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ECtHR Condemns Turkey in ‘Minority Report’ Case of Kaboğlu and Oran

ECtHR Condemns Turkey in ‘Minority Report’ Case of Kaboğlu and Oran

ECtHR has given its judgement in the case of Kaboğlu and Oran, who applied to the court after hate speech and threats they were subjected to due to their Minority Report were met with impunity. The court has sentenced Turkey to pay 7 thousand Euro in damages.

30 October 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Attack on Saint Maria Catholic Church in Trabzon

Attack on Saint Maria Catholic Church in Trabzon

The Saint Maria Catholic Church, whose serving priest, Andrea Santoro, was murdered 12 years ago, has been attacked. One person has been taken into custody after the incident.

HDP’s Paylan Asks Parliament about Hagia Sophia Church in Trabzon Being Destroyed

HDP’s Paylan Asks Parliament about Hagia Sophia Church in Trabzon Being Destroyed

Addressing to the parliament, HDP MP Garo Paylan has asked about the Hagia Sophia Church in Trabzon being destroyed and turned into a mosque

Government's Minority Policy: Let Things Drift

Government's Minority Policy: Let Things Drift

Neither the minority rights, nor the freedom of religion, faith and conscience enshrined in Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, conformity to which is an obligation for Turkey, have really come to life.

7 February 2011 Engin Parev

Turkey's Homework on Minority Rights

ACPE REPORT

Turkey's Homework on Minority Rights

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe calls Turkey for a series of measures regarding religious minorities to be implemented throughout the coming twelve months. A progress report is expected by February 2011.

29 January 2010 Tolga Korkut

Turkey Must Face The Sıvas Massacre

Turkey Must Face The Sıvas Massacre

The European Peace Assembly demands that the Turkish government bring to justice those responsible for the Sivas massacre fifteen years ago and meet the demands of the Alevi society.

Four Year Old Injustice Ends: The Minority Report Is Not Guilty

Four Year Old Injustice Ends: The Minority Report Is Not Guilty

The Supreme Court of Appeals confirms the acquittal of Prof. Dr. Kaboğlu and Prof. Dr. Oran, who were on trial for four years for the Minority Rights and Cultural Rights Report they prepared to improve the role of civil society in Turkey.

7 May 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Dink's Lawyers Demand Countrywide Prosecution

Dink's Lawyers Demand Countrywide Prosecution

15 months later, with a hearing nearly every three months, the court has still not determined all the responsible parties in Hrant Dink’s murder trial. The lawyers do not think “a few young men planned the murder.”

27 April 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Scarf Freedom Raises Reform Impatience

Cynics have remarked how quickly the ruling AKP acted on lifting the headscarf ban for university students while ignoring other, more pressing issues of rights and freedoms.

13 February 2008 Fatma Demırellı,Selçuk Gültaşlı

Academics: We Need Freedom as Well as Laicism

Around 400 academics have signed a statement which calls for democratisation not only around clothing rules at university.

13 February 2008 Tolga Korkut

Roma Call for Support Against Destruction of Neighbourhood

The Roma of Sulukule have called on the public to protest against the destruction of their neighbourhood to mayors, the President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

4 January 2008 Emine Özcan

Another Attack on a Priest

In the last two years, there have been three murder cases of Christians in Turkey. Now a priest in Izmir has been wounded by a young man.

18 December 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Minority Report: Lack of Political Representation

Minority Report: Lack of Political Representation

The Minority Rights Group International has published a new report on the status of minority rights in Turkey. It has criticised the high electoral threshold and the ban of minority languages in political life.

12 December 2007

EFJ: Investigate Assault on Greek Journalist

After Greek journalist Andreas Rompopoulos was attacked in Istanbul on 5 December, the European Federation of Journalists has urged Turkey to investigate.

7 December 2007

"Newroz" and "Kawa" Reason for Imprisonment?

A trade union representative in Kilis, southeastern Turkey, is on trial for using the letter "w" in two newspaper articles.

4 December 2007 Tolga Korkut

Administrative Court Does Not Try Multilingualism

The case against the multilingual Sur municipality in Diyarbakir was dropped by an administrative court.

3 December 2007 Erhan Üstündağ

Multilingual Diyarbakir Municipality on Trial

Multilingual Diyarbakir Municipality on Trial

After offering municipal services in three languages apart from Turkish, mayor Abdullah Demirbas from the Sur municipality in Diyarbakir was taken from office and his municipal council was dissolved. The trial against Demirbas and twenty others has started.

9 November 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Academics Support Oran and Kaboglu

114 lecturers at Bosphorus University have come out in support for Professors Oran and Kaboglu.

1 October 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

AKP "Putting Veneer on the 12 September Citizenship"

AKP "Putting Veneer on the 12 September Citizenship"

As the AKP is presenting its draft for a new constitution, it becomes clear that not much has changed. Prof. Dr. Oran criticises "compulsory citizenship".

17 September 2007 Tolga Korkut

What is 'Dangerous' about Minority Report?

Prof. Dr. Kaboglu has reacted to the Court of Appeal's decision to overturn his aquittal by saying that "a change in attitude takes time".

17 September 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Academics' Acquittal Overruled

The Supreme Court of Appeals has overruled the acquittal of Prof. Oran and Prof. Kaboglu.

14 September 2007 Erol Önderoğlu