Due to the importance of the information and for helping spread it, the full text of the Preliminary observations and recommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, Mr. Nils Melzer on the Official visit to Turkey – 27 November to 2 December 2016 are published here not only with a link to the original message but in full lenght. Ankara, 2 December 2016 I. Introduction At the invitation of the Government, I visited Turkey from 27 November to 2 December 2016 to assess the prevailing situation and challenges concerning torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. At…

There are lots of discussions going on further steps that must be followed after the rejection of appeals of over 3000 judges and prosecutors by the HCJP: 1- Go to the Council of State (Danistay) 2- (If # 1 denied) Go to the Constitutional Court for the individual complaint 3- (If #1, and #2 do not work) Go to the ECHR 1) The council of state already decided on some judges’ cases. The council held that it has no jurisdiction over these cases on the basis of the fact that the dismissals are not the one regulated by the Law on Judges and Prosecutors, this one is ” extraordinary measure”.…

1. The Ankara prosecution office has launched an investigation against 192 judges and prosecutors more with the same accusations. http://www.diken.com.tr/darbe-girisimi-192-hakim-ve-savci-hakkinda-feto-uyeliginden-sorusturma/ 2. The High Council, HSYK, refused the appeals of 3200 judges and prosecutors, which had applied to be reinstated before. However, those applications were rejected without any explanation/legal ground. The decision just includes all of the names, no exception. Even a single judge has not been reinstated to the job, all were rejected. Click to access karar(3).pdf