With more than 50 thousand political prisoners, Turkey has lost its connection with democracies in the world under Erdogan rule. Since the Gezi…
In Turkey, legal conflicts that arise out
of the State’s intervention in the right to property are hardly a new problem.
Between 1959 and…
Turkey has been going through a catastrophic period since the Gezi protests in June 2013 and launch of a corruption probe into President…
[INTERVIEW] Matthias Zimmer (CDU): Warum nicht auch eine Freie Türkische Universität in Deutschland?
Prof. Dr. Matthias Zimmer (CDU) ist seit Oktober 2009 Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages. Er ist ordentliches Mitglied in den Ausschüssen „Arbeit und Soziales“…
This Platform for Peace and Justice report provides a comprehensive summary of the lack of independence and impartiality of Turkey’s Criminal Peace Judgeships (CPJ).…
After the Gezi protests in June 2013, Turkey’s strong man President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has changed his path from democracy to an authoritarian…
It has been over a month since the simultaneous presidential and general elections were held in Turkey this year. Now that the dust…
The State of Emergency (SoE), which was declared in the aftermath of the controversial coup attempt of 15 July 2016, was lifted on…
Following the constitutional amendment in 2017, the very first presidential and parliamentary election was held on 24 June 2018 by means of a…
Erdoğan’s Novelty: Setting the Repression
It is beyond doubt that an autocrat should have a variety of tactics so as to keep his…
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]n the late spring of 2013, Istanbul was aflame in an intoxicating, revolutionary atmosphere. What started as an environmentalist sit-in protest against…
[authorbox authorid="28" ]
[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]s a part of an international phenomena, the Turkish regime has tightened its grip on the Turkish people. As a…
[authorbox authorid="40" ]
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]here has always been a militarist streak in the political discourse in Turkey, except perhaps for certain periods when Foreign…
Hakan Aydin* & Leighann Spencer
[dropcap size=big]O[/dropcap]n 15th of July 2016, just five hours after the controversial coup attempt began in Turkey – a…
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]n the recently published World Justice Project 2017-2018 Rule of Law Index, Turkey’s scores continued to decline and the country dropped to…
PPJ- 10 March 2018
Platform for Peace & Justice has released its latest report entitled "Cancellation of Turkish Passports and Prevention of the…
By LEIGHANN SPENCER*- 8 March 2018
In theory, Turkey is quite progressive when it comes to women’s rights. Both domestic laws and international…
PPJ- 1 March 2018
Platform for Peace and Justice has updated its report entitled "Non-Independence and Non-Impartiality of the Turkish Judiciary" which was…