content tagged with 12 September

Former prosecutor Kayasu appreciated the amendment of article 15 of the Constitution: "I hope it will be effected. The prosecution of the putschists is very important. The discussion about the statute of limitation is pointless because it does not apply to the duration of immunity".

Izmir Provincial Council endorses the plea by "The Aegean Association of 78’ers" to erase the name of former general Kenan Evren, the military coup of 1980, whose name was given to scores of schools across Turkey.

The day after tomorrow (12 September) is the 27th anniversary of the 1980 military coup, and the day will be marked by various NGOs.

Parties of the left have reacted to announcements that the AKP has completed a draft of a new, "civil" constitution: All strata of society need to be considered and consulted. Otherwise, this will not be a democratic constitution.