqSzN\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1831\">PR: Continuities of anti-Kurdish politics: again trustees<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;PR: Continuities of anti-Kurdish politics: again trustees&#8221; &#8212; EUTCC\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1831&#038;embed=true#?secret=34pMlqYpY9#?secret=XYJqnxqSzN\" data-secret=\"XYJqnxqSzN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statement by Marc Cools, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, on dismissal of Kurdish mayors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the case of the mayor of Hakkari in June 2024, these dismissals constitute the most recent application of the long-standing practice of appointing trustees, considered by the Congress and the Venice Commission as undermining the very nature of local democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/congress\/-\/dismissals-of-mayors-in-t%C3%BCrkiye-statement-by-the-congress-president\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Statement by @hrw on the appointment of trustees to Kurdish \/ Kurdish-led municipalities in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The removal of mayors and dissolution of local councils and their substitution with Ankara appointee \u2018trustees\u2019 should be reversed immediately and elected incumbents restored to office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/11\/07\/turkiye-government-removes-elected-opposition-mayors\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Statement by Human Rights Watch and International Commission of Jurists on the new espionage law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If an international human rights organization&#8217;s \u201cstrategic interest\u201d is to protect human rights in all countries, including T\u00fcrkiye, the new provision opens the risk that a human rights professional who criticizes the actions of the Turkish government for human rights violations could be subject to criminal charges for doing their work, a situation that both violates international law and is wholly untenable, noted the groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/11\/02\/turkiye-spying-bill-threatens-rights-defenders-journalists\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey Today &#8211; our daily news service on Twitter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Twitter @EUTCC1, we publish a daily summary of news about Turkey in relation to democracy, the rule of law, human rights and international law. Follow us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<br>EU Turkey Civic Commission<br>www.eutcc.net<br>Twitter: @EUTCC1<br>Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission<br>Instagram: @eutcc1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR: Turkish-controlled ISIS 2.0 military campaign in northern Syria Our statement &#8216;Continuities of anti-Kurdish Politics: Again Trustees&#8217; Turkey is carrying out these measures without any consequences. 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