Türkiye 2002
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Türkiye in 2002
- JUNE 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Hans-Christian Kruger, deputy secretary-general of...
Hans-Christian Kruger, deputy secretary-general of the Council of Europe, visited Ankara and made a speech at the Foreign Ministry
- MAY 31, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) Commission issued a written...
The European Union (EU) Commission issued a written statement pertaining to the decision and approaches of the National Security Council (NSC), noting that it perceived them as "positive signals"
- MAY 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
One of Turkey's most influential business groups, TUSIAD,...
One of Turkey's most influential business groups, TUSIAD, placed full-page advertisements in national newspapers calling on politicians not to squander the opportunity of joining the European Union
- MAY 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish army is willing to accept the abolition...
The Turkish army is willing to accept the abolition of the death penalty on condition that the government ensure a life term for jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan
- MAY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said Turkey should wait...
Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said Turkey should wait for a verdict from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) before asking the Parliament to ratify a death penalty verdict on terrorist Abdullah Ocalan
- MAY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Devlet Bahceli, Turkey's deputy prime minister and...
Devlet Bahceli, Turkey's deputy prime minister and the leader of the second largest party in the coalition government, the rightist National Action Party (MHP) laid down five conditions before he would consider lifting the death penalty and other EU refor
- MAY 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed...
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed that in response to the question of whether Turkey should join the EU, 32
- MAY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government...
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government leaders' meeting proposed alternatives allowing Kurdish language broadcasting and the lifting of the death penalty amid Turkish efforts to meet EU membership criteria
- MAY 16, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, the chairman of the supreme court of appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, the chairman of the supreme court of appeals, addressing a conference on "State and Democracy," in Kocaeli University, said that there is no right reason that can justify death penalty and it has to be abolished
- MAY 15, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Nejat Arseven said that the Finnish...
State Minister Nejat Arseven said that the Finnish parliamentary delegation and he had evaluated the developments in Turkey's European Union (EU) candidacy process, adding, "parliamentarians stated that they would support Turkey's EU membership
- MAY 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European...
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European Union (EU), said that they handled EU as a whole and speaking at a conference on future of Europe, he said, he believed that abolition of capital punishment from Turkish legal system was not a difficult
- MAY 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish security court sentenced to death three Kurdish...
A Turkish security court sentenced to death three Kurdish separatists for the 1994 murder of an Islamist politician
- MAY 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's recent decision to add the PKK...
The European Union's recent decision to add the PKK and DHKP-C to its revised list of terrorist organizations had boosted Turkey's confidence in the Union and also encouraged Turkish leaders and diplomats to take more steps for democratization and improve
- APRIL 26, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Two of the 23 people accused of taking part in various...
Two of the 23 people accused of taking part in various criminal activities, including the murder of Adana Chief Prosecutor Ethem Erkin, his bodyguard and Nationalist Action Party Kartal district organization chairman Nihat Uygun for the illegal TIKB [The
- APRIL 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Mesut Yilmaz, ANAP [Motherland Party] leader and deputy...
Mesut Yilmaz, ANAP [Motherland Party] leader and deputy prime minister, has said that a conciliation excluding coalition partner MHP [Nationalist Action Party] will not be sought on issues other than capital punishment
- APRIL 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Ankara State Security Court (DGM) no:1 sentenced three...
Ankara State Security Court (DGM) no:1 sentenced three terrorists of the Hezbollah organization to death penalty
- APRIL 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Parliament's justice commission passes a draft law...
Parliament's justice commission passes a draft law on the death penalty that would abolish capital punishment except in times of war or the threat of war or for crimes of terrorism
- APRIL 16, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A group of associations of "Eastern Turkestan" protested...
A group of associations of "Eastern Turkestan" protested [against] Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit in Ankara
- APRIL 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara State Security Court [DGM] of the First...
The Ankara State Security Court [DGM] of the First Instance sentenced two men to death and a third to a prison term of 20 years for their role in the Sivas incidents [when 37 people were killed during an Alevi cultural festival]
- APRIL 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Nejat Arseven received the members of...
State Minister Nejat Arseven received the members of the Dutch Parliament's EU and Foreign Affairs Commissions
- MARCH 27, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of State revealed its opinion on the issue...
The Council of State revealed its opinion on the issue upon the request by the Prime Ministry
- MARCH 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk has said "A solution...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk has said "A solution will be brought to capital punishment in the next three years
- MARCH 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The prime minister's office has asked for the opinion...
The prime minister's office has asked for the opinion of the Council of State on whether the death penalty can be suspended without a constitutional amendment
- MARCH 18, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Ramazan Mirzaoglu said that Turkey was...
State Minister Ramazan Mirzaoglu said that Turkey was a European Union (EU) country as a result of its political regime and exportation
- MARCH 18, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Mesut Yilmaz, Deputy PM, State Minister responsible...
Mesut Yilmaz, Deputy PM, State Minister responsible with relations with EU and the leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), warned that Turkey may face Worst Case Senario in 2003 unless it meets conditions set by European Union in 2002
- MARCH 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sinan Aygun, the Chairman of Ankara Chamber of Commerce...
Sinan Aygun, the Chairman of Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO), said that Karen Fogg, the European Union (EU) Commission's Representative to Turkey, mentioned death sentence during the meeting
- MARCH 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A group of relatives of terrorism victims threw a black...
A group of relatives of terrorism victims threw a black wreath into the sea in Mudanya on Tuesday to protest the efforts to abolish death penalty
- MARCH 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Felicity Party [SP] leader Recai Kutan, criticized...
Felicity Party [SP] leader Recai Kutan, criticized the MHP's [Nationalist Action Party] stand regarding capital punishment, and explained that this party "is exploiting the tears of mothers of this nation"
- MARCH 8, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said that Turkey acted...
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said that Turkey acted with the principle "peace at home, peace in the world" noting that Turkey could of course both enter the European Union (EU) and set up good relations with Russia and Iran
- MARCH 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, during a press...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, during a press conference in Slovakia, said no link should be made between the death sentence imposed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and Turkey's bid to join the European Union