{"id":2003,"date":"2025-04-03T17:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:20:11","slug":"eutcc-newsletter-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2003","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Sir or Madam,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below our current newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kariane Westrheim<br>EUTCC Chairperson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19th EUTCC Conference &#8211; Final Resolution&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Annual International Conference on the EU, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds was hosted by the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) in cooperation with the Left Group, the Greens-European Free Alliance (GREENS\/EFA) and the Groups of the Free Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&amp;D) was successfully held on 26th and 27th of March 2025 in the European Parliament in Brussels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1997<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been arrested in Turkey after travelling to Istanbul to report on protests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is facing charges of insulting the president and membership in a terrorist organisation. Turkish authorities have linked his case to a protest held in Stockholm in January 2023, during which a mock-up of Turkish President Erdo\u011fan was displayed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-medya-news wp-block-embed-medya-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pFuwaoxWV5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medyanews.net\/swedish-journalist-joakim-medin-arrested-in-turkey\/\">Swedish journalist Joakim Medin arrested in Turkey\u00a0<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Swedish journalist Joakim Medin arrested in Turkey\u00a0&#8221; &#8212; Medya News\" src=\"https:\/\/medyanews.net\/swedish-journalist-joakim-medin-arrested-in-turkey\/embed\/#?secret=qDb8We1PNl#?secret=pFuwaoxWV5\" data-secret=\"pFuwaoxWV5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Statement by Reporters Without Borders on the treatment of journalists covering the protests emerged after the arrest of the \u0130stanbul mayor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We condemn in the strongest terms the violent crackdown on media professionals covering the protests in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/bianet.org\/haber\/rsf-condemns-police-violence-against-journalists-covering-imamoglu-protests-305827\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Newroz was celebrated in Diyarbak\u0131r with nearly a million people in attendance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, CHP Leader \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel, PUK Leader Bafel Talabani, KDP Leader Masoud Barzani, and Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani also sent messages for Newroz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.demparti.org.tr\/en\/newroz-was-celebrated-in-diyarbakir-amed-with-nearly-a-million-people-in-attendance\/21841\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Report on the targeting of civilians in NES by Turkey and the SNA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information RIC has gathered presents a clear picture of intentional targeting of civilians and civil life by Turkey and the SNA, in North-East Syria in the period after the fall of Assad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/rojavainformationcenter.org\/2025\/03\/after-assad-turkey-and-sna-crimes-against-civilians-in-nes\/&#8211;\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter: @EUTCC1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook: Eu&nbsp;Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter. Kind regards Prof. Kariane WestrheimEUTCC Chairperson 19th EUTCC Conference &#8211; Final Resolution&nbsp; The Annual International Conference on the EU, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds was hosted by the&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2003\" 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-2003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","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=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}