State of Emergency in Turkey 21 July 2016 – 20 March 2018 Publisihing Date: 17 April 2018 Owner: Human Rights Joint Platform
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SoE Measures: Updated Situation Report - 2018 Human Rights Joint Platform Updated Situation Report- State of Emergency in Turkey 21 July 2016 – 20 March 2018 Publisihing Date: 17 April 2018 Owner: Human Rights Joint Platform Disclaimer: This report is updated with the support of the European Union under the Sivil Düşün EU Programme. The content of the Report is the sole responsibility of the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) and in no way be interpreted as the opinion of the European Union. 1 SoE Measures: Updated Situation Report - 2018 Human Rights Joint Platform CONTENTS SECTION I. GOVERNANCE OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY ........................................................................................................... 4 I.1. Duration of the SoE & its Prolongation ........................................................................................................................................ 4 I.2. SoE Decrees and Parliamentary Supervision ............................................................................................................................ 4 I.3. Scope of the Emergency Decrees .................................................................................................................................................... 5 I.3.1. Measures Limited to the Duration of the SoE ................................................................................................................. 6 I.3.2. Measures Not Limited to the Duration of the SoE ........................................................................................................ 6 I.4. Judicial Review of Emergency Decrees ........................................................................................................................................ 7 I.5. Human Rights Review of SoE Measures and Emergency Decrees .................................................................................. 8 I.5.1. Notifications to the Human Rights ...................................................................................................................................... 8 I.5.2. Oversight of the Human Rights Mechanisms of the Council of Europe and the United Nations ............ 8 ................................................................... 10 II.1. State of Emergency Practices on Police Custody ................................................................................................................ 10 SectıonII.1.1. II. Crımınal “Anti-Terror” Procedures Operations and measures ................................ under ................................the State of Emergency..................................................................................... 10 II.1.2. Operations Against “Cyber Crimes” ................................................................................................................................ 11 II.1.3. “Olive Branch Operation” (Afrin Operation) ............................................................................................................... 11 II.2. Pre-Trial Custody (Detention) in the State of Emergency ............................................................................................. 11 II.2.1. Situation in the Prisons and Detention Houses ......................................................................................................... 12 II.2.2. Legislative Regulations ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 II.2.3. Decisions of the Constitutional Courts Concerning Pre-Trial Detentions .................................................... 14 II.2.4. Individual Applications to the UN Working Group On Arbitrary Detention ............................................... 15 II.2.5. Oversight of the Prisons and Detention Houses........................................................................................................ 15 ................................................................................................................... 17 III.1. Investigation Process ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 SectıonIII.2. III.Investigations Investıgatıon and and Cases prosecutıon during the procedures State of Emergency ............................................................................................. 20 .............................................................. 24 IV.1. Authority to Decide on Dismissals from Public Services............................................................................................... 24 SECTIONIV.2. Timeline IV. SoE Measuresof Dismissals Agaınst ................................ ındıvıduals:................................ dısmıssals from................................ publıc servıce................................................................... 25 IV.3. Distribution of Dismissal Decisions by the Public Institutions .................................................................................. 26 IV.3.1. Summary Table ........................................................................................................................................................................ 26 IV.3.2. Dismissals from the Presidency of the Turkish Grand National Assembly ................................................ 28 IV.3.3. Dismissals from Ministries and Related Institutions ............................................................................................ 28 IV.3.4. Dismissals from the Judiciary .......................................................................................................................................... 37 IV.3.5. Dismissals from the Higher Education Institutions .............................................................................................. 39 The graduate students who were studying abroad and lost their scholarships .................................................... 41 New Regulations .................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 SECTION V. ................................................................................................................... 43 V.1. Private Sector Organisations ........................................................................................................................................................ 43 V.1.1. PrivateMeasures Health agaınst-Care organısatıons Institutions ................................(closure) ....................................................................................................... 43 V.1.2 Private Education Institutions ............................................................................................................................................ 43 V.1.3. Private Universities ................................................................................................................................................................. 44 V.1.4. Private Companies under Trustees Control ................................................................................................................ 44 V.2. Media Agencies Closed Down (Print, Audio and Visual Media)................................................................................... 45 V.2.1. Media Agencies Transferred to the SDIF ...................................................................................................................... 46 V.2.2. Closed News Agencies ............................................................................................................................................................ 47 V.2.3. Closed Newspapers ................................................................................................................................................................. 47 V.2.4. Periodicals Closed Down ...................................................................................................................................................... 48 V.2.5. Radios Closed Down ............................................................................................................................................................... 49 V.2.6. Closed Publishing Houses and Distribution Companies ....................................................................................... 49 V.2.7. Closed Television Channels ................................................................................................................................................. 50 V.3. Closed Civil Society Organisations ............................................................................................................................................. 51 V.3.1. Associations ................................................................................................................................................................................ 51 V.3.2. Foundations ................................................................................................................................................................................ 53 1 ......................................................................................... 57 .....................................................................................................................................