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| More than 5,000 cases filed against Turkey over post-coup purge, says ECHR | |
| 2017-01-27 | |
[DeutscheWelle] The European Court of Human Rights has called on the complainants to exhaust legal avenues in Turkey before applying at the rights body. The court's president warned it could be "submerged" by the number of applications.
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... over its crackdown in the wake of a failed coup last year. The "massive influx" of applications against Turkey after July 15 increased by 276 percent compared to the year before, ECHR President Guido Raimondi said. An additional 2,945 cases had been filed by Turkish nationals last year, although not directly linked to the aftermath of the failed coup, bringing the total to more than 8,000 applications to the European court. In the wake of the coup, Turkey launched a crackdown against alleged supporters of exiled Turkish holy man Fethullah Gulen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... , which targeted military officers as well as academics, journalists and academics. More than 100,000 people have been suspended or fired from their jobs for alleged links to Gulen, who Ankara accused of orchestrating the putsch. Nearly 50,000 people have been placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! for alleged links to Gulen, according to authorities. 'Submerged' The court last November rejected an application brought by a judge over her pre-trial detention, saying she failed to exhaust all legal routes within the country. The complainants' "fears as to the impartiality of the Constitutional Court's judges did not in themselves relieve her of the obligation to lodge an application before the court," the European court said. Raimondi encouraged the complainants to explore legal avenues available in Turkey, including the country's constitutional court, before applying to the ECHR. "It is good to let the Turkish authorities do their job," Raimondi said, noting that failing to do so could lead the ECHR becoming "submerged by tens of thousands of cases." Under Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... , the country has witnessed relations with the EU falter due to widespread violations of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. and freedom of speech. | |
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