Turkey: Parliament adopts new anti-terrorism bill despite criticisms

On 29 June, the Grand National Assembly approved an amendment to the 1991 Anti-Terror Law. The amended legislation widens the scope of terrorism offenses and introduces a new offense of creating propaganda for the purposes of a terrorist organization. A variety of...

Turkey: Government introduces new anti-terrorism bill

The Government introduced a new anti-terrorism bill which if enacted would widen the scope of crimes falling within the definition of terrorism and severely restrict terrorist suspects’ defense rights. Following his visit to the country in February, UN expert on human...
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