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Where is Turkey at human rights?

Hurriyet Daily News 03 November 2009
By RIZA TÜRMEN

To what extent is the state respectful to human rights in Turkey? What are the main human rights issues? You may find answers in the European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, decisions and the Progress Report released by the European Commission.

The overall picture in the EHCR decisions is: In a total of 97,300 applications to the court as of Jan. 1, 2009, Russia takes the lead with 27,580 (28 percent) and Turkey follows with 11,100 (11.4 percent). Turkey leads in human rights violations. In a total of 1,857 cases, the ECHR decided against Turkey. Russia followed with 579 convictions.

Turkey violated the right to live 114 times due to lack of effective investigations and to ill treatment of officials. Turkey violated human rights 19 times due to torture and 142 times due to ill treatment, 329 times due to limiting individual freedoms, 513 times due to unfair trial, 240 times due to duration of lawsuits, 166 times due to freedom of expression, and 446 times due to property rights. Therefore, Turkey tops the list in countries violating the European Human Rights Convention. Turkey paid 5.2 million euros for pecuniary compensation in 2008.

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