{"id":780,"date":"2021-06-30T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=780"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:53:52","slug":"newsletter-05-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 06\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Sir or Madam,<br>Please find below our monthly newsletter.<br>Kind regards&nbsp;Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp;Chairperson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Letter to United Nations Secretary-General&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres&nbsp;<\/strong>We hope that you as United Nations Secretary-General will step up your efforts to support the interests of the people in the Makhmour refugee camp and, along with it, find a political solution to the Kurdish question which is crucial for peace in the entire Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-eutcc wp-block-embed-eutcc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rIOFGc660h\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=773\">EP Conference<\/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;EP Conference&#8221; &#8212; EUTCC\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=773&#038;embed=true#?secret=g8bxxfpaqu#?secret=rIOFGc660h\" data-secret=\"rIOFGc660h\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Urgent EUTCC Debate&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;US &#8211; Turkey Relations: The Makhmour Refugee Camp as a Litmus Test in the Context of Human Rights and International Law versus Interest Politics&#8221;, 13 June 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;speakers:<br>Nadine Maenza, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom,&nbsp;USA&nbsp;<br>David Phillips, Director of Peace-Building and Human Rights Programme, Institute for the Study of Human Rights,&nbsp;Columbia&nbsp;University, USA&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bewar \u00dcnver,&nbsp;Foreign&nbsp;relations committee of Makhmour refugee camp<br>Kariane Westrheim, EUTCC Chairperson, University of Bergen, Norway<br>Moderator:<br>Meghan Bodette, independent researcher focusing on Kurdish issues,&nbsp;USA<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bT61Noi5yNo\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/bT61Noi5yNo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EUTCC Commentary #5 &amp; #6<\/strong>Written by our Secretary-General Prof. Michael Gunter, Tennesse Technological University on&nbsp;Turkey\u2019s dealing with the Syrian Kurds&nbsp;<br>#5:&nbsp;This&nbsp;wide-ranging survey of the Kurds in Syria will evaluate the mid-term fall-out of the suddenly announced&nbsp;US withdrawal on October 7, 2019.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=764\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=764<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#6:&nbsp;This Commentary survey\u2019s&nbsp;Turkey&#8217;s interaction with Syria&#8217;s surprisingly influential Kurds and explores the Turkish-US confrontation over the US support of the Syrian Kurds against ISIS.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=767\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=767<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Commission Co-spokespersons Feleknas Uca &amp; Hi\u015fyar \u00d6zsoy on Constitutional Court&#8217;s decision to accept the indictment seeking the party\u2019s closure&nbsp;<\/strong><br>&#8220;We once again invite the international democratic community to express solidarity and to act against these unabashed efforts to destroy the HDP and deny the will of millions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.hdp.org.tr\/en\/constitutional-court-accepts-indictment-seeking-hdps-closure\/15547\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>European Council conclusions on external relations regarding Turkey, 24 June 2021<\/strong>&#8220;Rule of law and fundamental rights in Turkey remain a key concern. The targeting of political parties, human rights defenders and media represents major setbacks for human rights and runs counter to Turkey\u2019s obligations to respect democracy, the rule of law and women\u2019s rights.&nbsp;Dialogue on such issues remains an integral part of the EU-Turkey relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2021\/06\/25\/european-council-conclusions-on-external-relations-24-june-2021\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Turkey Civic Commission<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><br>Twitter: @EUTCC1<br>Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission Bereich mit Anh\u00e4ngen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bT61Noi5yNo&amp;authuser=0\">Vorschau f\u00fcr YouTube-Video &#8220;Urgent EUTCC Debate&#8221; ansehen<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bT61Noi5yNo&amp;authuser=0\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir or Madam,Please find below our monthly newsletter.Kind regards&nbsp;Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp;Chairperson&nbsp; Letter to United Nations Secretary-General&nbsp;Ant\u00f3nio Guterres&nbsp;We hope that you as United Nations Secretary-General will step up your efforts to support the interests of the people in the Makhmour&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=780\" 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":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","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=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1913,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}