Thousands of public servants dismissed in state of emergency decrees have applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) since Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt.
With the latest emergency decree installed, a significant threshold has been crossed.
In 2016, Turkey ranked second after Russia as the country with the most European Convention of Human Rights violations, according to European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) convictions.
In the 58-year history of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Turkey has a record that we cannot take much pride in.
On his official visit to Greece last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan demanded that his Greek interlocutors improve the situation of Turkish minorities living in Western Thrace. Afterwards, he visited the region itself to reinforce his call.
The reopening of the Reza Zarrab file as part of the ongoing case in New York and the facts littered around this file enable us to make a series of important evaluations on many levels.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed a strong disapproval for the arts and culture of the Turkish Republic during the unveiling of plans for Istanbul’s new Atatürk Culture Center (AKM) on Nov. 6.
The article titled “arrested FETÖ member found dead at hospital” in the daily Hürriyet drew my attention. It was written in two columns with a photo of the brigadier general giving a salute.
I wrote an article on June 17 entitled “The need for seriousness in the struggle against the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ)” after an investigation into the daily Sözcü newspaper began.
