March, 2019 | Houston, TX
Women Rights under threat- Panel discussion
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Women Rights Under Threat- Panel discussion
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The Role of Education in Challenging Cultural Barriers for Women’s Empowerment
March 13, 2019 | New York
The Role of Education in challenging cultural barriers for women’s empowerment.
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Women March
March 2019 | Washington D.C.
The women rights are under the pressure of Erdogan’s regime in Turkey. On March, purge against women in Turkey was protested by AST and Set Them Free activists in Washington DC.
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The Noose & Ilmik
March 15-30, 2019 | New York – Washington D.C. – Chicago – Houston
The NOOSE: Documentary screening about the Human Rights Violations in Turkey under Erdogan Regime
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Women as Survivors of Conflict
March 15, 2019 | New York
On March 15, 2019, Women as Survivors of Conflict.
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International Women’s Day Program
March 13, 2019 | Toronto
On March 13,2019, International Women’s Day Program in Toronto, Canada.
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AST Turkey’s Human Rights Violations Weekly April 15
Download as pdf: AST_Turkey’s Human Rights Violations Weekly_April 15
Turkey’s Human Rights Violations | 04/08/2019-04/15/2019
1-“Election authority says elected mayors not to be given mandate if they are purge victims”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/10/election-authority-says-elected-mayors-not-to-be-given-mandate-if-they-are-purge-victims/
2-“Turkey’s Erdoğan urges Sudan to operate under ‘normal democratic process”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/11/turkeys-erdogan-urges-sudan-to-operate-under-normal-democratic-process/
3-“Video game portrays opposition mayoral candidate’s quest for mandate”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/11/video-game-portrays-opposition-mayoral-candidates-quest-for-mandate/
4-“Wives of jailed police chiefs who exposed corruption given lengthy prison sentences”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/10/wives-of-jailed-police-chiefs-who-exposed-corruption-given-lengthy-prison-sentences/
5-‘’Jailed woman forced to go through labor for two days in handcuffs”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/10/jailed-woman-forced-to-go-through-labor-for-two-days-in-handcuffs/
6-“HRW: Turkey has arbitrarily jailed hundreds of lawyers since 2016 coup”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/10/hrw-turkey-has-arbitrarily-jailed-hundreds-of-lawyers-since-2016-coup/
7-“Turkey orders detention of 292 people over Gülen links: report”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/09/turkey-orders-detention-of-292-people-over-gulen-links-report/
8-European rights court orders Turkey to compensate citizen held in police custody when he was 8
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/09/european-rights-court-orders-turkey-to-compensate-citizen-held-in-police-custody-when-he-was-8/
9-“Convicted coup suspect says he was victim of that night”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/08/convicted-coup-suspect-says-he-was-victim-of-that-night/
10-“Erdoğan’s targeting of journalist goes unnoticed: ‘Public got used to it’ former editor says”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/07/erdogans-targeting-of-journalist-goes-unnoticed-public-got-used-to-it-former-editor-says/
11-“Ministry says purged staff cannot be reinstated unless family member is acquitted’”
https://turkeypurge.com/ministry-says-purged-staff-cannot-be-reinstated-unless-family-member-is-acquitted
12-“HRW: Bar associations in Europe, US, Canada should advocate for lawyers in Turkey”
https://turkeypurge.com/white-house-must-stand-up-to-erdogans-politically-motivated-detentions-us-senator-says
13-‘’Detention warrants issued for 292 people over Gulen links”
https://turkeypurge.com/detention-warrants-issued-for-292-people-over-gulen-links
14-“Wives of police chiefs who led 2013 corruption operations sentenced to 6 years in prison”
https://turkeypurge.com/wives-of-police-chiefs-who-led-2013-corruption-operations-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison
15-“Pro-Erdogan mafia boss says will take to the streets if the government asks”
https://turkeypurge.com/pro-erdogan-mafia-boss-says-will-take-to-the-streets-if-the-government-asks
16-‘’Mayor-elect purged teacher denied certificate of election by electoral council: report”
https://turkeypurge.com/mayor-elect-purged-teacher-denied-certificate-of-election-by-electoral-council-report
17-“First-Ever Comprehensive Biography on Fethullah Gülen”
https://hizmetnews.com/24806/first-ever-comprehensive-biography-on-fethullah-gulen/#.XLClfLfYrnE
18. “300 purge victim judges, prosecutors barred from obtaining law licenses: report”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/04/11/300-purge-victim-judges-prosecutors-barred-from-obtaining-law-licenses-report/
19. “ 9 purge-victim mayor-elects denied mandate by Turkey’s election authority”
https://turkeypurge.com/9-purge-victim-mayor-elects-denied-mandate-by-turkeys-election-authority
20. “Berkin Elvan’ın vurulduğu yerde 6 yıl sonra keşif”
http://aktifhaber.com/gundem/berkin-elvanin-vuruldugu-yerde-6-yil-sonra-kesif-h130907
21. “Yandaşta kavga başladı: ‘Reis’çilere ‘Zübükzade’ benzetmesi”
http://aktifhaber.com/gundem/yandasta-kavga-basladi-reiscilere-zubukzade-benzetmesi-h130911.html
22. “Rabia Naz’ın babası akıl hastanesine yatırılıyor”
http://aktifhaber.com/gundem/rabia-nazin-babasi-akil-hastanesine-yatiriliyor-h130908.html
23. “Meriç Nehri’nde sonlanan genç, coşkulu ve neşeli bir hayat”
http://aktifhaber.com/gundem/meric-nehrinde-sonlanan-genc-coskulu-ve-neseli-bir-hayat-h130875.html
24. “Akın İpek’in iade davasında İngiltere’den Türkiye’ye ikinci ret”
http://aktifhaber.com/gundem/akin-ipekin-iade-davasinda-ingiltereden-turkiyeye-ikinci-ret-h130873.html
25. ‘’Gazeteci İbrahim Karayeğen, koğuş arkadaşı Ahmet Altan’ı anlattı”
http://aktifhaber.com/15-temmuz/gazeteci-ibrahim-karayegen-kogus-arkadasi-ahmet-altani-anlatti-h130987.html
26. “Karikatürist Carlos Latuff, Türkiye’deki tutuklu hamile kadınları çizdi”
http://aktifhaber.com/15-temmuz/karikaturist-carlos-latuff-turkiyedeki-tutuklu-hamile-kadinlari-cizdi-h130986.html
27. ‘’Babasında Bylock olduğu gerekçesiyle kızına 6 yıl 3 ay ceza verildi”
http://aktifhaber.com/15-temmuz/babasinda-bylock-oldugu-gerekcesiyle-kizina-6-yil-3-ay-ceza-verildi-h130959.html
28. ‘’Hastanede skandal; tutuklu kadına, kelepçeli doğum!”
http://aktifhaber.com/15-temmuz/hastanede-skandal-tutuklu-kadina-kelepceli-dogum-h130867.html
29. “KHK ile ihraç 59 polis hakkında daha gözaltı kararı”
http://aktifhaber.com/15-temmuz/khk-ile-ihrac-59-polis-hakkinda-daha-gozalti-karari-h130850.html
30. “Erdoğan’ın yeni köşkü için inşaat başladı”
http://www.tr724.com/erdoganin-yeni-kosku-icin-insaat-basladi/
31. “Birçok ilde ‘cadı avı’ operasyonu: 288 gözaltı kararı”
http://www.tr724.com/bircok-ilde-cadi-avi-operasyonu-288-gozalti-karari/
32. “AKP gündeme getirdi; Büyükçekmece’de ‘sahte seçmen’ operasyonu başladı”
http://www.tr724.com/akp-gundeme-getirdi-buyukcekmecede-sahte-secmen-operasyonu-basladi/
33. “Profesyonel infazı böyle tarif etti: “Cinayet Türkiye için yeni bir Susurluk’tur”
http://www.tr724.com/profesyonel-infazi-boyle-tarif-etti-cinayet-turkiye-icin-yeni-bir-susurluktur/
34. “Tedavi için dışarıda olması gereken Avşin bebeğe mahkemeden ret!”
http://www.tr724.com/tedavi-icin-disarida-olmasi-gereken-avsin-bebege-mahkemeden-ret/
35. ”Türkiye genelinde 280 kişi için gözaltı kararı”
http://aktifhaber.com/15-temmuz/turkiye-genelinde-280-kisi-icin-gozalti-karari-h130849.html
36. “Hekimlerle derdiniz ne?”
http://www.tr724.com/hekimlerle-derdiniz-ne/
37. “Zindana açık mektup: Hakkını helal et bacım!”
http://www.tr724.com/zindana-acik-mektup-hakkini-helal-et-bacim/
38. “Sippenhaft –aile boyu “suç”
http://www.tr724.com/sippenhaft-aile-boyu-suc/
39. “Çocuklarınız sizden utanacak”
http://www.tr724.com/cocuklariniz-sizden-utanacak/
40. “Mahir Mete Kul’un hikâyesi”
http://www.tr724.com/mahir-mete-kulun-hikayesi/
SEND A LETTER: CONFISCATED BUSINESSES
PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER THREAT IN TURKEY
Property rights in Turkey are unfortunately no longer protected. Since 2015 and mainly after the failed coup attempt in 2016, the Erdogan government is showing disregard to the rights of its dissidents. The followers of the Gulen Movement, specifically the businesspeople who supported the movement and many opponents of the Erdogan government have become the victim of this merciless purge.
The Erdogan government published the number of confiscated businesses. Muhiddin Gülal, the head of Savings Deposits Insurance Fund (TMSF), a government organization that operates the confiscated companies, told in July 2018 that, at the time, 937 companies had been managed by trustees, reaching TL 19.4 billion (USD 3.3 billion) in equity and TL 50 billion (USD 8.5 billion) in assets. The numbers Gülal mentioned do not even include the assets of 127 individuals, 19 unions, 15 private universities, 49 hospitals, 174 media outlets, 1,419 foundations, and another 2,271 education companies confiscated by the government. The total value of all assets confiscated is estimated to be about TL 100 billion (USD 17 billion). Moreover, if we calculate this amount per the exchange rates of the confiscation date, the total number will be close to USD 40 billion.
Confiscated businesses illustrates the violation of the fundamental human right of private property in Turkey. There is no longer liberal economic politics in Turkey, rather they are despotic and coercive in nature, and no government opponent is economically safe. We want the Turkish government to change its seizure policies and reinstitute the property rights all over the country and follow the Rule of Law.
You can download the sample letter and implement your own story of confiscated businesses or seized properties
TRANSLATION & LAWYER
AST volunteers will help you in your local area to translate your story to English. If you could not find anyone to translate your story send your story to [email protected]. we will translate and send it back to you to be signed and send to relevant contacts. If you want to get legal advice pls send an email to [email protected] to be contacted with a legal consultant till January 1st.
SEND AN EMAIL OR MAIL
We urge the victims of confiscated businesses or seized properties to take action. Express your views or send attached statement to following addresses:
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner
The Honorable Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria/High Commissioner
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while countering terrorism
Ms. Fionnuala D.Ni Aolain
[email protected]
[email protected]
The European Parliament Human Rights Committee
Per Antonio Panzeri/Chair
Barbara Lochbihler/Vice-Chair
Francisco Assis/Member
Amjad Bashir/Member
Klaus Buchner/Member
Wajid Khan/member
Kati Piri/Substitute
Judith Sargentini/Substitute
The European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister/Chair
Javier Couso Permuy/Vice-Chair
Nikos Androulakis/Member
Michele Alliot Marie/Member
Petras Austrevicius/Member
Johannes Cornelis van Baalen/Member
Mario Borghezio/Member
Aymeric Chauprade/Member
The European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Roberto Gualtieri/Chair
Peter Simon/Vice-Chair
Kay Swinburne, Vice-Chair
Hugues Bayet/Member
David Coburn/Member
Thierry Cornillet/Member
Jonas Fernandez/Member
Sven Giegold/Member
The European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Jerzy Buzek/Chair
Patrizia Toia/Vice-Chair
Jaromir Kohlicek/Vice-Chair
Morten Helveg Petersen/Vice-Chair
Bendt Bendtsen/Member
Xabier Benito Ziluaga/member
Jakob Dalunde/Member
Adam Gierek/Member
European Court of Human Rights Judges of the Court
Guido Raimond
Angelika Nußberger
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos
Ganna Yudkivska
Robert Spano
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OF EUROPE
67075 STRASBOURG CEDEX FRANCE
Tel: + 33 (0)3 88 41 20 18
Fax: + 33 (0)3 88 41 27 30
Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe
Türki̇ye konusunda çali̇şan raportör üyeler:
– Ingebjørg Godskesen (Norway, CE) @IngAmGod
– Marianne Mikko (Estonia, SOC) @mariannemikko
Co-rapporteurs of the the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Turkey:
– Marianne Mikko (Estonia, SOC) @mariannemikko
– Nigel Evans (United Kingdom, EC) @nigelmp
– Bernd Fabritius (Germany, EPP/ CD) @BerndFabritius (rapporteur on ‘new threats to the rule of law in Council of Europe member States – selected examples’
– Raphael Comte (Switzerland, ALDE) @RaphaelComteCE (rapporteur on ‘state of emergency: proportionality issues concerning derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights’)
Head of the Secretariat/ Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
Schirmer Guenter
[email protected]
KATI PIRI
President of German Bar Association
Raun Ulrich Schellenberg (advocated against ECtHR’s decision)
Kurfürstendamm 182 10707 Berlin
Correspondence to:
German Lawyers Association
Littenstraße 11, 10179 Berlin
Phone : +49 (30) 726152-140
Fax : +49 (30) 726152-192
[email protected]
International Monetary Fund
Srikant Seshadri / Resident representative for Turkey
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +903 12 446 5007
Fax: +903 12 446 5266
World Bank
Johannes Zutt / Country Director for Turkey, Europe and Central Asia
Tel : +(880-2) 8159001
[email protected]
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
Thor Halvorssen/President
[email protected]
[email protected]
Human Rights Without Frontiers
[email protected]
Human Rights and Democracy Network
[email protected]
European Association for the Defense of Human Rights
[email protected]
Platform of European Social NGO’s
[email protected]
European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
[email protected]
OSCE-Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
[email protected]
European Commission
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Credit rating Agencies
MOODY’S
[email protected]
STANDART & POOR’S
[email protected]
FITCH RATINGS
[email protected]
[email protected]
Mixed
The Honorable Thorbjørn Jagland
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Council of Europe
Avenue de l’Europe F-67075
Strasbourg Cedex, France
Email: [email protected]
The Honorable Nils Muižnieks
Commissioner for Human Rights Council of Europe
Avenue de l’Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France
twitter:@CommissionerHR
Honorable Christos Giakoumopoulos
Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law Council of Europe
Avenue de l’Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Email: [email protected]
Martin Schulz
President of European Parliament
twitter:EP_President
EP contact: https://www.secure.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/askEP.html
Address:European Parliament Bât. Altiero Spinelli 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 B-1047 – Bruxelles/Brussels Belgium Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111
Fax: +32(0)2 28 46974
Donald Tusk
President of the European Council
twitter:@eucopresident
Send e-mail to President: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/
Jean-Claude Juncker
President of the EU Commission
twitter:@junckerEU
e-mail to EC: http://europa.eu/contact/write-to-us/index_en.htm
Frederica Mogherini
High Representative of the EU for foreign affairs and Security Policy-Vice President of the EU Commission
twitter:@FedericaMog
NEWS & ARTICLES
Assets worth $11bn seized in Turkey crackdown
https://www.ft.com/content/fed595d0-631e-11e7-8814-0ac7eb84e5f1
Turkish Businesses Snagged In Government’s Post-Coup Crackdown
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/08/03/541360939/turkish-businesses-snagged-in-governments-post-coup-crackdown
Turkish business suffers under Erdogan’s post-coup Gulen purge
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/07/turkish-business-suffers-under-erdogans-post-coup-gulen-pur
ge.html
Turkey seized 879 companies since failed coup, worth 40.3 bln lira -state fund
https://www.reuters.com/article/turkey-security-companies-idUSI7N1II00J
Turkey Sees Foes at Work in Gold Mines, Cafes and ‘Smurf Village’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/business/turkey-akin-ipek-fethullah-gulen-recep-tayyip-erd
ogan.html
Turkey Corruption Report
https://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/turkey/
https://www.economist.com/europe/2017/02/02/turkeys-purges-are-hitting-its-business-class
/
Turkey confiscates some 50 religious properties from Christian minority
https://www.foxnews.com/us/turkey-confiscates-some-50-religious-properties-from-christian-min
ority
REPORT
For more information click the 36 pages detailed report about some confiscated businesses in Turkey.
“A predatory approach to individual rights: Erdogan’s government unlawful seizures of private properties and confiscated businesses companies in Turkey”
VIDEO
Government seizes businesses in Turkey
https://www.dw.com/en/government-seizes-businesses-in-turkey/av-37084560
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AST STATEMENT ON TORTURE ALLEGATIONS IN TURKEY, KONYA
For the last two years, starting from the false flag coup attempt on July 15, 2016, almost entire democratic and fundemental human rights have been suspended in Turkey.
Erdogan Government has been completely out of control in terms of accessing to basic human rights, equality and respect for human dignity, in the sense that the western civilization stipulates, and in this sense it has completely broken it’s ties with the modern world, as is clearly stated in other reports prepared by many internationally recognized human rights institutions such as on October 2017, the Human Rights Watch published a report about kidnapping and torture about Turkey (In Custody Police Torture and Abductions in Turkey), then in March 20 2018 United Nations published a report on experienced widespread human rights violations during the state of emergency in Turkey (Turkey: UN report details extensive human rights violations during protracted state of emergency) Amnesty International’s human rights report was released on February 22, 2018.
As Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for UN Human Rights, mentioned during the state of emergency period, about 160,000 people were detained in Turkey; 152,000 state officials, including teachers, judges and lawyers, among whom the vast majority were arbitrarily expelled or investigated; nearly 200 journalists were arrested, 201 media outlets and hundreds of websites were closed. There were many cases of torture, rape and kidnapping, which were only partially reflected in the reports. As a result of the criminal announcements regarding these issues, the limited investigations in Turkey provided no positive result.
Similarly, as the UN rapporteur has expressed 100 old, pregnant or newborn women were taken into custody, severely separated from their children or children on the grounds that they were “affiliates” with their husbands or children suspected of being linked to terrorist organizations, and this situation remains unfavorable. “This is not merely excessive, but entirely cruel” by the expression of the UN rapporteur!
One of the last example of cruelty in Turkey was a police operation on April 13, 2018, in Konya, one of the largest cities in Turkey. Last night due to oppression, 77 people were taken into custody for their potential affiliations with Hizmet’s non-profit organizations. It is reported that among the detainees there are many young women. The person who manages the aforementioned operation is Prosecutor Durmuş Ali Karakoca, whose tortures and inhumane treatments were documented in the Turkish province of Bayburt in the past. According to witness statements, the prosecutor Karakoca has been personally leading the inhuman treatment to both men and women including beating and torturing the men they detained in Konya.
We urge all the international bodies and human rights organizations to take all necessary steps to stop TORTURE in Turkey and make the perpetrators accountouble before rule of law.
Download AST Statement:
https://oldwebsite09012025.silencedturkey.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/AST-statement-Konya.pdf
We urge everyone to take action. Express your views or send attached statement below to following relevant individuals and organizations.
1) U.S. Department of State
Email: https://register.state.gov/contactus/contactusform
Phone: (202) 647-6575
Twitter: @StateDept
Website: https://www.state.gov/
2) United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (+41) 22 917 9656
Twitter: @UN_HRC
Website: www.ohchr.org/hrc
3) Human Rights Watch
Twitter: @hrw
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanRightsWatch
NY Address:350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
Tel: +1-212-290-4700
Fax: +1-212-736-1300
Emma Daly, Communications Director
Tel: +1-212-216-1835
Fax: +1-212-736-1300
4) Human Rights Foundation
Twitter: @HRF
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humanrightsfoundation/
New York Address:350 5th Ave., #4515 New York, NY, 10001
Phone Number: (212) 246-8486
5) Freedom House
Twitter: @FreedomHouseDC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreedomHouseDC
[email protected]
Phone: 202-296-5101
Fax: 202-293-2840
Annie Boyajian, Advocacy Manager
[email protected]
6) Amnesty International
Twitter: @amnestyusa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amnestyusa
[email protected]
7) International Federation for Houman Rights
Twitter: @fidh_en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FIDH.HumanRights
FIDH AT THE UN (NEW-YORK)
110 East 42nd street, Suite 1309 NY 10017 New-York
Phone Number: 001 646 395 7103
8) International Court of Justice
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (+31) 70 302 23 23
Fax: (+31) 70 364 99 28
Twitter: @CIJ_ICJ
Website: http://www.icj-cij.org/en
TORTURE ALLEGATIONS IN KONYA ON SOCIAL MEDIA
https://business.facebook.com/
https://business.facebook.com/
https://business.facebook.com/
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