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	Human rights in Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turkey is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and the Turkish Constitution guarantees basic human rights to all Turkish citizens.
		Turkey was one of the first countries to elect a female prime minister, Tansu Çiller.
		Since all the citizens of Turkey share the same rights and benefits of citizenship all in common, there is no such nomenclature as minority in Turkey except for some of the Christian communities dictated by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1921.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_rights_in_Turkey (886 words)

	2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey
		Human rights advocates claimed that hundreds of detainees were tortured during the year in the southeast, where the problem was particularly serious, but that only a small percentage of detainees reported torture and ill-treatment because they feared retaliation or believed that complaining was futile.
		Human rights observers said that, because of reduced detention periods, security officials mainly used torture methods that did not leave physical traces, including repeated slapping, exposure to cold, stripping and blindfolding, food and sleep deprivation, threats to detainees or family members, dripping water on the head, squeezing of the testicles, and mock executions.
		Human rights NGOs generally refused to participate on the councils, maintaining that they lacked authority and were not independent, in part because unelected governors and subgovernors served as chairmen.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41713.htm (19343 words)

	Turkey
		Human rights attorneys and physicians who treat victims of torture say that most persons detained for or suspected of political crimes usually suffer some torture at the hands of police and Jandarma during periods of incommunicado detention before they are brought before a court; ordinary criminal suspects also report frequent torture and mistreatment by police.
		Human rights advocates believe that thousands of detainees were tortured during the year in the southeast, where the problem is particularly serious, but that only 5 to 20 percent report torture because they fear retaliation or believe that complaints are futile.
		Human rights observers estimate that at any given time, at least one-quarter of those in prison are awaiting trial or the outcome of their trial.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eur/index.cfm?docid=844 (20517 words)

	HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TURKEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Turkey's own human rights record is riddled by such searches which often end, in its own territory, with the torching of houses and a complete depopulation of the settlements.
		The human rights organization is also calling on the international community to translate its expressions of concern at escalating human rights violations in Turkey into appropriate action by organizations such as the OSCE and the United Nations.
		Human rights activists say that at least 150 prominent writers, politicians, academics, journalists and lawyers are in jail for speaking out on such issues as Turkey's Kurdish problems, state-sponsored torture and corruption.
	theory.rockefeller.edu /~giannak/turkey.html (20145 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Europe and Central Asia : Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Human Rights Watch was concerned to learn that the prosecution of Fatih Taş, owner of the Aram publishing house, is to continue at the Istanbul Primary Court on December 2, 2005.
		Human Rights Watch was pleased to note in the recent six monthly activity report of the provincial and local human rights boards (Baþbakanlýk Ýnsan Haklarý Baþkanlýðý, Ýl Ve Ýlçe Ýnsan Haklarý Kurullarý, Temmuz-Aralýk 2004 Faaliyet Raporu) that some boards have been carrying out visits to police stations and gendarmeries.
		Human Rights Watch is deeply disturbed that this decision apparently was taken with no regard for the human rights considerations detailed in our letter to you of May 24, 2004, in which we argue that extraditing Ms.
	www.hrw.org /europe/turkey.php (1253 words)

	The Law and Women's Human Rights in Turkey
		A basic right in a fully functioning democracy based on the supremacy of law is that individuals and social groups have the freedom to initiate personal and social change.
		Turkey is still in the process of establishing a system where individuals can thus benefit from the rule of law and contribute towards a democracy.
		The favorable conditions resulting from equal rights in the legal field were unfortunately turned to disadvantage through the widely-held belief that the problems of equality were solved at the founding of the Republic.
	www.wwhr.org /id_637 (356 words)

	AWID - Women’s human rights in Turkey — challenges...
		Pinar: Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR) - NEW WAYS was founded in 1993 in Turkey, inspired by the success of the women's movement at the UN World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna.
		Until the late 90's, the national legislation in Turkey contained various discriminatory provisions and an overarching patriarchal perspective, be it in civil, penal, or labor laws, despite the constitutional gender equality principal and numerous international documents Turkey is signatory to.
		Turkey has been going through a very difficult phase in the last years with a strong demand from the civil society for protection of human rights on the one hand, and increasing religious right and nationalist movements on the other hand.
	www.awid.org /go.php?stid=1462 (1455 words)

	HRW World Report 1999: Turkey:Human Rights Developments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Amidst the persistence of severe human rights violations, a growing number of state officials, judges, and parliamentarians began to raise questions about the system that permits such severe abuse and an environment of impunity for the abusers.
		Throughout 1998, Turkey was governed by a minority coalition government led by the center-right-wing Motherland Party (ANAP), which came to power after the military forced the government of Necmettin Erbakan, head of the pro-Islam Welfare Party (Refah Partisi), to resign in June 1997.
		During a parliamentary human rights commission hearing in February, the governor of Batman was reported to have said that “methods beyond the accepted norms” were often used to convince villagers that they should not assist the PKK.
	www.hrw.org /hrw/worldreport99/europe/turkey.html (2532 words)

	Human Rights Must Be Made a Fact
		Youth for Human Rights, which is sponsored by Scientology churches including the Church of Scientology International Human Rights Office and the Scientology European Human Rights Office; and the Scientology Volunteer Ministers.
		The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article One states: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
		San Diego - December 10th marked the 57th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, a ground-breaking document, recognizing the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.
	humanrights.motime.com (1954 words)

	Church in France Express Concerns for Human Rights in Turkey
		Advertisement In the letter, Archbishop Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux stressed that "some fundamental rights, in particular religious freedom, are not totally respected in Turkey, despite the reforms undertaken," according to a statement published by the Episcopal conference.
		The archbishop also expressed his regret that "the opening of eventual negotiations with Turkey was not subordinated to complete respect for all fundamental rights, whether freedom of expression and association, the status of women, or religious freedom, rights that constitute the foundation of the European Union's cohesion."
		Turkey, which has waited 40 years to become a part of Europe, has made EU membership its top priority.
	www.aina.org /news/20041213194641.htm (613 words)

	The Foundation of Human Rights Institute of Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The purposes of the Foundation are to undertake activities for the recognition, implementation and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to contribute to the awareness of human rights among individuals and within the society and to the expansion of the culture of human rights.
		To work in the field of human rights education in order to contribute to the awareness and the culture of human rights among individuals and within the society, and to arrange panel discussions, seminars symposiums and the like at national, regional and inlernaliooal levels and to participate in such.
		To identify the legal, economic, social, cultural and administrative conditions which prevent the exercise of human rights, to define the necessary measures for the elimination of such impediments and bring these proposals to the attention of relevant persons and agencies.
	www.tihak.org.tr /main.html (1738 words)

	Kurdish Human Rights Project
		Kurdish Human Rights Project is an independent, non-political human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of the human rights of all persons in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and elsewhere.
		Of particular importance is the caseload of applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and submissions to UN mechanisms on behalf of Kurdish and non-Kurdish applicants, brought by KHRP with the assistance of its partners on the ground.
		Due to its expertise on the human rights situation in Iraq and its position as an independent, non-political organisation, KHRP was inundated with requests for information and assistance prior to, during and after the US-led war against Iraq in March 2003.
	www.khrp.org (1618 words)

	Amnesty International: Turkey campaign (1996)
		Successive governments have either denied that human rights violations occur, or justified them as the inevitable consequence of defending national security.
		Amnesty International is highlighting the cases of 10 victims of human rights violations: women, men and children, who have suffered abuses ranging from torture to extrajudicial execution.
		The report assesses the human rights problem in Turkey and suggests simple steps which could provide real security to the people of Turkey by protecting their human rights.
	www.amnesty.org /ailib/intcam/turkey (657 words)

	Terralingua -- Sign Languages, and How the Deaf (and other Sign language users) are Deprived of their Linguistic Human ...
		Human rights, especially economic and social rights, are, according to human rights lawyer Katarina Toma_evski (1996: 104), to act as correctives to the free market.
		Of course the rights need to be binding, there must be a duty-holder, and both a monitoring system and a proper complaint system need to be in place, with some kind of penalties for non-compliance.
		So far, human rights instruments and discussions about both them and about educational language rights have not even started addressing these big questions in a coherent way where all types of ecology would be discussed within an integrated political and economic framework.
	www.terralingua.org /DeafHR.html (6711 words)

	JURIST - Khan: Will the European Court of Human Rights Push Turkey Toward Islamic Revolution?
		It was argued before the Grand Chamber that “political parties, should be able to campaign for a change in the law or the legal and constitutional structures of the state...” The Court unanimously held that the ban on the Turkish Communist Party was a violation of Article 11 of the Convention.
		For the Turkey the importance assumes greater heights because of her submission to the European Court of HR, as well as her pending application to be a member of the EU, even as Turkey is already a member of the OIC.
		It is this perceived threat of the death of secular laws and with it the democratic process, that, instead of allowing the Turkey Islamic Party to participate in the democratic process, it is banned to 'preserve and safeguard the democratic process".
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /forum/forumnew59.php (3842 words)

	Derechos: Human Rights in Turkey
		They have treated international human rights standards and Turkish law with equal disdain.
		As a result, the human rights picture in Turkey is bleak.
		Hundreds more, including writers and artists, are being tried in State Security Courts and threatened with imprisonment because they dared to express their political views.
	www.derechos.org /human-rights/mena/turkey.html (289 words)

	CNN/TIME In-Depth Special - The Ocalan Trial - Turkey's human rights record
		European Union officials claim that Turkey, which for decades has been trying to gain entry into the EU, still does not have a "respectable" human rights record or a respectable record for ensuring fair trials to people who speak out, peacefully or not, against the Turkish government.
		While Turkey continues to press for membership in the EU, the European Parliament points to the country's record on human rights as the main reason for leaving the Turks out in the cold.
		He says that the Ocalan trial is nobody's business, except Turkey's, and certainly not something that should be used to criticize the government.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/1999/ocalan/stories/turkey.human.rights (457 words)

	Human Rights Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Turkey: Birdal and the Bogeyman Censorship News.September 8, 1998
		Human Rights Defender Tortured in Tunceli (EUR 44/14/96, January 1996)
		Acquittal of Police Officers in Teenage Torture Case Casts Doubt on Prospects for Human Rights Reform in Turkey.
	www.hr-action.org /thr (1104 words)

	Human Rights Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We need a minimum of 1.000.000 signatures in order to force the European Union to consider this proposal seriously and debate it immediately as one of the conditions to allow Turkey to be admitted as a new member of the EU.
		Europe's top human rights court ruled Thursday (May 10th 2001) that Turkey has repeatedly violated human rights during its 27-year occupation of northern Cyprus.
		the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey is to condone it.
	www.hr-action.org (291 words)

	MIGS: The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
		Berit Reisel’s leadership and vision led the Government of Norway to restore assets stolen from the Norwegian Jewish community and to establish the Norwegian Holocaust History Museum and the Centre for the Study of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Norway.
		FRANK CHALK is Associate Professor of History at Concordia University and a founding Co-Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies.
		The people who seized state power in Turkey and Germany, who were able to materialize racial ideologies as their respective states’ policies, and in due course, perpetrated a genocide against a domesticated minority, had close acquaintances with the teaching and actions of the Pan social movements advocates.
	migs.concordia.ca /fridays.html (4134 words)

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