Turkey's emergency state body settles 89% of inquiries

Turkey's Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures released a compilation of works it has carried out during three-year activity period, including the data analysis system, evaluation criteria, decision samples, and detection of illegal activities of FETÖ - the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in the country.

Activity Report 2020 said the commission is recognized as an effective law mechanism by the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

According to the report, the commission formed a special data processing system for receiving applications, archiving, and examination procedures.

Information concerning the applications received from more than 20 institutions and organizations has been recorded in this system, it added.

The report indicated that certain activities carried out by the commission were presented to "many high-level delegations of the ECHR, Council of Europe, European Parliament as well as the representatives of the relevant institutions and media."

It noted that the commission examines every case individually and renders a reasoned decision. Accordingly, applications of 1,116 people whose spouses' applications were rejected due to their connection with FETÖ in line with the examinations carried out by the commission, have been accepted.

The report pointed out that efforts have been made to return the rights of the individuals victimized by FETÖ and individuals who were deceived by the organization through shared ADSL lines and use of ByLock, the terror group's encrypted messaging app, on the GSM phone numbers which have been given to relatives.

It also detailed the secret structuring of FETÖ, stating that the secret service stands for activities carried out...