Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Decision Case No 21 against Turkey...
Related peace activists: Osman Murat ÜlkeInterim resolutions: CM/ResDH(2007)109 ; CM/ResDH(2009)45DD(2009)556; DD(2010)107, DH-DD(2011)600DecisionsThe Deputies1. noted that, in response to the question...
View ArticleMilestone Decision for Conscientious Objection in Turkey
The Malatya Military Court claimed that decisions of the ECHR regarding conscientious objection could also be applied to domestic law in the scope of Article 90 of the Constitution. This landmark...
View ArticleCommunications Nos. 1853/2008 and 1854/2008 - Cenk Atasoy (1853/2008), and...
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (104th session)concerning Communications Nos....
View Article‘Charter should include conscientious objection’
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily NewsThe new constitution being prepared is an opportunity to introduce alternative forms of military service and an individual right to object to using a gun or oppose all...
View ArticleTurkey: Military courts recognise right to conscientious objection
Following the recent judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in cases of conscientious objectors from Turkey - Demirtaş v. Turkey from 17 January 2012 and Erçep v. Turkey from 22 November 2011...
View ArticleTurkey: 14 More Conscientious Objectors
At the end of Conscientious Objection Week, 14 people declared their conscientious objections following the march from Tünel to Taksim Square.At the end of Conscientious Objection Week, conscientious...
View ArticleAFFAIRE SAVDA c. TURQUIE
Related peace activists: Halil Savda(Requête no 42730/05)ARRÊT STRASBOURG 12 juin 2012Cet arrêt deviendra définitif dans les conditions définies à l’article 44 § 2 de la Convention. Il peut subir des...
View ArticleTurkey says working to address conscientious objection
Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz has said his ministry is continuing to work on options for dealing with conscientious objectors.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the minister said their efforts are...
View ArticleTurkey: UN Human Rights Committee and European Court of Human Rights again...
The series of jurisprudence by international bodies in relation to conscientious objection in Turkey continued in the last months. Following the recent judgements of the European Court of Human Rights...
View ArticleAFFAIRE TARHAN c. TURQUIE
Related peace activists: Mehmet TarhanDEUXIÈME SECTIONAFFAIRE TARHAN c. TURQUIE(Requête no 9078/06)ARRÊT STRASBOURG 17 juillet 2012Cet arrêt deviendra définitif dans les conditions définies à l’article...
View ArticleTurkey’s First Conscientious Objector Tayfun Gönül Passes Away
Turkey’s first conscientious objector to mandatory military service passed away at the age of 54 due to a heart attack on Monday night. A doctor by training, Tayfun Gönül had made critical...
View ArticleTurkey: European Court of Human Rights again says Turkey violated human...
On 17 July, the European Court of Human Rights published its judgment in the case of Tarhan vs Turkey, again finding on a violation of article 9 (Freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the...
View ArticleTURKEY: New Psychological Torture for Gays from GATA: “Facing the Family”
Criticized in the previous years for asking gays to bring photos of them taken during sexual intercourse in order for them to receive a so-called “rotten” (unfit) report that would exempt them from...
View ArticleUnnatural Sexual Relation or Psycho-Sexual Deficiency: Is A Third Way...
Within Turkish society, which is dominated by a spiral of 'masculinity' and 'military service', sexism and homophobia are ever present. Militarist institutions humiliate and label homosexuals, they...
View ArticleThe Current Situation Regarding Conscientious Objectors in Turkey
In October 2012, Hülya Üçpinar addresses the United Nationas Human Rights Committee on behalf of War Resisters' International.read more
View ArticleOzgur Heval Cinar on the situation for conscientious objectors in Turkey
Author Ozgur Heval Cinar on the situation for conscientious objectors in Turkey, as part of the panel as part of the COnscription exhibition on International Conscientious Objectors Day:...
View ArticleTurkey COs form an association
Turkey's conscientious objectors founded their first association on May 18, during the week of International Conscientious Objectors Day. The association will be open to all who refuse the compulsory...
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'We will never under any circumstances be a piece in this sexist, racist,...
Kill Militarism (Turkish)December saw 45 Kurdish men and women in Turkey declaring their conscientious objection 'in order to remember the 34 young men killed in the Roboski massacre two years ago',...
View Article‘Charter should include conscientious objection’
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily NewsThe new constitution being prepared is an opportunity to introduce alternative forms of military service and an individual right to object to using a gun or oppose all...
View ArticleTurkey: Military courts recognise right to conscientious objection
Following the recent judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in cases of conscientious objectors from Turkey - Demirtaş v. Turkey from 17 January 2012 and Erçep v. Turkey from 22 November 2011...
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