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Ali Fikri Işık, 56, Kurdish conscientious objector, appeals sentence 5  November 2014 

Turkey: Support CO Ali Fikri Işık 1  November 2014 

Reimprisonment of conscientious objector İnan Suver 21 September 2012

OPEN LETTER for the release of Turkish Cypriot activist Halil Karapaşaoğlu arrested for speaking out against violence to conscripts 10 December 2011
CO Muhammed Serdar Delice arrested 28 November 2011
Conscientious Objector Süver Stopped Hunger Strike 17 October 2011

Conscientious Objector Süver Starts Death Fast after oppressions experienced at the Balıkesir Prison and the dismissal of his requests for his transfer to a different cell 19 September 2011

Military prolongs imprisonment of conscientious objector Inan Süver  - “I haven’t committed any crime, so why am I in prison? 7 June 2011
Pinar Selek Acquitted Once More The Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court insisted on its decision for the acquittal of sociologist Pınar Selek for the third time.10 February 2011
War Resisters' International condemns persecution of Turkish feminist antimilitarist Pinar Selek Pinar Selek's real “crime” is as a sociologist, and as a feminist and antimilitarist, she tried to understand the Turkish-Kurdish conflict by researching both sides of the conflict, interviewing members of the PKK. When investigated under torture, she still refused to give the names and contact details of her Kurdish interviewees. 9 February 2011
Turkey Conscientious Objectors Movement receives the Dink Award. 17 September 2010

TURKEY: Conscientious objector İnan Suver ended hunger strike İnan Suver's lawyers that he ended his hunger strike for health reasons. He does not intend to go on hunger strike again any time soon.

Conscientious Objector Free Conscientious objector Enver Aydemir was eventually discharged from military service upon an "incapability report" issued by a military hospital after three years of torture, repression and punishments. Aydemir refused to serve in the military for religious reasons. 11 June 2010
Fighting terrorism with professionals under spotlight A decision announced on Wednesday, June 27 by Gen. İlker Başbuğ, commander of the Turkish Land Forces, which target the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), means that as of 2009 the fight will be conducted exclusively by professional commando units without the involvement of conscripts. 29 June 2007
Day of Solidarity with Prisoners of Peace Yes, there is still hope, because people cry out for peace everywhere from Israel to Britain and the US, from Turkey to Colombia. 1 December 2006
The Right to Conscientious Objection in Europe: A review of the current situation: TURKEY Conscription is enshrined in Article 72 of the 1982 Constitution. Its further legal basis is the Law on Military Service (1111/1982) and Law for Reserve Officers and Reserve Military Servants (1076). 2005
 

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