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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

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g Turkey: Article 301: How the law on "denigrating Turkishness" is an insult to free expression, 3 January 2006 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR440032006&lang=e

(Accessed 13 August 2008)

h List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries, 1 January 2006 http://www.amnistia-internacional.pt/dmdocuments/abol_ret_pm.pdf

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(Accessed 6 September 2006)

b Report to the Turkish Government on the visit to Turkey carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman for Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 19 to 22 May 2007 http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/tur/2008-13-inf-eng.htm

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[14] OSCE/ODIHR

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[15] Committee to Protect Journalist

a Attacks on the Press in 2007 - Turkey February 2008 http://www.cpj.org/attacks07/mideast07/tur07.html

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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

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b Two more caretakers arrested in Malatya, 10 November 2005 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=27852

(Accessed 26 August 2008)

c MGK opens up, 1 December 2004 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=645

(Accessed 4 August 2008)

d Turkey launches campaign to combat human trafficking 1 July 2008 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=108653

(Accessed 26 August 2008)

e Domestic violence gains a voice in Turkey 28 February 2007 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=67152

(Accessed 24 August 2008)

f Government seeking changes to Article 301, 3 October 2007 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=85026

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g Penal code comes into force, 1 June 2005 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=14692

(Accessed 2 June 2005)

h DEHAP dissolves, 21 November 2005 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=36560

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i Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ's biography 26 January 2007 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=64817

(Accessed 9 February 2007)

j Police seek suspect over foiled bomb plot, 14 September 2007 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=83462

(Accessed 4 Augustl 2008)

k Human rights body under fire, 7 January 2007 by Emine Kart http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=63367

(Accessed 14 August 2008)

l Amended criminal procedures law ushers in a new era, 27 May 2005 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=14267

(Accessed 27 May 2005)

m Health Ministry officially takes over SSK hospitals, 21 February 2005 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6487

(Accessed 21 February 2005)

n Turkish woman's election to gender equality chair 'meaningful', 26 January 2007 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=64756

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[28] The International Deaf Children’s Society (IDCS)

Resources for the Deaf in Turkey March 2004 http://www.idcs.info/docs/Resources_for_Deaf_people_in_Turkey.pdf

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[29] Sky News

a Turkey: Women Forced Into 'Honour Suicides' 12 November 2007 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20082851292564

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[30] Anatolia News Agency, Ankara

a Turkish Kurd ex-MPs announce new organisation, 7 January 2005 (via BBC Monitoring/FCO)

b Turkish court commutes rebel Kurd leader’s death sentence, 3 October 2002
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(Accessed 11 October 2006)

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[33] International Observatory on End of Life Care

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a European police and judicial systems - Turkey http://www.interpol.int/public/Region/Europe/pjsystems/turkey.asp

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[35] United Nations Development Programme

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b Harmonization Law (5) http://www.byegm.gov.tr/on-sayfa/uyum/uyum-ingilizce-58hukumet.htm

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e The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, Articles 1-42 http://www.byegm.gov.tr/mevzuat/anayasa/anayasa-ing.htm

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f The Amendments to the Turkish Civil Code http://www.byegm.gov.tr/on-sayfa/new-civil-code.htm

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b The Impact of Cancer –Turkey, 2005 http://www.who.int/ncd_surveillance/infobase/web/InfoBasePolicyMaker/reports/ReporterFullView.aspx?id=5

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c Tuberculosis http://www.who.int/tb/en/ - Country profile-Turkey 2005 http://www.who.int/tb/country/global_tb_database/en/index2.html

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d European health for all database (HFA-DB) – World Health Organization – Regional Office for Europe, updated: July 2008 http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/

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a When wrong boyfriends or clothes lead daughters to kill themselves, 23 August 2007 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/aug/23/turkey.gender

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b Turkish court rules against banning AK party, 30 July 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/30/turkey

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[44] “The Independent”

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b Turkey frees Kurd Nobel nominee in bid for EU Entry, 10 June 2004
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Volume 1 A-F (p313-316) Editor - Carl Skutsch

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b Turkey Leftist and 'Progressive' Links updated 4 October 2006 www.broadleft.org/asiaocea.htm

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b For the Victims of Trafficking update 10 July 2008 http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey-on-trafficking-in-human-beings.en.mfa

(Accessed 26 August 2008)

c Turkey ’s Fight Against Illegal Migration updated 10 July 2008 http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey-_s-fight-against-illegal-migration.en.mfa

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[61] Eren Özalay

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b Table of Global Press Freedom Rankings 2008 http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/fop08/FOTP2008Tables.pdf

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c Countries at the Crossroads 2007 – Turkey http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=140&edition=8&ccrpage=37&ccrcountry=173

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e Freedom of the press 2007: 2 May 2007 http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=251&year=2006

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[63] MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base

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[65] Turkish Institute for Police Studies (TIPS) – Updated 23 January 2007

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