EUTCC EU Turkey Civic Commission

What is EUTCC?

EUTCC was established in order to monitor and conduct regular audits of the European Commission's performance in ensuring Turkey's full compliance with the accession criteria as defined within the meaning of the accession agreements.

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Program for the 6th International Conference on EU, Turkey and the Kurds

To see the program, click on the link below.

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Mayor Osman Baydemir forbidden to leave Turkey

The democratically elected Greater Diyarbakir Mayor, Osman Baydemir, Turkey, has been forbidden by the Turkish authorities from going abroad.

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EUTCC statement on Muharrem Erbey arrest

EUTCC statement on Muharrem Erbey arrest

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EUTCC Statement - Mass arrests in Turkey

It is with the deepest disappointment that we note the recent systematic and antidemocratic arrests of more than 80 persons including 9 democratically elected Mayors in Turkey’s southeastern provinces.

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EUTCC strongly condemns Turkey’s ban on DTP

The EUTCC strongly deplores the Turkish Constitutional Court’s decision to ban the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP).

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EUTCC Patron Leyla Zana banned by Constitutional Court, Turkey

Leyla Zana, an internationally renowned Kurdish politician and spokesperson is banned from joining any political party the next five years.

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EUTCC Patron Leyla Zana Sentenced to Prison by a Turkish Court

Leyla Zana, an internationally renowned Kurdish politician and spokesperson was Tuesday 28 July sentenced to 15 months imprisonment by a Turkish Court in Diyarbakir, a city regarded as the capital of the Kurds. The court claimed that Zana, when speaking at a conference in London last year, stated that the PKK and its jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan are "as important for the Kurdish people as the brain and the soul are for a human being."

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Leyla Zana at Oslo Freedom Forum May 19, 2009

Leyla Zana's speech at Oslo Freedom Forum May 19, 2009

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The Final Resolutions, Brussels Conference 09

Final Resolutions from the 5th International Conference on EU, Turkey and the Kurds.

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Background Paper, Brussels Conference 09

To read the background paper from the 5th International Conference on EU, Turkey and the Kurds held in the European Parliament, January 28-29, please click below.

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