Turkey
The Equal Rights Trust is working with Black Pink Triangle, an LGBT organisation, to document and challenge discrimination affecting different communities in the Aegean and Marmara regions of Turkey.
Turkey
Solitary Confinement of Homosexual Found to be Discriminatory
London, 25 October 2012
On 9 October 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) published its first ruling of a breach of Article 3 in relation to discriminatory treatment on the ground of sexual orientation. In its judgment in the case X v Turkey it ruled that detaining a homosexual man in solitary confinement with no social interaction as a result of his request to be separated from people harassing him because of his sexual orientation constituted discriminatory inhuman and degrading treatment.
ERT Case Summary: Aksu v Turkey (Application nos. 4149/04 & 41029/04)
This is a case summary of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Aksu v Turkey (Application nos. 4149/04 & 41029/04).
Turkey's Passive Response to Domestic Violence Against Women Violates the Right to Non-Discrimination
London, 22 June 2009
On 9 June 2009, the European Court of Human Rights handed down the decision in the case of Opuz v. Turkey (Application no. 33401/02). In its judgment, the Court found that Turkey violated Article 2, Article 3 and Article 14 in conjunction with Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
ERT Case Summary: Rahime Kayhan v Turkey (Communication No. 8/2005)
This is the ERT case summary of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women decision of Rahime Kayhan v Turkey (Communication No. 8/2005).
Turkey: Constitutional Amendments Lifting Headscarf Ban in Higher Education
London, 13 February 2008
The Equal Rights Trust welcomes the adoption by Turkey’s parliament on 9th February 2008 of two constitutional amendments that will ease restrictions on the freedom to wear the Islamic headscarf in public higher education institutions. It has been widely reported that the ban has led to a reduction in the number of women attending higher education and placed women who wear the headscarf as a matter of religious conviction at a disadvantage with regards to the exercise of their right to manifest their religious beliefs and access education.
