Author Archives: CHP EU Representation

Nuray Pehlivan / DUVAR The Council of Europe has ramped up pressure on Turkey to adopt legal regulations on the issue of conscientious objection. In 2006, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of an appeal lodged … Continue reading →

Duvar English The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu right in his case against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Kılıçdaroğlu in 2018 applied to the ECHR on the grounds that … Continue reading →

Duvar English A coal-powered thermal power plant in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir will impact the well-being of more than 11 million people over the course of 35 years, Turkey’s first health impact report for an energy facility revealed … Continue reading →

Duvar English Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has urged First Lady Emine Erdoğan to burn her Hermes handbag following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call to boycott French goods. Kılıçdaroğlu said that the people already can’t … Continue reading →

Duvar English Opposition deputies from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and İYİ (Good) Party on Oct. 27 demanded that the parliamentary discussions on the 2021 budget proposal be aired live on the official TV channel of … Continue reading →

Reuters An Istanbul court on Oct. 27 sentenced a local U.S. consulate employee to jail on charges of aiding the network Ankara accuses of attempting a 2016 coup, in a verdict that could further strain ties between Turkey and the United States. … Continue reading →

Burcu Özkaya Günaydın / DUVAR Residents of the southernmost Turkish province of Hatay who lost their homes in forest fires that scorched through the region want officials to help them in restoring their lives, but have not received any support … Continue reading →

Duvar English – Reuters Turkey’s Central Bank Governor Murat Uysal said that it has no target on exchange rates as the lira touched a new low for a third day on Oct. 28. The bank raised its mid-point inflation forecast … Continue reading →

Duvar English Turkey is set to mark the 97th anniversary of its republic’s founding day on Oct. 29, with celebrations expected to take place across the country. A ceremony took place in Anıtkabir, Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s maouseloum … Continue reading →

Duvar English A local court on Oct. 13 rejected former main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu’s demand for a retrial despite a previous top court ruling, in a move that was deemed by the CHP leader as … Continue reading →

Seçkin Sağlam / DUVAR Construction on a wind energy plant in rural parts of the western province of Çanakkale are illegal as they continue despite a ban, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) provincial council member Nejat Önder said.  The area … Continue reading →

Duvar English  Turkish prosecutors once again seek aggravated life imprisonment for Osman Kavala Dr. Ayşe Buğra, a renowned academic who is married to jailed businessman and activist Osman Kavala has said that she, her husband and his mother are dealing … Continue reading →

The more the merrier? Not always… Turkey is surrounded by conflict on every side: the Greece-Turkey conflict was simmering all summer, while northern Syria continues to be a hotbed of conflict, with one side hosting the protracted Kurdish conflict, and … Continue reading →

Imagine an official ceremony. In a hall full of thousands of people, in Turkey, let’s say, a national ceremony is being held. The ceremony opens with the playing of the national anthem. Everybody stands up and at attention. Except for … Continue reading →

Pınar Öğünç Uğur was born in 1980 in Turkey. He grew up when liberal president Turgut Özal was in power. He started his life from scratch. His father was a veteran of the “Cyprus Peace operation” and his mother was … Continue reading →