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Articles on the rule of law, fundamental rights, judicial proceedings and the European human rights system.
One in every three cases awaiting judgment in Strasbourg is against Turkey. Even when judgments go unimplemented, an application to the ECtHR puts the violation on permanent record, and that record becomes the basis for holding the state to account, if not today, then tomorrow.
As the squares narrowed, opposition moved to the screen; now the screen is narrowing too. Article 8/A of Law No. 5651, the criminal judgeships of peace and the compliance of platforms are building a new order of censorship in the digital sphere.
The wave of recognition of Palestine begun by Spain, Norway and Ireland and joined by France and the United Kingdom raises the question “why now?”: a belated conscience, or a new Western strategy against unilateral US support?
After the Kirov assassination, Stalin purged millions of people in the name of “the enemy within”. There are striking similarities between the Great Purge and what has happened in Turkey since 15 July.
Before the 2023 elections people were asking: “What happens if Erdoğan loses?” Drawing a striking parallel with the 2012 Venezuelan election, the author discusses scenarios of violence and chaos.
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has reopened the debate on the place of war in international law. The article examines the law of war and the rules on the protection of civilians.
Military cadets and conscript privates were “children of the state”, under the state’s protection. The author questions, from a legal standpoint, the situation of the military cadets tried after 15 July.
Should a law still be applied if it is clearly unjust? The Radbruch Formula, developed after the Nazi era, still sheds light today on the tension between law and justice.
On 28 December 2011, 34 civilians were killed in an air operation in Roboski. Ten years later, the author questions the role of a “third party” beyond the two dominant views of the incident.
How was the search for a legal basis conducted in Ankara before the trench operations began? The author, who worked as a lawyer and lecturer at the gendarmerie schools, describes the grey legal areas of the operations.
The Turkish Penal Code does not define espionage and does not question the spy’s motivation. This gap can expose civil servants who reveal crimes and journalists who report on them to espionage charges.
Launched simultaneously in 20 prisons in December 2000, Operation Return to Life is etched in memory with death fasts and dozens of deaths. The author, trained at the gendarmerie school, questions the background of the operation.
The US State Department's 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report placed Turkey on the list of countries that use child soldiers. The article examines the grounds of the report and the link to the Syrian National Army.
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