EU Turkey Civic Commission

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Our final resolution has been published. 20 years of the EUTCC - a commitment to the future The 20th EUTCC Conference therefore calls on all democratic forces in Turkey, Europe and the Middle East to seize this historic opportunity together. eutcc.net/?p=2349
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#Türkiye Today (27.10.2026) 📌 President Erdoğan and MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli met at the Presidential Complex in Beştepe. The 79 bar associations in Turkey issued a statement regarding the investigation initiated ex officio by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office (1/8)
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📌 Özgür Özel, the new party leader, announced that they would apply to the Constitutional Court to have certain provisions of the funding bill passed by Parliament struck down. (7/8)
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📌 The Mecca Agreement, signed between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, has been approved by the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee. The proposal will be debated in the Plenary. (8/8)
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20 Years of EUTCC Conferences - 20 Demands for Peace and Democracy 🕊 Strengthening the rule of law: The independence of the judiciary, fair trials, the separation of powers, and the independence of public prosecutors’ offices and courts must be restored. 🏛⚖️
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#Türkiye Today (26.10.2026) 📌 Abdullah Tırpan (73), a prisoner receiving treatment at the Istanbul Başakşehir Çam ve Sakura City Hospital, has died. 📌 A protest was held outside the Ministry of Justice in support of Nedime Yaklav, a prisoner who has been held for 34 years (1/5)
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insufficient evidence. 📌 Gloves that ill prisoner Hayati Deniz Kaytan was prescribed to wear on the basis of a medical report due to tissue loss in his hand were confiscated by the newly appointed deputy prison director. (4/5)
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📌 The AKP has filed a claim for 500,000 lira in non-pecuniary damages against Buğra Kavuncu, spokesperson and deputy leader of the İYİ Party, over his comments regarding the investigation into funds in the capital markets. (5/5)
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20 Years of EUTCC Conferences - 20 Demands for Peace and Democracy 🕊 End to state-appointed trustees: Democratically elected mayors must be able to carry out their duties freely. The systematic appointment of state-appointed trustees must be brought to an end. 🗳
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Turkey Today (25.10.2026) 📌 In the investigation into a fund in Istanbul, an arrest warrant has been issued for Ertan Aydın, a former AKP MP who had been placed under house arrest, following an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office. (1/4)
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📌 Two students who are members of the TİP and who had protested by hanging up a banner ahead of Education Minister Yusuf Tekin’s visit to Kadıköy High School were taken into custody following a raid on their homes. (3/4)
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📌 Smart Solar workers protested against the failure to pay backdated July inflation-linked pay rises and the dismissal of 85 workers. (4/4)
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20 Years of EUTCC Conferences - 20 Demands for Peace and Democracy 🕊 Protection of democratic parties: The right to political organisation and parliamentary representation must be guaranteed. Parties must not be forced out of the political arena through bans, criminal 1/2
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proceedings or administrative measures. 2/2
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