{"id":2038,"date":"2025-06-02T23:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:19:51","slug":"eutcc-newsletter-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"EUTCC Newsletter May 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&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairperson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our statement: PKK resolutions: strengthening democratic transformation together&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace and a democratic society will have positive regional and global implications that are more necessary than ever. Rapid, strong and clear action is therefore required from all sides, especially European institutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2027\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2027<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party&#8217;s congress declaration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We call on international powers to acknowledge their responsibilities in the century-long genocide policies against our people, not to obstruct a democratic solution, and to contribute constructively to the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/bianet.org\/haber\/full-text-pkks-statement-on-disbanding-decision-307344\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interview with our chair: PKK\u2019s dissolution \u201ccritical opening \u2013 not a conclusion\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kariane Westrheim says the PKK\u2019s decision to dissolve itself and end its armed struggle should be considered a historic step towards a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question in Turkey, a \u201ccritical opening \u2013 not a conclusion\u201d.<\/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=\"zObaWdu6yC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medyanews.net\/kariane-westrheim-pkks-dissolution-critical-opening-not-a-conclusion\/\">Kariane Westrheim: PKK\u2019s dissolution \u201ccritical opening \u2013 not a conclusion\u201d<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Kariane Westrheim: PKK\u2019s dissolution \u201ccritical opening \u2013 not a conclusion\u201d&#8221; &#8212; Medya News\" src=\"https:\/\/medyanews.net\/kariane-westrheim-pkks-dissolution-critical-opening-not-a-conclusion\/embed\/#?secret=Gn5vA1KsRo#?secret=zObaWdu6yC\" data-secret=\"zObaWdu6yC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Latest MEP report: Turkey\u2019s accession to the EU must remain frozen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey\u2019s geopolitical and strategic importance cannot make up for the government\u2019s democratic backsliding, and EU membership criteria are not up for negotiation, MEPs say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20250502IPR28215\/turkiye-s-eu-accession-process-must-remain-frozen\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Open letter to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statement by 58 human rights organizations, media freedom groups, journalists\u2019 organisations &amp; representatives of the international legal community regarding the assault on the right to political participation, the rule of law and human rights in Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2025\/05\/16\/open-letter-president-european-commission-ursula-von-der-leyen-and-european-council\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<br>EU Turkey Civic Commission<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><br>Twitter: @EUTCC1<br>Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission<br>Instagram: @eutcc1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter. Kind regards&nbsp; Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp; Chairperson&nbsp; Our statement: PKK resolutions: strengthening democratic transformation together&nbsp; Peace and a democratic society will have positive regional and global implications that are more necessary&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2038\" 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-2038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038","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=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2039,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}