European Convention on Human Rights

A leading figure from Turkey?s main opposition party displayed documents during a televised interview on Oct. 22 which he claimed to be identical to a protocol between the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK).

Turkey?s interim government and the main opposition have traded barbs over a series of talks between state officials and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), with the main opposition saying it has seen documents proving that the-then government gave concessions to the PKK.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled on Oct. 15 that Switzerland violated Turkish politician Do?u Perinçek?s right to freedom of speech.

The case concerned a fine imposed on Perinçek for a speech he gave in the country in which he denied that the mass deportation of Armenians in Anatolia in 1915 amounted to genocide.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Turkey for violating the privacy of an Australian man, whom the country aired a non-blurred image of during a television broadcast in 1997.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Turkey 81,000 euros for degrading medical treatment that resulted in a Turkish soldier losing his sight during mandatory army service in 2001.

Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo Kalfin called on the EU to bring changes to its policies addressing the refugee wave.

In an interview for private bTV station on Wednesday, he noted that Bulgaria was dealing with the refugees according to its capabilities.

Kalfin added that the funds on the refugees were allocated from both the government budget and the EU.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 3,360 euros for violating freedom of expression, after the application of two journalists from daily Evrensel who were convicted for publishing an article containing a statement by an illegal armed organization.

Turkish judge I??l Karaka?, who was recently elected as the new vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights, has said Turkey?s image as a country that tolerates ?torture? has been replaced with the image of a country that does not protect the freedom of press.

The European Court of Human Rights has elected two new vice-presidents: I??l Karaka? from Turkey and András Sajó from Hungary. They have both been elected for a three-year term and will take up their respective duties on Nov. 1.

Turkey has been conducting a ?resolution process? since the end of 2012 with the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, to end PKK terror.