This report includes a summary of the report published by the Ankara Bar Association as well as domestic and international legal framework concerning torture and a consolidated list of state officials who are suspected to have ordered, facilitated, carried out concealed the torturing of former Turkish diplomats at Ankara Police HQ.
Reports
Factsheet: Enforced Disappearances and Turkey
The @ArrestedLawyers Initiative published a factsheet titled Enforced Disappearances and Turkey. To download the factsheet as a pdf document click here.
Reports: Turkey’s Judicial Reform Strategy is cosmetic and far from producing positive impacts
The International Commission of Jurists and the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) published the briefing paper assessing the reforms proposed by the Turkish Government in its Judicial Reform Strategy. The briefing paper assesses the proposed reforms in light of the… Read More ›
They’ve Come For You: Misuse of Extradition Procedures and Interstate Legal Assistance
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative, The Open Dialogue Foundation, The Italian Federation for Human Rights, Kharkiv Institute for Social Research and The Human Rights Defenders e.V. published a joint report titled ‘They’ve Come For You’ on misuse of Interpol mechanism, extradition procedures and interstate legal assistance.
Comprehensive Report on Turkey’s Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures
Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (TLSP) published a comprehensive report on Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures. Having examined 193 applications and the Inquiry Commission’s decisions as to these applications, TLSP concluded as following: The Commission which was… Read More ›
Insecure property rights threaten Turkish economy
As of 5th September, 2019, the SDIF controls and manages 998 seized companies, and also the assets of 113 real persons. As announced on the web site of the SDIF, the total worth of the seized companies is 58.94 billion Turkish liras (appx. 10 Billion USD).