Country of origin information report Turkey March 2007

Date accessed 19 February 2007

Reports on Turkey published or accessed between 1 February and 12 March

US Department of State

Turkey Country Report on Human Rights Practices, 2006

Released 6 March, 2007

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78844.htm

(Date accessed 8 March 2007)

Contents

Section 1: Respect for the integrity of the person, including freedom from:

a. arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of life;

b. disappearance;

c. torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment;

d. arbitrary arrest or detention;

e. denial of fair public trial;

f. arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence.
Section 2: Respect for civil liberties, including:

a. freedom of speech and press;

b. freedom of peaceful assembly and association;

c. freedom of religion;

d. freedom of movement within the country, foreign travel, emigration and repatriation.
Section 3: Respect for political rights: the right of citizens to change their government
Section 4: Governmental attitude regarding international and non-governmental investigation of alleged violations of human rights
Section 5: Discrimination, societal abuses, and trafficking in persons
Section 6: Worker rights:

a. the right of association;

b. the right to organise and bargain collectively;

c. prohibition of forced or compulsory labour;

d. prohibition of child labour and minimum age for employment;

e. acceptable conditions of work.