Turkey country assessment

[22] “Cumhuriyet” ‘One more "Selefi" supporter revealed.’ 23 November 1999

[23] “Turkish Daily News” http://www.turkishdailynews.com

1. 
   Ankara DGM files case against DHKP/C militants. 22 March 1999
   
2. 
   Piskinsut's TDP becomes the 44^th party of Turkey. 29 January 2002
   
3. 
   Plaintiffs concerned with Uzan entrance into politics. 20 July 2002
   

President Sezer approves measure shortening military service. 3 July 2003

4. 
   Human rights Association 17 years old. 17 July 2003
   
5. 
   Headscarf fashion show performed in Ankara (Accessed 11 Sepetmber 2003)
   
6. 
   KA-DER calls for more female candidates (Accessed 4 December 2003)
   
7. 
   Survey: 12.29 percent of Turkey’s population is disabled (Accessed 3 December 2003)
   
8. 
   MGK secrecy abolished (Accessed 12 December 2003)
   
9. 
   Lack of centers for physically handicapped in Turkey (Accessed 18
   
10. 
    December 2003)
    
11. 
    DEHAP demands reversal of verdict (Accesed 13 October 2003)
    
12. 
    DEHAP executives in prision (Accessed 31 October 2003)
    
13. 
    Troops distribute human-rights brochures (27 May 2004)
    
14. 
    Osman Ocalan in Mosul (23 June 2004)
    
15. 
    Turkey: Council of Europe decision proves Turkey meets EU standards (24 June 2004)
    
16. 
    Health Ministry officially takes over SSK hospitals (21 February
    
17. 
    2005)
    

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6487 (accessed21 February 2005)

q. Human rights violations increase in 2004 (21 January 2005)

http://www.turkishdailynews.com./article.php?webcat=domestic&enewsid=3483 (accessed21 February 2005)

r. Security Foces capture 22 suspected Hizbullah militants (5 February 2005)

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=domestic&enewsid=5133 (accessed 7 February 2005)

s. IHDK board resigns, saying they were pushed out (8 February 2005)

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=5448 (accessed 19 April 2005)

[24] “Milliyet”

1. 
   Saadettin Tantan elected new leader of Homeland Party. (13 September 2002 )
   
2. 
   “We can win all seats of Diyarbakır”. (21 October 2002)
   

[25] Military Act No. 1111, as amended

[26] Turkish Nationality Law

1. 
   No. 403 (11 February 1964)
   

[27] The International Lesbian and Gay Association

a. World Legal Survey -Turkey

http://www.ilga.info/Information/Legal_survey/europe/turkey.htm (Accessed 17 February 2005)

2. 
   Activists in Parliament for the first time. Turkey's bid to join EU
   

gives voice to its homosexuals

http://www.ilga.org/news_results.asp?LanguageID=1&FileCategoryID=1&FileID=342&ZoneID=4 (Accessed 17 February 2005)
[28] UNHCR press release http://www.unhcr.org

1. 
   Iraq recieves and repatriates, long term refugees (6 January 2004) http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/print?tbl=NEWS&id=3ffae7714
   

b. Turkey: agreement reached on return of Kurds from Iraq (23 January 2004)

[29] Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly News Release Council of Europe parliamentarians vote to end monitoring of Turkey (22 June 2004)

http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=http%3A%2F%2Fassembly.coe.int%2Fpress%2FCP04%2F313a%2804%29.htm (Accessed 17 August 2004)

[30] Anatolia News Agency, Ankara

1. 
   Turkish Socialists change name to Communists despite ban. 17 November 2001
   
2. 
   Right-wing party elects new leader. 3 August 2002
   
3. 
   Turkish election council decides order of parties on electoral slip. 27 August 2002
   
4. 
   23 Selefi organisation members caught in central Turkey. 13 September 2002
   
5. 
   Turkish court commutes rebel Kurd leader’s death sentence. 3 October 2002
   
6. 
   Turkish Kurd ex-MPs announce new organisation (7 January 2005 through BBC Monitoring/FCO)
   

[31] Anadolu News Agency ‘Election alliance - HADEP, EMEP and SDP decide to unite forces under the roof of DEHAP in elections. 5 September 2002

[32] Keesing's Record of World Events

1. 
   Turkey: General Election. April 1999
   
2. 
   Turkey: June 2001
   

[33] Lambda Istanbul http://www.lambdaistanbul.org/index.asp?ACTION=home&LNG=ENG

(accessed 17 February 2005)

[34] Information about IBDA-C

[35] United Nations Development Programme "Human Development Report 2002"

http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/indic/indic_16_1_1.html (accessed 22 February 2005)

[36] The Office of the Prime Minister of Turkey: http://www.byegm.gov.tr

1. 
   Harmonization Law (4) http://www.byegm.gov.tr/on-sayfa/uyum/uyum-ingilizce-58hukumet.htm
   
2. 
   Harmonization Law (5) http://www.byegm.gov.tr/on-sayfa/uyum/uyum-ingilizce-58hukumet.htm
   
3. 
   Harmonization Law (6) http://www.byegm.gov.tr/on-sayfa/uyum/uyum-ingilizce-59hukumet.htm
   
4. 
   Harmonization Law (7) http://www.byegm.gov.tr/on-sayfa/uyum/uyum-ingilizce-59hukumet.htm
   
5. 
   Analysis of the seventh harmonization package http://www.byegm.gov.tr/on-sayfa/uyum/AB-7paket-analiz.htm
   
6. 
   Erdogan opens Garden of Religions in Antalya (9 December 2004)
   

http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2004/12/04x12x09.HTM#%200 (accessed 3 March 2005)

g. Former DEP deputies to form new party (27 December 2004)

http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2004/12/04x12x27.HTM#%206 (accessed 14 April 2005)

h. DYP and ATP decide to form alliance (2 September 2004)

http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2002/09/02x09x09.HTM#%203 (accessed 25 April 2005)

[37] World Health Organisation

1. 
   Basic statistics from the health for all (HFA) database: Turkey
   

http://www.euro.who.int/eprise/main/WHO/CountryInformation/HFAExtracts?Country=TUR&CtryName=Turkey&language=English (accessed 22 February 2005)

2. 
   "Atlas. Country Profiles on Mental Health Resources” (updated 2003)
   

http://www.cvdinfobase.ca/mh-atlas/ (accessed 22 February 2005)

[38] “The Guardian” http://www.guardian.co.uk

a. Turkey pays families to get girls into the classroom (22 February 2005)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,12700,1419716,00.html (accessed 22 February 2005)

b. Time to act for Turkey's pretender. 25 July 2002

3. 
   Turkey promises to compsenate Kurds after years of terror. 22 January 2004
   
4. 
   Turks attack Kurdish rebels. (1 Spetember 2004)
   

[39] United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS http://www.unaids.org

[40] The Daily Telegraph New leader must show he will not mix religion with politics. (5 November 2002)

[41] Financial Times Leaders fall on swords as voters rise in rebellion. 5 November 2002

[42] The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

PolicyWatch #940 - Is the PKK Still a Threat to the United States and Turkey? (10 January 2005)

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2217 (acessed 14 April 2005)

[43] List compiled from the Resmi Gazete (Official Gazette) 1978-2002

[44] “The Independent”

1. 
   Turkey enacts constitutional reforms to smooth entry into EU. 4 October 2001
   
2. 
   Turks calim success in EU entry talks despite ‘prejudice’. (14 december 2002
   
3. 
   Turkey frees Kurd Nobel nominee in bid for EU Entry (10 June 2004)
   
4. 
   Human rights court upholds headscarf ban (30 June 2004)
   

[45] The World Bank Group -Turkey – Data & Statistics

World Development Indicators database, August 2004

http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?SelectedCountry=TUR&CCODE=TUR&CNAME=Turkey&PTYPE=CP (accessed 16 April 2005)

[46] Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey "Health Statistics 2002"

http://www.saglik.gov.tr/eng/ (accessed 22 February 2005)

[47] TDKP website www.tdkp.org (accessed 4 February 2004)

[48] CIPU, IND, Home Office "Report of fact-finding mission to Turkey" (2001)

[49] Zinda

Assyrian Village in Tur Abdin Evacuated (17 September 2004)

http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2004/9.17.04/index_fri.php#NewsDigest (accessed 19 April 2005)

[50] Kurdistan Observer

‘HADEP closure results only in change of signs’ (27 March 2003)

[51] DYP website www.dyp.org.tr/ (accessed 29 January 2003)

[52] "Leftist Parties of the World" (Turkey)

a. Family Tree of the Turkish Radical Left last updated 31 August 2004 (Nico Biver) www.broadleft.org/tr.htm (Accessed 26 January 2005)

b. Turkey update August 2004 www.broadleft.org/asiaocea.htm (accessed 26 January 2005)

[53] War Resisters International "Refusing to bear arms" (1998)

[54] DHKC website www.dhkc.net
From THKP-C to Devrimci Sol to DHKP (accessed 18 March 1999)

[55] Transparency International

1. 
   Corruption Perceptions Index 2004 (20 October 2004) http://www.transparency.org/cpi/2004/cpi2004.en.html#cpi2004 (accessed 26 January 2005)
   
2. 
   Corruption Perceptions Index 2003 (7 October 2003)
   

[56] Federation of American Scientists "Islamic Great Eastern Raiders/Front (IBDA/C)…Vasat" www.ftp.fas.org/irp/world/para/eastern-raiders.htm (accessed 10 April 2002)

[57] Minority Rights Group International

1. 
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b. Minorities in Turkey Submission to the European Union and the Government of Turkey (July 2004) http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=305 (Accessed 27 August 2004) http://www.minorityrights.org/admin/download/pdf/MRG-TurkeySub.pdf

[58] Jonathan Rugman and Roger Hutchings “Atatürk’s Children” (1996) 

[59] General Directorate of Criminal Registration and Statistics, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Turkey Distribution of finalised cases according to types of judgements in criminal courts 2000

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[60] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey

a. Information on the monitoring of human rights provided by the Turkish Embassy London (August 2004)

b. Cabinet list (last updated 29 July 2004)

http://www.mfa.gov.tr/MFA/DiplomaticArchives/ListOfTurkishGovernments/Cabinet+List.htm (accessed 20 April 2005)

[61] NTV Television

a. Kurdish rebel group announces new formation, goals at news conference. 16 April 2002

b. Centre-right party elects new chairman. 11 January 2003

[62] Freedom House “

a. Freedom in the World, Turkey 2003

www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2002/countryratings/turkey.htm (accessed 27 July 2003)

2. 
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2. 
   Countries at the Crossroads 2005 – Turkey (December 2004)
   

http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/crossroads/2005/turkey2005.pd (acessed 20 December 2004)

[63] TRT TV, Ankara

a. Winning Turkish party leader outlines government reform plans. (6 November 2002)

b. Turkish TV gives biographical details on premier-designate. (16 November 2002)

c. Court outlaws party; bans leader, founders from politics. (3 March 2003)

[64] Tuğrul Ansay and Don Wallace "Introduction to Turkish Law" (1996)

[65] "Terror Organisations in Turkey - Hizbullah" www.teror.gen.tr/english/turkey/index.html (last accessed 28 March 2005)

[66] British Broadcasting Corporation http://news.bbc.co.uk

1. 
   Turkey's reform package. 3 August 2002
   
2. 
   Turkey bars Islamic leader from poll 20 September 2002
   
3. 
   Revamped party’s date with destiny. 31 October 2002
   
4. 
   Country profile: Turkey. 8 April 2003
   

e. Kurdish rebels abandon truce. 3 September 2003

f. BBC Market Data. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/currency/default.stm (Accessed 26 January 2005)

g. Boycott mars Turkey celebrations (29 October 2003)

h. Headscarf row goes to Turkey’s roots (29 October 2003)

i. Turkey agrees death penalty ban (9 January 2004)

j. Turkey set for Iraq mission (7 October 2003)

k. Iraqis raise Turkish troop fears (8 October 2003)

l. Turkey ‘drops Iraq troops plan’ (7 November 2003)

m. Turkey probes al-Qaeda bomb claim (17 November 2003)

n. Many die in Istanbul blasts (20 November 2003)

o. UK and Turkey pledge united fight (21 November 2003)

p. Istanbul bombing suspects charged (25 February 2004)

q. Turkey allows Kurdish conference (5 November 2003)

r. Arrests over Turkey lodge attack (16 March 2004)

s. Turkish single mother in ‘honour killing’ (27 February 2004)

t. Turkey condems ‘honour killings’ (1 March 2004)

u. Court backs Kurd extradition ban (21 January 2005)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4191897.stm (accesssd 21 April 2005)

v. Turkish PM declares poll victory (29 March 2004)

w. Kurdish activists remain in jail (21 April 2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3645283.stm (Accessed 22 April 2004)

x. Court backs Turkish headscarf ban (29 June 2004)

y. Kurds MPs conviction challenged (7 June 2004)

z. Kurds move to end Turkish truce (29 May 2004)

27. 
    Man convicted of toddler shooting (19 July 2004)
    

ab. Turkey knocks six zeros off lira (31 December 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4137469.stm (accessed 26 January 2005)

ac Freed Kurd ex-MPs to get retrial (14 July 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3892473.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

ad Kurd activist sets up new party (22 October 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3945165.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

Key Turkey reform bill withdrawn

ae Key Turkey reform bill withdrawn (16 September 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3664450.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

af Turkey passes key penal reforms (26 September 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3690636.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

ag Bombed Turkish synagogue reopens (22 October 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3735070.stm (accessed 11 February 2005)

ah Bombed Turkey consulate reopens (25 October 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3950923.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

ai EU paves way for Turkey to join (6 October 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3719052.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

aj EU report on Turkey - key points (6 October 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3720506.stm (accessed 11 February 2005)

ak MEPs back start of Turkey talks (15 December 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4097447.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

al EU opens door to Turkey (17 December 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4103397.stm(accessed 28 January 2005)

am Deal struck over Turkey-EU talks (17 December 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4103931.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

an Europe's historic new step (18 December 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4108463.stm (accessed 28 January 2005)

ao Turk police tried for Kurd deaths (22 February 2005)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4285967.stm (accessed 22 February 2005)

ap Turkey grants student amnesties (22 February 2005)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4292771.stm (accessed 24 February 2005)

aq Turkey bans Kurdish party (13 March 2003)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2846513.stm (accessed 5 March 2005)

ar Turkish elections: Key parties (4 November 2002)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2165837.stm#top (accessed 5 March 2005)

as Dutch court bars Kurd extradition (4 November 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3992361.stm (accesssd 21 April 2005)

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[68] U.S. Committee for Refugees

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Turkey's main Kurdish party re-elects chairman (13 January 2005)

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1. 
   International Investigative MissionTurkey: Torture, still a routine practice’. (May 2003)
   
2. 
   International Investigative Mission Turkey: Human rights in the Kurdish Southeast: Alarming situation despite extensive legal reforms (July 2003)
   

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3. 
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[72] TKIP website http://www.tkip.org/en/index.html (accessed 28 March 2005

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g. Human Rights Violations in Turkey Summary Table January-June 2004

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EU ’s Most Contested Enlargement? (20 December 2004)

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Prison Brief for Turkey (undated)

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New Turkish Penal Code Threatens Freedom of Expression Publishers and Writers Alarm EU on New Turkish Penal Code and suggest immediate ways to improve its content (16 December 2004)

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[81] UN – CEDAW (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination

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2. 
   General Information (undated)
   

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