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Turkey


This National Site collects leading decisions from Turkey. The National Coordinators for Turkey are:

Kemal  Kirisci

Mr. Kirisci is professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bogazici University, Istanbul. He holds a Jean Monnet chair in European Integration and is also the director of the Center for European Studies at the University. He has previously taught at Universities in Britain, Switzerland and the United States. His most recent book is Turkey In World Politics: An Emerging Multi-Regional Power (co-edited with B. Rubin) (Lynne Reinner, Boulder, 2001). His web page can be reached at www.pols.boun.edu.tr/kirisci

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Turgut Tarhanli

Mr. Tarhanli teaches public international law, human rights law and humanitarian law, law of treaties, and refugee law at Istanbul Bilgi University. He has been actively involved in training programs on refugee law in cooperation with the UNHCR local office and related governmental agencies in Turkey. He has been also an individual member of the Human Rights Council of the Prime Ministry of Turkey for two years. He is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association, American Society of International Law, Helsinki Citizens' Assembly, and Amnesty International.

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Lami Bertan Tokuzlu

Mr. Tokuzlu is a lecturer in refugee law, constitutional law and human rights law at Istanbul Bilgi University. He has been among the resource persons of the UNHCR B.O. Ankara, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Justice. He is the coordinator of the Refugee Law Working Group at Istanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Law Research Centre.

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Turkey's Most Recent Decision

The most recent decision added to the Turkey site is An Iraqi national v Turkish Ministry of Interior, a decision rendered in Turkey by the Ankara Administrative Court on Friday, March 25, 2005, involving an applicant from Iraq. A brief summary of the facts of the case is: Iraqi male fears that he and his family members would be killed by Hizbullah due to his sympathy to communist party.

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