Rights defenders fear an expulsion from the Council of Europe would make the rule of law in Turkey void.
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Nebahat Akkoc says her life began afresh after the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2000 that she had suffered torture while in Turkish custody, emboldening her and others to carry on their fight for women’s rights.
ECHR data shows it delivered 3,820 judgments regarding Turkey between 1959 and 2021, of which 3,385 included at least one rights violation – the highest of any country. Turkey has the largest population among the 46 member states and signed the Convention before many of them. “I hope the Council of Europe does not deal the final blow,” said Akkoc, a prominent women’s rights defender. “I hope authorities implement the rulings by the ECHR and that we are not completely severed from the Western world.”
“To be able to win a judicial struggle, to be able to see that justice works despite everything, gives you incredible energy,” Akkoc said. Ayse Isil Erguvenc, a former ECHR judge and law professor at Istanbul’s Kadir Has University, said the proceedings were launched due to the ruling that Kavala’s detention served to silence him – the first such conviction of Turkey.
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