content tagged with conscientious objection

Conscientious objector handed prison sentence

Conscientious objector handed prison sentence

Şendoğan Yazıcı has faced more than a dozen legal cases on similar charges over the years.

Conscientious objector Şendoğan Yazıcı convicted in two cases

Conscientious objector Şendoğan Yazıcı convicted in two cases

Everytime he goes through an ID check, a new case is filed against him for being a draft evader, said Yazıcı.

85 conscientious objectors fined 575 thousand lira in Turkey

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS TELL

85 conscientious objectors fined 575 thousand lira in Turkey

The Conscientious Objection Association has released its report “Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Turkey”, which addresses the problems in the legislation, offers solutions and shares statements of conscientious objectors.

6 July 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Conscientious objector Kızılay: They want to deport me to Turkey

Conscientious objector Kızılay: They want to deport me to Turkey

Conscientious objector Murat Kızılay, who is currently in the Netherlands, has said that he might be sent back to Turkey any moment.

Conscientious Objector Çelik Acquitted of ‘Alienating People from Military Service’

Conscientious Objector Çelik Acquitted of ‘Alienating People from Military Service’

Charged with “alienating people from military service”, conscientious objector Furkan Çelik has been acquitted in his first hearing.

17 February 2020

Conscientious Objector Işık Acquitted of ‘Alienating People from Military Service’

Conscientious Objector Işık Acquitted of ‘Alienating People from Military Service’

Charged with “alienating people from military service” for posting the messages “Don’t go into the army, but go to disco” and “All deserters are my heroes”, conscientious objector Ali Fikri Işık has been acquitted.

17 July 2019 Ekin Karaca

Stage Actor Masatçı Released After Five Months in Jail

Stage Actor Masatçı Released After Five Months in Jail

Masatçı was given prison term for staging a play in support of a conscientious objector.

‘ECtHR Ruling on Conscientious Objection Still Not Put into Effect by Turkey Since 2006’

EUROPEAN BUREAU FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION

‘ECtHR Ruling on Conscientious Objection Still Not Put into Effect by Turkey Since 2006’

European Bureau for the Conscientious Objection (EBCO) Chair Schneider has criticized Turkey for still not implementing the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling on conscientious objector Osman Murat Ülke since 2006.

Investigation Against Association of Conscientious Objection

Investigation Against Association of Conscientious Objection

Furkan Çelik, owner of the domain of the Association of Conscientious Objection's website, has deposed at the Prosecutor's Office for the charge of “provocative posts intended not to fulfill the military service duty.”

11 January 2019 Ekin Karaca

'Conscientious Objection Will Be Discussed in Parliament in Northern Cyprus"

EDUCATION AND CULTURE MINISTER OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

'Conscientious Objection Will Be Discussed in Parliament in Northern Cyprus"

Minister of Education and Culture and Chair of the Socialist Democracy Party in Northern Cyprus Cemal Özyiğit has said that after the works regarding the conscientious objection are completed, the topic will be brought into the cabinet, then the parliament.

28 December 2018

Imprisoned Conscientious Objector on Hunger Strike for Roboski

Imprisoned Conscientious Objector on Hunger Strike for Roboski

Conscientious objector Vasillis Yaylalı has gone on hunger strike in prison for one week due to the sixth year of Roboski massacre.

21 December 2017

Conscientious Objector Özgüner Fined 1,486 TL

Conscientious Objector Özgüner Fined 1,486 TL

Conscientious objector Özgüner has been fined 1,486 TL for draft evasion.

3 November 2017 Ekin Karaca

Conscientious Objectors To Meet in Cyprus

Conscientious Objectors To Meet in Cyprus

This year’s annual meeting of The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection will be held on November 4 in Nicosia, Greece. Representatives from conscientious objector organizations will come together on November 3 in the Home for Cooperation in the buffer zone of Nicosia.

2 November 2017

Conscientious Objector Aru Fined 3,000 TL

Conscientious Objector Aru Fined 3,000 TL

Conscientious objector İnan Mayıs Aru who was standing trial for draft evasion, has been sentenced to five months in prison. The prison sentence was converted to a fine of 3,000 TL.

30 October 2017

Today is International Conscientious Objectors Day

Today is International Conscientious Objectors Day

Conscientious Objection Foundation is going to organize a series of events in the Human Rights Foundation and 26A Cafe on the occasion of the May 15 International Conscientious Objectors Day.

Jail Term for Conscientious Objector Onur Erden

Jail Term for Conscientious Objector Onur Erden

Conscientious objector Onur Erden has been sentenced to 10 months in prison on charge of deserting mandatory military service. Erden will go to prison in case the penalty is approved by the Military Supreme Court.

Penalty on Workplaces Employing ‘Deserter’ Submitted to Jurisdiction

Penalty on Workplaces Employing ‘Deserter’ Submitted to Jurisdiction

A practice prescribing penalty of up to 2 years in prison for those who employ the ones that don’t do military service for various reasons has been brought to court by conscientious objector Timuçin Kızılay.

6 December 2016 Ekin Karaca

Turkey To Pay Halil Savda 2,500 Euro in Compensation

Turkey To Pay Halil Savda 2,500 Euro in Compensation

The European Court of Human Rights has upheld conscientious objector Halil Savda’s application who was sentenced to 5 months in prison on charge of “indisposing people to engage in military service”.

17 November 2016

ECtHR Rules in Favor of Conscientious Objector Aydemir

ECtHR Rules in Favor of Conscientious Objector Aydemir

ECtHR passing a sentence on the trial of conscientious objector Aydemir refusing to do military service due to his religious belief, has ruled that Turkey had violated Article 3 of the convention prohibiting torture, and "inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" and convicted Turkey to 18,000 compensation payment.

Number of Conscientious Objectors Reach 500

Number of Conscientious Objectors Reach 500

Sergen Sucu has declared his conscientious objection by submitting exemption despite his report of 69% handicapped.

Conscientious Objector Tarhan Released Facing Civil Death

Conscientious Objector Tarhan Released Facing Civil Death

Conscientious Objector Mehmet Tarhan was detained in Aydın province and then was released on probation. Tarhan commented: “Civil death started for me.”

17 September 2015 Ekin Karaca

Turkey’s Conscientious Objectors Unable to Become Deputy

Turkey’s Conscientious Objectors Unable to Become Deputy

Even though two conscientious objectors have so far declared for pre-candidacy in the upcoming elections in Turkey, existing elections law bar them from being elected.

12 March 2015 Ekin Karaca

Conscientious Objector Receives 15 Months of Prison

Conscientious Objector Receives 15 Months of Prison

Mehmet Tarhan, a conscientious objector from Turkey, received 15 months of prison and 9,000 liras fine despite related ECHR rulings.

11 February 2015

First Conscientious Objection Submitted To Constitutional Court

First Conscientious Objection Submitted To Constitutional Court

Lawyer Davut Erkan submitted an application to Turkey's Constitutional Court, saying that the conscientious objection has not been acknowledged albeit the constitution and EDHR.

“If I Go to Army, I Can’t Account to My Brother, Myself”

“If I Go to Army, I Can’t Account to My Brother, Myself”

Mehmet Yıldırım - the brother of Medeni Yıldırım who was shot dead by soldiers - has declared his himself as conscientious objector.

22 November 2013 Beyza Kural

Conscientious Objectors to Form Association in Turkey

Conscientious Objectors to Form Association in Turkey

Turkey's conscientious objectors are set to kick off their first association on May 18 - during the week of International Conscientious Objectors Day.

9 May 2013 Ekin Karaca

Conscientious Objector Jailed

Conscientious Objector Jailed

A military court ordered the imprisonment of contributing writer Ali Fikri Işık (56), who declared his conscientious objection decades ago.

28 February 2013 Ekin Karaca

Turkey's New Party Questions Army Suicides

Turkey's New Party Questions Army Suicides

Greens and the Left Party of the future, Turkey's newest party, demanded the government to account for controversial suicides in the army saying that PM has for long kept quite on the issue.

5 December 2012

Turkey’s First Conscientious Objector Tayfun Gönül Passes Away

Turkey’s First Conscientious Objector Tayfun Gönül Passes Away

Turkey’s first conscientious objector to mandatory military service passed away at the age of 54 due to a heart attack on Monday night. A doctor by training, Tayfun Gönül had made critical contributions to the antimilitarist movement in Turkey, according to his friends.

31 July 2012 Ekin Karaca

14 More Conscientious Objectors

14 More Conscientious Objectors

At the end of Conscientious Objection Week, 14 people declared their conscientious objections following the march from Tünel to Taksim Square.

Price for Refusing Military Service: Civil Death

Price for Refusing Military Service: Civil Death

30-year-old Kocaoğlu was doomed to civil death after his ID was seized ten years ago when he refused to complete his military service. He is not able to work, to marry and claims not to be able to receive medical treatment at hospital.

15 March 2012 Ekin Karaca

Milestone Decision for Conscientious Objection in Turkey

Milestone Decision for Conscientious Objection in Turkey

The Malatya Military Court claimed that decisions of the ECHR regarding conscientious objection could also be applied to domestic law in the scope of Article 90 of the Constitution. This landmark ruling was the result of the trial against conscientious objector Delice.

12 March 2012 Ekin Karaca

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