Migrant return mania: the Syria case
EuroMed Rights publishes the first two chapters of its in-depth research on return policies and practices across the Euro-Mediterranean. Focus on returns from Turkey and Lebanon to Syria.
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The EBRD and digital freedoms in Turkey
In the rush for a post-COVID economic and societal recovery, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is strengthening its dialogue with civil society to better prepare a comprehensive response to the crisis. The pilot “Digital Civil Society Programme” recently launched by the EBRD in Turkey seems to be part of a renewed engagement by the bank to enhance the protection … Continued
Human rights, pawns in Turkey’s geopolitical games
President Erdogan’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention plays at domestic and international level. The EU needs to go beyond “regrets and incomprehension”.
Contesting Gender Equality in the MENA Region: Case Studies of Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey
EuroMed Rights participated in the drafting of a chapter for the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy’s latest report “POWER OVER RIGHTS, Understanding and countering the transnational anti-gender movement”. In its submission, EuroMed Rights (together with its member Kvinna till Kvinna) covered the contestations of women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights in Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey. While this … Continued
LGBTI communities: targets of Erdogan’s “cultural war”
The recent appointment of Turkish academic and close partisan of the ruling AKP party, Melih Bulu, as rector of Bogazici University, one of Turkey’s liberal strongholds, has triggered mass protests from both students and professors. One action stood out among others: the display of a painting picturing the Kaaba covered with an LGBTI flag. Surprised by the determination and popularity of the protests, the ruling party seized this “opportunity” and widely … Continued
Mr Borrell, Mr Michel, as you meet Turkey’s Foreign Minister, remember civil society is being suffocated
Open letter to EU High Representative Borrell and EU Council President Michel ahead of their meetings with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on 21-22 January 2021.
New Kavala hearing: a symptom of Turkey’s gangrened justice system
Tomorrow, Friday 18 December 2020, marks the 1,144th day of detention for human rights defender Osman Kavala.
Turkey’s social media bill, another obstacle to freedom of expression
Under the pretext of regulating social media networks, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has submitted on 23 July 2020 a new nine-article legislation proposal to the Parliament Justice Commission. This includes a set of restrictive measures such as the obligation of each social network to have a representative present in Turkey responsible for the … Continued
Eren Keskin: “If Turkey leaves the Istanbul Convention, it will legitimise violence against women”
August 1st marks the anniversary of the Istanbul Convention initially signed in 2011 and aiming to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence. As the Council of Europe remarked, “2020 should have been a year in which the global progress on achieving gender equality was reviewed. Instead, a global health pandemic exposed the dangerous and pervasive forms of gendered social, economic and political inequality and … Continued
Threats against İHD Co-Chairperson Eren Keskin must stop!
On 16 June 2020, unknown perpetrators broke into Human Rights Association co-chair and woman rights defender Eren Keskin in Istanbul. Referring to this incident, Wadih Al-Asmar, President of EuroMed Rights said: “EuroMed Rights shares the concerns of our member organisation, the Human Rights Association. This act can be considered as a direct threat to Eren Keskin’s … Continued