Country of origin information report Turkey March 2009
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Return to contents Go to list of sources Annex E: List of abbreviations AI Amnesty International CEDAW Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists EU European Union EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK) FH Freedom House GDP Gross Domestic Product HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HRW Human Rights Watch IAG Illegal Armed Group ICG International Crisis Group ICRC International Committee for Red Cross IDP Internally Displaced Person IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IMF International Monetary Fund IOM International Organisation for Migration MSF Médecins sans Frontières NGO Non Governmental Organisation OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ODIHR Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ODPR Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees OECD Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe RSF Reporteurs sans Frontières STD Sexually Transmitted Disease STC Save the Children TB Tuberculosis TI Transparency International UN United Nations UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNHCHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime USAID United States Agency for International Development USSD United States State Department WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization Return to contents Go to list of sources Annex F: References to source material The Home Office is not responsible for the content of external websites. Numbering of source documents is not always consecutive because some older sources have been removed in the course of updating this document. (If applicable) [1] Europa Publications a “Regional Surveys of the World: The Middle East and North Africa 2005” b Europa World online, Turkey http://www.europaworld.com
a “Official general report on Turkey” (January 2002) http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/02/st07/07838en2.pdf (Accessed 16 February 2006) b “Turkey/military service” (July 2001) http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/ms59_neth-tur0701.pdf (Accessed 13 December 2006) c Official general report on Turkey (p102-103) (January 2003) d “Turkey/military service” (July 2002)(translated extract on forfeiture of citizenship)
Turkey: Progress on National IDP Policy Paves Way for Further Reforms – 26 July 2007 – via http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=46a9a3e52&skip=&query=relatives&querysi=turkey&searchin=title&display=10&sort=date (Accessed 13 August 2008) [4] Foreign and Commonwealth Office a Letter 2 July 2007(Amendments to the law on Village Guards) b Letter 11 April 2002 c Correspondence dated 5 February 2007. d Letter 22 April 2005 e Letter 22 July 2005 f Fax 11 October 2005 g Human Rights Annual Report 2007: published March 2008 http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/human-rights-report-2007 (Accessed 14 August 2008) h Human Rights Annual Report 2005: July 2005 http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1119526503628 (Accessed 5 November 2005) i Letter 28 September 2005 j Letter 14 August 2008 (Unregistered Births) k Letter 22 July 2008 (Child Registration in Turkey) l Country Profile 3 April 2008 http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/europe/turkey?profile=all
n Letter 27 March 2007 (Request for Hearing Impaired) o Letter 8 January 2007 (Request for additional information) p Letter 17 April 2007 (Request for additional information) q Letter 27 March 2007 (Request for additional information) r Letter 27 March 2007 (Request for additional information) s Letter 23 June 2008 (Request for information on Honour Killing)
a Country Reports on Terrorism 2007 - released April 30, 2008 http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2007/103707.htm (Accessed 4 August 2008) b Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey 2005, (8 March 2006) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61680.htm (Accessed 11 July 2006) c Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey 2004, (28 February 2005) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41713.htm (Accessed 11 July 2006) d Trafficking in Persons 2006 Report: 12 June 2007 http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2007/82807.htm (Accessed 26 August 2007) e Report on International Religious Freedom 2008 (19, September 2008) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90204.htm (Accessed 20 November 2008) f Consular Information Sheet– current as of today, May 14 2007. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1046.html (Accessed 2 May 2007) g Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey 2007, (11 March 2008) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100589.htm (Accessed 5 August 2008) h Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey 2006 – 6 March 2007 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78844.htm (Accessed May 2007) i Trafficking in Persons 2007 Report: 4 June 2008 http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2007/82807.htm (Accessed 26 August 2008) [6] Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP) – registration required a 2007 Legal review (hard copy available) http://www.khrp.org/publish/p2007/Legal%20Review%2011%20ONLINE.pdf (Accessed 24 November 2008) b Reform and Regression: Freedom of the Media in Turkey October 2007 VIA http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=4768df572&skip=&query=youtube&querysi=turkey&searchin=title&display=10&sort=date (Accessed 13 August 2008) [7] Documentation, Information and Research Branch, Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa, Canada. www.irb-cisr.gc.ca a Turkey: Forced marriage in Turkey; outcome when a woman refuses to marry the designated man; outcome when a woman elopes with another man; attitude of state and availability of state protection (July 2001 -September 2004) http://www.cisr-irb.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=444461 (Accessed 10 September 2007) b Turkey: Status of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Turkish Hezbollah; situation and treatment of members, supporters and sympathizers of these parties (2006 - 2007) http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451309 (Accessed 25 September 2007) c Turkey: Situation and treatment of members, supporters and sympathizers of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) (2006 - 2007) http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451310 (Accessed 25 September 2007) d Turkey: Procedures that must be followed by, and documents that must be provided to Turkish airport and land border authorities to allow a Turkish citizen and/or foreign national entry into and exit out of Turkey (July 2003) http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=444539 (Accessed 4 October 2005) e Turkey: Whether the People's Democracy Party (HADEP) and the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) issue membership certificates to members residing within Turkey and/or abroad. (TUR43475.E 28 April 2005) http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=444432 (Accessed 29 May 2007) f Country Fact Sheet TURKEY, August 2007 (armed groups and other non state actors) http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/ndp/ref/index_e.htm?docid=346&cid=0&sec=CH04 (Accessed 18 August 2008) g Turkey: Conditions in military prisons (2003) http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=444540 (Accessed 30 October 2007) h Treatment of prisoners and conditions in military prisons (2005 – 2007) http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451266 (Accessed 13 August 2008) i Situation and treatment of members, supporters and sympathizers of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) (2006 - 2007) http://www.cisr-irb.gc.ca/en/research/rir/index_e.htm?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451310 (Accessed 13 August 2008) j Treatment of gay, lesbian and transgender people by Turkish society; treatment by authorities; legislation, protection and services available, 11 June 2008 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451311
l Turkey: Whether a Turkish citizen who is the subject of an arrest warrant can obtain a passport legitimately or through bribery or any other fraudulent means. October 2004 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=444477 (Accessed 26 August 2008) m Turkey: Situation of Alevis 27 May 2008 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/index_e.htm?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451923 (Accessed 1 December 2008) n Turkey: Situation of Kurds in western cities such as Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Konya and Mersin; resettlement to these cities 29 May 2008 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/index_e.htm?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451931 (Accessed 1 December 2008) o Turkey: The treatment of sexual minorities, particularly lesbians, homosexuals and transsexuals, by state and non-state agents, including the police; protection available to sexual minorities who have been victimized. 15 September 2004 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=444488 (Accessed 10 December 2008) p Turkey: Procedures that must be followed by, and documents that must be provided to, Turkish airport and land border authorities for a Turkish citizen and/or foreign national to be allowed to enter or leave Turkey; the security/law enforcement personnel present; action taken in cases where a person is wanted by the Turkish authorities 29 April 2005 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=444429 (Accessed 5 January 2009) q Turkey: Security and administrative procedures in place to guard against the issuance of fraudulent Turkish passports or to guard against the issuance of Turkish passports by fraudulent means TUR43480.E, 28 April 2005 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/index_e.htm?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=444440 (Accessed 6 January 2009) r Turkey: Prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners in civilian and F-type prisons, including the prevalence of torture and the state response to it. 07 June 2007 http://www.cisr-irb.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451312 (Accessed 7 January 2009) [8] The Swiss Organisation for Refugees ‘Turkey – The current situation’ p40-42, June 2003 [9] Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org a Turkey: Displaced Villagers Denied Fair Compensation, http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/12/20/turkey14875_txt.htm (Accessed 26 January 2007) b World Report 2008 Turkey events of 2007, 31 January 2008 http://hrw.org/englishwr2k8/docs/2008/01/31/turkey17727.htm (Accessed 5 August 2008) c Closing Ranks against Accountability Barriers to Tackling Police Violence in Turkey – December 2008 http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/turkey1208web.pdf (Accessed 9 December 2008) d Turkey: “We Need a Law for Liberation”, May 2008 http://hrw.org/reports/2008/turkey0508/turkey0508web.pdf (Accessed 22 August 2008) e World Report 2009 – Turkey published 14 January 2009 http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report/2009/turkey?print (accessed 30 January 2009) f Human Rights Concerns in the Lead up to July Parliamentary Elections, 19 July 2007 http://hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/turkey0707/4.htm (Accessed 13 August 2008) [10] International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights a Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2006 (Events of 2005): Turkey, 8 June 2006 http://www.ihf-hr.org/viewbinary/viewdocument.php?download=1&doc_id=6866 (Accessed 13 December 2006) b Roma in the OSCE Region in 2006, March 2007 http://www.ihf-hr.org/documents/doc_summary.php?sec_id=3&d_id=4387 (Accessed 29 October 2007) c Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2007 (Events of 2006) Turkey, 27 March 2007 http://www.ihf-hr.org/documents/doc_summary.php?sec_id=3&d_id=4387 (Accessed 4 June 2007) d A Minority Policy of Systematic Negation – October 2006 http://www.ihf-hr.org/viewbinary/viewdocument.php?download=1&doc_id=7081 (Accessed 15 December 2008) [11] Reporters sans frontières www.reporteres-sans-frontieres.org a Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2008: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29033 (Accessed 12 January 2009) b Thirteen-year jail term requested for provincial newspaper editor who accused prosecutor of bias – 4 December 2008 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29565 (Accessed 7 January 2009) c Turkey Freedom of the Press Annual Report 2008 published 14 February 2008 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25503 (Accessed 14 August 2008) d Freedom of expression still in danger in Turkey despite article 301 reform 5 May 2008 VIA http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=country&docid=482005622&skip=&coi=TUR&rid=4562d8b62 (Accessed 13 August 2008) [12] Amnesty International http://web.amnesty.org a Turkey: No justice for victims of torture and killings by law enforcement officials, 5 July 2007 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/013/2007 (Accessd 7 August 2008) b Stop Violence Against Women “Turkey: Shelters Not Cemeteries” http://www.amnesty.ca/amnestynews/upload/turkeyappeal1.pdf (Accessed 26 September 2006) c Amnesty International Annual Report 2007- covering evenys from January to December 2006 http://report2007.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Europe-and-Central-Asia/Turkey (Accessed 8 August 2008) d List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries, 1 January 2006 http://www.amnistia-internacional.pt/dmdocuments/abol_ret_pm.pdf (Accessed 8 March 2007) e Amnesty International Annual Report 2008 – covering evenys from January to December 2007 http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/regions/europe-and-central-asia/turkey (Accessed 6 August 2008) f Turkey: Alleged ill-treatment of conscientious objector by military personnel must be investigated, 8 February 2007 http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR440042007?open&of=ENG-TUR (Accessed 7 August 2008) g Turkey:Turkish government in landmark apology over death after custody, 20 October 2008 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/turkish-government-landmark-apology-over-death-after-custody-20081020 (Accessed 7 January 2009) Return to contents Go to list of sources [13] Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) a 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 7 to 14 December 2005 (6 September 2006) http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/tur/2006-09-06-eng.htm (Accessed 6 September 2006) [14] OSCE/ODIHR a Assessment Report – Republic of Turkey Parliamentary Elections, 22 July 2007 http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2007/11/28340_en.pdf (Accessed 13 August 2008) [15] Committee to Protect Journalist a Attacks on the Press in 2007 - Turkey February 2008 http://www.cpj.org/attacks07/mideast07/tur07.html (Accessed 13 August 2008) [16] Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre – “LANDINFO” (Utlendingsforvaltningens fagenhet for landinformasjon). Report of fact-finding mission to Turkey (7-17 October 2004)’ made public in February 2005 (not accessible online) [17] Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Interior, Turkish National Police, Department of Anti-smuggling and Organised Crime. Report on GBTS system (September 2003) [18] Republic of Turkey, Turkish Embassy Washington DC http://www.turkishembassy.org/index.php http://www.turkishembassy.org/governmentpolitics/politicsjdccourt.htm (Accessed 17 February 2005) (Now only accessible via http://web.archive.org/web/20040419031754/http://www.turkishembassy.org/governmentpolitics/politicsjdccourt.htm) [19] Focus Migration Country Profile – Turkey April 2008 http://www.focus-migration.de/uploads/tx_wilpubdb/CP_05_Turkey.pdf (Accessed 12 January 2009) [20] OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights a Committee on the Rights of the Child: Consideration of reports submitted by states parties under Article 8, papagraph 1, of the optional protocol to the convention on the rights of the child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. 12 December 2007 http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/478373e92.pdf (Accessed 24 August 2008) b UN Human Rights Council: Addendum to the Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Mission to Turkey 2006 published 7 February 2007 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=461f3bb82&skip=&query=military%20service%20turkey&querysi=turkey&searchin=title&display=10&sort=date (Accessed 8 August 2008) c UN Report: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, 2008 published 17 February 2008 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=47cbbf262&skip=&query=military%20service%20turkey&querysi=turkey&searchin=title&display=10&sort=date (Accessed 8 August 2008) d UN Human Rights Council: Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its Causes and Consequences, Mission to Turkey, 5 January 2007. http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=publisher&docid=45fea1812&skip=&publisher=UNHRC Yüklə 1,97 Mb. 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