The coup attempt staged on the night of 15 July 2016, which was carried out under an obscure, bizarre and unexampled plan, was contained in just a few hours. However, it resulted in colossal adverse impacts in various domains including legal matters.

Ambassador Volkan Bozkır of Turkey has recently been elected as the 75th President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The election of Turkey's candidate understandably created a climate of euphoria across the political spectrum in Turkey.

Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Kurulu'nun 75. Dönem Başkanlığı'na Türkiye'nin adayı Volkan Bozkır seçildi. Türkiye’nin adayının seçilmesi Erdoğan yanlısı çevrelerde kendini yüceltmenin de ötesine geçen bir zafer sarhoşluğu meydana getirdi.

Bu yıl 17 Haziran 2020 tarihinde mutat olduğu üzere New York’ta BM binasında yapılan seçimlerde, WEOG ülkelerinin tek aday olarak belirlediği Büyükelçi Volkan Bozkır 75. Dönem BM Genel Kurul Başkanlığına seçilmiştir.

Oryantalizm ve oksidentalizm dünyayı algılama, anlama ve tanımlamada iki farklı bakış açısıdır. Oryantalizmi, Batı’nın Doğu algısı, oksidentalizmi ise Doğu’nun Batı algısı şeklinde tanımlayıp, söz konusu iki kavramı karşılıklı birbirini algılama/tasavvur biçimine indirgemek doğru değildir. Her iki algılama yönetiminin farklı eylem ve uygulamaları beraberinde getirdiği; “garbiyatçı bakış açısı”nın zaman zaman “garbiyatçı faaliyet” kavramına da yol açtığını belirtmek gerekmektedir.

Bir önceki yazımda Dışişleri Bakanlığı eski mensupları olarak geçen yıl Mayıs ayında, Ankara Emniyet Müdürlüğü KOM şubede yaşadıklarımızı genel hatlarıyla aktarmıştım. Bu yazımda ise kendi “mülakat” tecrübemi paylaşmak istiyorum.

Turkey has never been a full-fledged democracy. Throughout its modern history, the country has experienced military interventions, restrictions on political freedoms and serious human rights violations. Yet, despite these shortcomings, Turkey held a significant place within the Western democratic order. It became a founding member of the Council of Europe in 1949, joined NATO in 1952, and accepted the right of individual petition to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, the Court) in 1987 and the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court in 1990.

This report provides a structured analysis of supply chain security under NIS2 and related frameworks. Section 2 outlines the legal and normative landscape, including EU-level, national-level, and entity-level risk assessment obligations, and examines how NIS2 interacts with CRA, GDPR, DORA, and relevant ISO standards.

'A gift from God' was one of Erdoğan's first descriptions related to coup attempt in July 15. At first no one realized that God's gift meant a chaotic environment in which he needed to declare a national emergency with no checks and balances and then transform Türkiye’s parliamentary democracy into an executive presidency.

This report sets out to provide a comprehensive analysis of the tactics employed by the Erdoğan administration to achieve repressive goals abroad and the vulnerabilities and how they are enabled by the AML and CFT regulation in place.

This submission highlights the ongoing systematic actions and omissions by Turkish authorities against the so-called members of the Gulen Group, framed as crimes against humanity. It demonstrates the violations of recommendations that even Türkiye has supported.

This report offers an update to the United Nations Committee against Torture (the Committee) regarding the obstacles to implementing the Convention against Torture (the Convention) in Turkey. As a coalition formed by a collective of former Turkish diplomats, our focus is on the systematic torture faced by former diplomats detained at Ankara Police Headquarters. We delve into the Turkish context and present insights from our organization.