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Turkey and process of democratization

Realistic opportunity or midnight summer's dream?

Reports & documents

Amnesty International: No Security Without Human Rights
Focus on Turkey by AI
Picture Gallery by AI
Some questions and answers on Turkey
Capmaign against Ilisu
Project Zeugma an ancient Roman city was buried under Euphrates river in Turkey despite calls by archeologists

Articles on Democratization:

As Former Leader Faces Jail, Turks Rethink Limits on Speech New York Times, 11/7/2000
Verheugen reiterates that Helsinki, Copenhagen criteria govern Turkey's EU course, ANA 12/4/2000
Turkey, Denmark agree on peaceful settlement in European court, Turkish Daily News, 6/4/2000
Turkey will not yield on Cyprus. But foreign minister praises Papandreou, Kathimerini, 3/4/2000
Clinton greets US-Turkish meet, hails Ankara-Athens relations, ANA 3/4/2000
Turkey's list draws EU ire Europe protests 'anti-democratic' file, Kathimerini, 31/3/2000
Turkey and US at odds in Black Sea over Russia, Turkish Daily News, 31/3/2000
Turks Debate Human Rights and Links With Europe, Stephen Kinzer, NY Times, 23/3/2000
Human Rights Issues Hover Over Turkey's Helicopter Purchase Stratfor 19/3/2000
Turkish court sentences former Islamic premier for anti-secularism, Associated Press, 10/3/2000
Report: Germany orders expulsion of four alleged Turkish spies 3/3/2000
Kurdish Issue Threatens Turkey's Bid to Join European Union, New York Times (*) 19/2/2000
Turkish police detain Kurdish mayor in southeast, New York Times (*), 19/2/2000
24 hour ban on Turkish CNN, BBC World 18/2/2000]
Turkish court sentences 124 Islamic group members to prison, Associated Press 18/2/2000
Greece to Continue Intercepting Turkish Fighters Over Aegean, Xinhua 18/2/2000
Death sentences demanded for Turkish children, AFP 17/2/2000
What is Turkey's Hizbollah, Human Rights Watch, 16/2/2000
European Comission of Human Rights, Application No.25781/94 Cyprus v. Turkey
Turkey Accused of Arming Terrorist Group, New York Times (*) 15/2/2000
Istanbul Police Detain Over 200 Rights Activists, Reuters 12/2/2000
Turkish state haunted by alleged ties with Islamic militants, NandoMedia 2/2/2000
Savas: Religious reaction is a close threat (appeal for closure of the Virtue Party), Milliyet 25/1/2000
Turkey Seeks to Rebuild Ottoman Empire Russia today 24/1/2000
Turkish Minister proposes new "Turkish Commonwealth" ZENIT 23/1/2000
Nine bodies in a coal shed prove that Turkey's state-sponsored terrorists are back by Justin Huggler in The Independent 20/1/2000
Turkey prepares itself for regional leadership top.az 17/1/2000
OPC Tells Turkey: Adopt Free Expression-Free Press to Foster Its Euro Union Entry 13/1/2000
Turkish army purges Islamic officers Boston Globe 29/11/1999
Report: Turkish troops kill 70 Kurdish rebels in Nortern Iraq Boston Globe (AP), 28/11/1999
http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=93580European Court of Justice against Turkey during 1999
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling on Loizidou will be impelented from MPA
*Global plot to lure Kurds' hero into trap, Observer 21/2/1999
"Disappearances" Routine in Turkey Human Rights Watch
UN Commission on Human Rights - Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (Dec 94)
1619 Cypriots still missing since Turkish invasion in 1974

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Andreas Stalidis
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