{"id":2268,"date":"2026-06-15T16:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2026-06-21T15:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:26:30","slug":"newsletter-mai-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2268","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Exekutive Board,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please find below our current newsletter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chairperson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our statement: No Further Delay: Right to Hope is Essential for the Success of the Peace Process&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fact that the Gurban case was not included on the agenda for the June meeting should therefore not be interpreted as a political let-off for Turkey. The Committee of Ministers is obliged to effectively monitor and ensure compliance with the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2247<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Memorandum on Turkey by Commissioner for Human Rights&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I call for reforms to protect freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and judicial independence and to strengthen the human rights protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/commissioner\/-\/t%C3%BCrkiye-council-of-europe-commissioner-calls-for-reforms-to-protect-freedom-of-expression-peaceful-assembly-and-judicial-independence\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HRW&#8217;s statement on the court decision ordering the removal of the CHP party chair and leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A court decision ordering the removal of the party chair and leadership of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s main opposition party, the Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP), is the latest deeply damaging blow to the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Turkey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2026\/05\/22\/turkiye-court-removes-leadership-of-main-opposition-party\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>bianet Male Violence Monitoring Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Men killed at least 14 women and two children in May. Men injured at least 46 women, abused at least 13 girls and boys, and harassed 18 women.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/bianet.org\/haber\/men-killed-14-women-in-may-320179\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Closure and reopening of Bilgi University&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan has issued a decree reopening \u0130stanbul Bilgi University three days after closing it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/bianet.org\/haber\/erdogan-reopens-istanbul-bilgi-university-three-days-after-closing-it-319915&#8211;\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EU Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitter: @EUTCC1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook: Eu&nbsp;Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instagram: @eutcc1&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Exekutive Board, Please find below our current newsletter.&nbsp; Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp; Chairperson&nbsp; Our statement: No Further Delay: Right to Hope is Essential for the Success of the Peace Process&nbsp; The fact that the Gurban case was not included on&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2268\" 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-2268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268","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=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2272,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions\/2272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}