Turkey’s False Spring
By AYKAN ERDEMIR* The National Interest Despite Erdogan’s recent electoral setback, winter is coming. Turkey’s recent June elections have produced a religiously diverse parliament that [more >>>]
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Amnesty International highlights Turkey’s rights violations
presstv.ir Amnesty International has accused Turkey of using excessive force in handling street protests in support of Kurds fighting ISIL Takfiris in the Syrian Kurdish [more >>>]
Parliamentary elections in Turkey: statement by the pre-electoral delegation
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) A six-member(*) cross-party delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was in Ankara [more >>>]
Turkey’s minorities join race for parliament
By FEHIM TAŞTEKIN* Al Monitor Turkey’s political parties announced their ambitious candidate lists this week for the June 7 general elections, which will deliver a [more >>>]
ECHR Rejects Turkey’s Motion on Mandatory Religion Classes
BIA News Desk The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected Turkey’s motion on the ruling that urged Turkey to remove mandatory religion classes in [more >>>]
The test the ECtHR faces
By EREN KESKIN Agos Human rights activist and lawyer Eren Keskin has assessed the Perinçek v. Switzerland case heard at the European Court of Human [more >>>]
IHD: 3,840 Detentions, 669 Arrests in Kurdish Cities
BIA News Desk Turkey’s Human Right Association (IHD) Diyarbakır Province Branch released an annual report on the human right violations in the southeastern Kurdish cities, [more >>>]
Hurriyet: University opens competition to mark ‘genocide committed by Armenians against Turks’
By BAHADIR ÖZGÜR Hurriyet Daily News A university in Ankara has opened a controversial poster competition to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 incidents [more >>>]
Turkey Appeals ECHR Verdict on Compulsory Religion Classes
BIA News Desk On its last day of application, Turkey appealed to the European Court of Human Right (ECHR) verdict on compulsory religion classes including [more >>>]
ECHR: Turkey Discriminated Cemevis
By EROL ÖNDEROĞLU BIA News Desk The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs’s rejection of paying electricity bills of [more >>>]