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TURKEY
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Turkey. Administrative Divisions.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2014
Title:
Turquie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
1 November 2012
Title:
Turkey. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
24 November 2020
Accessed Date:
11 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Country Report – Version 3
Source:
Asylum Research Centre
Date of Document:
21 November 2017
Accessed Date:
11 December 2017
Title:
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
9 November 2020
Author:
Jim Zanotti; Clayton Thomas
Accessed Date:
10 December 2020
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Turkey
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
10 December 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Turkey: Gülenist movement. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Turkey: Alevis. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
11 December 2017
Title:
Country Background Note: Turkey. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
General Country of Origin Information Report: Turkey
Source:
Netherlands. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Country of Origin Information Reports Section (DAF/AB).
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2020
Title:
Présentation de la Turquie
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
2 August 2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2020
Title:
COI Focus. Turquie: Situation sécuritaire.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
14 April 2020
Accessed Date:
10 December 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Turkey: Women fearing gender-based violence. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Turkey: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 December 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Turkey: Military Service. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Turquie: profil des groupes en danger. Mise à jour.
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
19 May 2017
Accessed Date:
11 December 2017
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Turkey
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
10 September 2020
Accessed Date:
10 December 2020
Title:
Turkey. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
22 November 2020
Accessed Date:
10 December 2020
Source:
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
11 December 2020
Title:
Turkey. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
13 April 2021
Title:
Turkey. Human Rights in Europe: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 April 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Turkey. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Fundamentals first: Political criteria and rule of law chapters. Commission staff working document: Turkey 2019 Report.
Code:
SWD(2019) 220 final
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
29 May 2019
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
Turkey. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2020
Title:
Report on the impact of the state of emergency on human rights in Turkey, including an update on the South-East, January – December 2017
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Weathering the Storm: Defending Human Rights in Turkey's Climate of Fear
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 April 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Turkey: Government Targeting Academics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 May 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on his mission to Turkey
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
21 June 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on his mission to Turkey: comments by the State
Date of Document:
7 June 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
ECRI Report on Turkey (fifth monitoring cycle)
Source:
Council of Europe. European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance.
Date of Document:
4 October 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Memorandum on the human rights implications of anti-terrorism operations in South-Eastern Turkey
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
2 December 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Initial Observations by Turkey on the Memorandum of Commissioner Muiznieks on Counter-Terrorism Operations in South-Eastern Turkey
Date of Document:
28 November 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Turkey: Deepening backslide in human rights. Amnesty International submission for the UN Universal Periodic Review, 35th session of the UPR Working Group, January 2020.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 August 2019
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
Turkey: End post election crackdown on peaceful dissent
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 August 2019
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
Turkey. Country report: Non-discrimination.
Source:
European Commission. Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers.
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
'We can't complain': Turkey's continuing crackdown on dissent over its military operation 'Peace Spring' in Northeast Syria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
1 November 2019
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
Restricted at Discretion: The Enjoyment of the Freedoms of Movement and Assembly in Turkey During and After the State of Emergency
Source:
International Commission of Jurists; Human Rights Joint Platform
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
ECRI Conclusions on the implementation of the recommendations in respect of Turkey subject to interim follow-up
Source:
Council of Europe. European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance.
Date of Document:
6 June 2019
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Turkey
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/35/TUR/1
Date of Document:
14 November 2019
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/35/TUR/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 November 2019
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Turkey
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/35/TUR/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 November 2019
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Commissioner for human rights of the Council of Europe Dunja Mijatović. Report following her visit to Turkey from 1 to 5 July 2019.
Source:
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
Date of Document:
19 February 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
A Perpetual Emergency: Attacks on Freedom of Assembly in Turkey and Repercussions for Civil Society
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
July 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Accessed Date:
1 November 2012
Title:
Information on the Nufus Huviyet Cuzdani [Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Nufus Cuzdani] and any other document used in Turkey for identification purposes (2012-May 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 June 2015
Accessed Date:
26 June 2015
Title:
Turkish Citizenship Law (As Amended in 2018)
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Identity documents, including biometric passports, Republic of Turkey Identity Card, birth certificates, and driving licences; requirements and procedures to obtain such documents; appearance and security features (2018–November 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2020
Accessed Date:
2 December 2020
Title:
Country Report: Turkey
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
November 2012
Author:
Zeynep Kadirbeyoglu
Accessed Date:
20 June 2013
Title:
Citizenship by birth, including requirements and legislation; requirements for a person to claim citizenship if both parents were born in Turkey (2012-October 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 October 2013
Accessed Date:
26 June 2014
Title:
Turkey and the United States of America: Whether non-biometric passports continue to be issued in Turkey, particularly in Polatli, and whether they can have a three-year validity period; whether the US embassy in Ankara would issue a B1/B2 visa ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 July 2013
Accessed Date:
26 June 2014
Title:
Requirements and procedure to obtain Turkish citizenship for a Syrian citizen whose father was born in Mardin, Turkey, prior to 1927, but moved to Syria around 1935
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 February 2014
Accessed Date:
24 June 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; military service
Title:
The Turkish Residence Permit for Foreigners, including the status afforded by the permit; rights and obligations of holders of the permit, including rights to employment, services, and to return and reside in Turkey; criteria to renew the permit...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 February 2016
Accessed Date:
28 June 2016
Title:
Issuance of a passport to a child born outside Turkey to Turkish parents; information on the renewal process of Turkish passports for Turkish citizens abroad (2016-November 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 December 2018
Accessed Date:
20 December 2018
Title:
Information on the Nüfus Kayit Örnegi [extract of civil registry], including format, purpose, and issuing body; information included on the document, including family members and whether an individual can request the omission of particular ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2016
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Arbitrary deprivation of nationality and denial of consular services to Turkish citizens
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain residence permits, including obtaining and renewing a residence permit from inside and outside of the country;rights and responsibilities of permit holders (2017-December 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2019
Accessed Date:
27 January 2020
Title:
Turkey. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Turkey. Election for President of 24 June 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Republic of Turkey. Election for Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (Grand National Assembly of Turkey) of 24 June 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
The procedure by which the Peoples' Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi, HDP) verifies that a person is a member of the party and who is authorized to issue a letter attesting that a person is a member; the procedure by which the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2020
Accessed Date:
30 November 2020
Title:
Turquie: violences contre les femmes membres du HDP
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
25 October 2018
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
Situation and treatment of members of Kurdish political parties that have succeeded the People's Democracy Party (Halkin Demokrasi Partisi, HADEP), including the Peace and Democracy Party (Baris ve Demokrasi Partisi, BDP), and the Peoples'...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 June 2016
Accessed Date:
28 June 2016
Title:
The Hizmet movement, also known as the Gülen movement, including situation and treatment of followers or perceived followers; how members of the Hizmet movement are identified, including how persons or organizations might be perceived as belonging ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 January 2020
Accessed Date:
24 February 2020
Title:
The good, the bad and the Gülenists
Source:
European Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Documents issued by the Peoples' Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi, HDP) to members and supporters, including format, appearance, and signatories (2016- -October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 October 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
Title:
Turquie : Les commissions et comités de village; Liens allégués avec le Parti des Travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 October 2017
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Report on the fact-finding visit to Ankara (21-23 November 2016)
Code:
AS/Pol (2016) 18rev
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Fact-finding mission on the situation of local elected representatives in Turkey
Source:
Council of Europe. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.
Date of Document:
29 March 2017
Author:
Anders Knape: Leendert Verbeek
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Update to TUR106032 on requirements and procedures to become a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi, HDP); membership cards, including description and authorized issuing authority; whether the HDP head office ..
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 December 2020
Accessed Date:
17 December 2020
Title:
From purges to a ‘new Turkey' – the final stage of the state's reconstruction
Source:
Centre for Eastern Studies
Date of Document:
7 December 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
The Socialist Democracy Party, including origin, structure, leadership, objectives, and activities; requirements and procedures to become a member of the party, including membership cards; treatment of party members and supporters by ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2017
Accessed Date:
20 December 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Turkey: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Turkey: Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Briefing. Prosecution of 11 human rights defenders.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 October 2017
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Government Targeting Academics; Dismissals, Prosecutions Create Campus Climate of Fear.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 May 2018
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
The ability of the Turkish authorities to monitor suspected Hizmet supporters abroad; treatment of family members of suspected Hizmet supporters in Turkey; treatment of returnees, including whether particular profiles face greater risks upon ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 December 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Law to Protect Family and Prevent Violence Against Women No. 6284
Date of Document:
8 March 2012
Accessed Date:
20 June 2014
Title:
Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Turkey. Addendum: Information provided by Turkey in follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CEDAW/C/TUR/CO/7/Add.1
Date of Document:
14 August 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Family law in Turkey: overview
Source:
Thomas Reuters Practical Law; Yalçın & Toygar & Tüfekçi Law Office
Date of Document:
1 May 2019
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Turkey
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date of Document:
25 July 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Turkey. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
14 December 2018
Title:
WAVE Violence against Women Country Report: Turkey
Source:
NOTUS. Women Against Violence Engagement.
Date of Document:
January 2016
Author:
Çiğdem Tozlu; Asuman Göksel
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Turquie: situation socio-économique des femmes kurdes sans réseau social qui retournent en Turquie
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
26 November 2015
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Report submitted by Turkey pursuant to Article 68, paragraph 1 of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Baseline Report)
Date of Document:
4 July 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Turkey. Situation report on Violence against Women.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Turkey. WAVE Country Report 2019: The Situation of Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
GREVIO Baseline Evaluation Report: Turkey
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO).
Date of Document:
15 October 2018
Accessed Date:
5 December 2019
Title:
Mapping of Sexual Violence Services in the Western Balkans and Turkey. Executive Summary.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
September 2019
Author:
Ebru Hanbay Çakır
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Investigation of Cases of Violence against Women: Examples of the Eastern Turkey
Source:
International Journal of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Turkey. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
The Dynamics of the Queer Movement in Turkey before and during the Conservative AKP Government
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Date of Document:
1 January 2016
Accessed Date:
22 June 2016
Title:
Turquie : la situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 May 2015
Accessed Date:
22 June 2016
Title:
Harassment of Turkey's LGBTI+ community continues
Source:
Civil Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
9 August 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Treatment of persons with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (SOGIE) by society and state authorities, including state protection and support services (2018–November 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 November 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Turkey. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Turkey. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Istanbul.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 July 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Turkey. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Ankara.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 July 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
National Integrity System Assessment Turkey
Source:
Transparency International Turkey
Date of Document:
7 April 2016
Author:
Umut Gündüz et al.
Editor:
E. Oya Özarslan et al.
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Managing Turkey's PKK Conflict: The Case of Nusaybin. Europe Report N°243.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
2 May 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Assessing the Fatalities in Turkey's PKK Conflict
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
22 October 2019
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Calibrating the Response: Turkey's ISIS Returnees. Europe Report N°258.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 June 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Turkey. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Adana.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 July 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Law No. 1111 of 1927, Military Law
Accessed Date:
24 June 2015
Title:
Military service, both compulsory and voluntary, including requirements, length, alternatives and exemptions; consequences of draft evasion and conscientious objection (2018–November 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2020
Title:
Information on the 2014 law on military service, including possibilities for exemption by paying a fee; implementation of the law (2014-September 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 January 2017
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Documentation that male students need for deferment from military service; documentation required for students to travel abroad; whether a Canadian student visa would entitle the student to continue deferment of military service for academic purposes
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 February 2009
Accessed Date:
1 November 2012
Title:
Whether enrolling in a four-year academic program at a university automatically grants a deferment of military service for the four-year period, even if an individual fails his courses or does not attend classes; whether the university issues...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 February 2009
Accessed Date:
1 November 2012
Title:
Turquie : Service militaire et situation des appelés d'origine kurde
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Thematic Country of Origin Information Report Turkey: Military service
Source:
Netherlands. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Sub-Saharan Africa Department / Country of Origin Information Reports Section (DAF/AB).
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Law No. 6771 Amending the Constitution
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Turkey. Opinion on the Amendments to the Constitution Adopted by the Grand National Assembly on 21 January 2017 and to be Submitted to a National Referendum on 16 April 2017
Source:
Council of Europe. Venice Commission.
Date of Document:
13 March 2017
Accessed Date:
12 December 2017
Title:
Observation of the referendum on the constitutional amendments in Turkey (16 April 2017)
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
29 May 2017
Author:
Cezar Florin Preda
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Report to the Turkish Government on the visit to Turkey carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 28 to 29 April 2016
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
20 March 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Response of the Turkish Government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Turkey from 28 to 29 April 2016
Date of Document:
20 March 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Turkey. Evaluation Report. Fourth Evaluation Round. Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors.
Code:
Greco Eval IV Rep (2015) 3E
Source:
Council of Europe. Groups of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
17 March 2016
Accessed Date:
23 June 2016
Title:
Turkey. Opinion on Emergency Decree Laws N°s 667-676 adopted following the failed coup of 15 July 2016 (Opinion No. 865/2016).
Source:
Council of Europe. Venice Commission.
Date of Document:
12 December 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Turkey Memorandum Prepared by the Ministry of Justice of Turkey for the Visit of the Delegation of the Venice Commission to Ankara on 3 and 4 November 2016 in Connection With the Emergency Decree Laws
Date of Document:
23 November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Turkey. Extracts. Emergency Decree Laws. Nos KHK/668, 670, 671, 675, 677, 679, 680, 683, 685, 685, 687.
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on his mission to Turkey
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 December 2017
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain statements of plaintiffs/victims (müşteki/mağdur ifade tutanağı), from within the country, as well as from abroad; format, including appearance, signatures and letterhead; whether there is a standard format ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 September 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
Title:
Turkey: the Judicial System in Peril
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
2 June 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Turkey: Three New Decree-Laws Issued Under State of Emergency
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Turkey: More Emergency Decrees Issued
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
8 September 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Copies of Decrees 675 and 676, published in the Resmî Gazete (Official Gazette) on 29 October 2016
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 April 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Turquie : Etat du système judiciaire; Garantie des droits de la défense, indépendance des magistrats, équité de procédure et ingérences alléguées du pouvoir exécutif.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
The State of Emergency has ended but urgent measures are now needed to reverse the roll back of human rights
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 July 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Joint Submission of the International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Joint Platform in view of the UN Committee against Torture's adoption of a List of Issues to be transmitted to the Republic of Turkey prior to the submission of...
Source:
International Commission of Jurists; Human Rights Joint Platform.
Date of Document:
25 June 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
The National Judiciary Informatics System (Ulusal Yargi Ağı Bilişim Sistemi, UYAP), including components, access by citizens and lawyers; arrest warrants and court decisions, including access to such documents on UYAP, who has the authority to ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 December 2018
Accessed Date:
20 December 2018
Title:
Turquie : accès aux dossiers relatifs à la procédure pénale
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
1 February 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Turquie : accès des membres de la famille aux mandats de perquisition, aux ordres de saisie et aux mandats d'arrêt
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
1 February 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Lawyers on Trial: Abusive Prosecutions and Erosion of Fair Trial Rights in Turkey
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 April 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Turkey. Interim Compliance Report. Fourth Evaluation Round. Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors.
Source:
Council of Europe. Groups of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
28 June 2019
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: State of Emergency Ends, but Not Repression
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 January 2019
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
State of Emergency and Decree Law No. 667
Date of Document:
8 July 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Treatment of detainees in police custody; recourses available to detainees to file complaints against the police and their effectiveness
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 June 2012
Accessed Date:
1 November 2012
Title:
In Custody: Police Torture and Abductions in Turkey
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 October 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
A Blank Check: Turkey's Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 October 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Turquie : bases de données des autorités de sécurité turques (PolNet, GBTS)
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
14 June 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Summonses, arrest warrants, and other related police documents, including appearance, security features, issuance procedures, and samples (2017-December 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 February 2020
Accessed Date:
27 February 2020
Title:
Turquie : Situation sécuritaire dans la province de Sirnak entre 2011 et 2019; Notamment le rôle des forces de police.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 August 2019
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Turquie : Les prisons de Van de 2015 à 2018
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 June 2018
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Enforced Disappearances, Torture; Investigate Disappearances; End Threats to Detainee and His Family.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 April 2020
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Police, Watchmen Involved in Torture, Ill-Treatment; Investigate Surge of Cases.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 July 2020
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Mass blocking of social media and news sites is full-frontal attack on freedom of expression
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 August 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Journalism Is Not A Crime: Crackdown on Media Freedom in Turkey
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 May 2017
Accessed Date:
20 December 2017
Title:
Turkey. Freedom on the Net 2020.
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Crackdown on Social Media Posts
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 March 2018
Accessed Date:
14 December 2018
Title:
Turquie : risques liés à la publication d'information « sensible » sur les réseaux sociaux
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
5 December 2018
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Country Report: Turkey. Monitoring Media Pluralism in Europe: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2017 in the European Union, FYROM, Serbia & Turkey.
Source:
Media Pluralism Monitor
Author:
Yasemin Inceoglu et al.
Accessed Date:
14 December 2018
Title:
Turkey's Journalists in the Dock: Judicial Silencing of the Fourth Estate. Joint International Press Freedom Mission to Turkey (September 11-13, 2019)
Source:
International Press Institute et al.
Editor:
Scott Griffen; Oliver Money-Kyrle
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Observations by Turkey on the Memorandum of Commissioner Muiznieks on Freedom of Expression and Media
Code:
CommDH/GovRep(2017)2
Date of Document:
15 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Memorandum on freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
15 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Turkey. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Situation of Alevis, including political and religious rights; treatment of Alevis by society and authorities; state protection (2015-November 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
Title:
The Alevi faith, principles, beliefs, rituals and practices (1995 - 2005)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 April 2005
Accessed Date:
1 November 2012
Title:
Turkey. United States International Commission on Religious Freedom Annual Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
28 April 2020
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Turkey: Alevis. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
The difference between the beliefs and practices of Alevis and those of Alawis (Nusayris); treatment of both groups by authorities (2012-April 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 April 2013
Accessed Date:
20 June 2013
Title:
Information on letters issued by the Canadian Alevi Culture Centre in Toronto, which attest that bearers are Alevis, including format, appearance, and signatories (2014-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 January 2016
Accessed Date:
19 December 2018
Title:
Treatment of atheists by society and the authorities, particularly in Istanbul; whether local militias serve as informants to the government to report the religious practices of citizens (2011-October 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2013
Accessed Date:
26 June 2014
Title:
Information on Alevi organizations outside of Turkey, including whether they issue letters that attest that bearers are Alevis (2016-November 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 November 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Situation of Kurds, including in Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir; situation of supporters or perceived supporters of the Peoples' Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi, HDP); situation of Alevi Kurds (July 2018-December 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 January 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2020
Title:
Two routes to an impasse: Understanding Turkey's Kurdish policy
Source:
Brookings Institution. Center on the United States and Europe.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Author:
Ayşegül Aydın; Cem Emrence
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Comprehensive Report on Turkey: The Myth of Tolerance
Source:
European University Institute. Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.
Accessed Date:
20 June 2013
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth to sixth periodic reports of Turkey
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
11 January 2016
Accessed Date:
23 June 2016
Title:
Turkey: Kurds. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Report of a Home Office Fact-Finding Mission. Turkey: Kurds, the HDP and the PKK.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Turkey: Kurds. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth to sixth reports of Turkey. Addendum: Information received from Turkey on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CERD/C/TUR/CO/4-6/Add.1
Date of Document:
9 February 2017
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Canada and Turkey: Toronto Kurdish Community and Information Centre (TKCC); methods used by the organization to verify an individual's Kurdish ethnicity; method of issuing letters in support of an individual's Kurdish ethnicity; content of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 April 2020
Accessed Date:
2 December 2020
Title:
COI Query Response. Turkey: Information on societal and state perception / treatment of Syrian nationals under temporary protection in Turkey; …
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
12 December 2019
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Exit procedures at airports and land borders, including documents required to cross the border at a land crossing (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 January 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2020
Title:
Sent to a war zone: Turkey's illegal deportations of Syrian Refugees
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 October 2019
Accessed Date:
6 December 2019
Title:
Country Report: Turkey. 2019 Update.
Source:
Asylum Information Database (AIDA)
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Country Report. Immigration Detention in Turkey: A Serial Human Rights Abuser and Europe's Refugee Gatekeeper.
Source:
Global Detention Project
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Turquie : Le syndicat étudiant GENÇ-SEN
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 September 2016
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
No End in Sight: Purged Public Sector Workers Denied a Future in Turkey
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 May 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Turkey. Working conditions in a global perspective
Source:
Eurofound; International Labour Organization
Date of Document:
6 May 2019
Author:
Mariya Aleksynska et al.
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
Title:
Syrian Refugees in the Turkish Labour Market
Source:
ILO Office in Turkey
Date of Document:
9 February 2020
Accessed Date:
15 December 2020
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 18 December 2020:
Title:
Turkey. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/turkey
Accessed Date:
16 March 2020
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