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EU Turkey Civic Commission

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Our Policy Paper is out 👇

INTERNATIONAL LAW, SECURITY AND PEACE: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

https://t.co/Q4p3MMUiUD

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📌 DEM Party Co-Chairs, Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan, have sent a letter to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the “right to hope” of Abdullah Öcalan.(6/6)

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Turkey Today (05.06.2026)
📌 The DEM Party Imralı Delegation met with the AKP. It was reported that the draft of the “framework law”, also known as the “root law”, was discussed during the meeting. (1/6)

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📌 The 2nd hearing of the trial of 53 people, incl LGBTI+ detained during the 23rd Istanbul Pride March, bianet editor Evrim Gündüz, journalists Nur Kaya & Yusuf Çelik, & photographer Cansu Yıldıran, was held in Istanbul. The hearing was adjourned following the objections. (5/6)

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📌 Residents continuing a “Nature and Life Vigil” in Dersim's Havaçor Valley for the past 11 days have called for greater protection of the environment against ecological destruction. (6/6)

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Turkey Today (04.06.2026)
📌 In a notification submitted to the CoE's Committee of Ministers, it was requested that the supervision process be carried out effectively to ensure implementation of judgments delivered for Abdullah Öcalan & other prisoners reg. “right to hope.” (1/6)

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📌 Lawyers from the İzmir Bar Association, who took part in the “Hand in Hand for Justice” chain protest, stated that there can be no rule of law where there is no independent and impartial judiciary. (5/6)

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📌 Workers at Özşen Madencilik, who have not been paid their wages since February and have not received their overtime pay for nearly a year, were met with resistance from the gendarmerie and police during their march to the company’s headquarters. (4/4)

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#Turkey Today (03.06.2026)
📌 Speaking after the Central Executive Committee meeting, Party Spokesperson Zeynel Emre said, “Holding a party congress by 25 July is a matter of survival.” (1/4)

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📌 The third hearing in the trial of 20 people, including journalist Fatoş Erdoğan, over social media posts opposing the appointment of a trustee to the CHP Istanbul Provincial Chair was held in Istanbul. Trial adjourned until October. (3/4)

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📌 Sema Bingöl, a reporter for the Mezopotamya Agency, and five others who were detained at a memorial service for Ethem Sarısülük in Ankara were released after giving statements at the police station. (7/7)

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Turkey Today (02.06.2026)
📌 Although no prosecution brief has been prepared in the case of DEP MP Mehmet Sincar for seven years, the judicial supervision order against Cihan Yıldız, the sole defendant in the case, has been lifted. (1/7)

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📌 Turkey's internet authority has blocked access to an investigative dossier exposing a visa outsourcing monopoly and the broader structure formed by states delegating visa application processes to private companies. (6/7)