civil society
World nations to hear candidates make pitch to lead UN
For the first time in the United Nations' 70-year history, candidates vying to become secretary-general will make their pitch for the job to world governments in hearings beginning next week.
Turkey's economic development sets aside future problems: OECD chair
Turkey's economic development, which has been "looking quite good," hampers the exposure of "real problems," according to OECD Working Group on Bribery chair Drago Kos, who urged that the low level of transparency should be higher on the agenda.
Turkish institutions weak due to executive's omnipotence: Transparency
Many Turkish institutions cannot operate with transparency and a participatory approach to governance because of the long shadow cast by the executive, according to a new report by Transparency International Turkey after an in-depth analysis of 15 institutions.
Turkey leads resolution in favor of peaceful protest in Geneva
Amid growing global concerns over the deterioration of civil rights and freedoms, the Turkish government has led a resolution favoring people's right to peaceful protest at the U.N. Human Rights Council (URC), prompting a leading human rights organization to call on Ankara to harmonize its national level of implementation with its acts in the international field.
The last hope of Turkey's lazy democrats
After the controversial Iranian-Turkish citizen businessman Reza Zarrab was arrested in the U.S. last week, it was not only cheered by thousands of ordinary Turkish citizens but also welcomed by all circles of opposition and dissidence as a fresh chance to weaken the ruling party. This reaction from ordinary citizens who have lost trust in the Turkish judicial system is understandable.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution has the potential to raise global income levels and improve the quality of life for populations around the world
Since 1971, around 2,500 political, business, cultural and civil society leaders travel annually to the snowy Swiss mountains to meet in Davos. How would you describe the purpose and the impact of this gathering?
Possible shift of freedom, security balance grips UN human rights body
The use of terrorism legislation by governments as a tool to suppress freedom of expression is not a discussion limited to Turkey or elsewhere, as the United Nations human rights body has become preoccupied with the same discussion with two separate draft resolutions favoring different stances on the issue.
Ruling AKP creating its own NGOs, group says
In contrast to more liberal policies pursued by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in its initial years in power, the space for civil society in Turkey today is deteriorating rapidly, Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TÜSEV) head Tevfik Ba?ak Ersen has told the Hürriyet Daily News.
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AKP sets up GONGOs and exclude other NGOs
In contrast to more liberal policies pursued by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in its initial years in power, the space for civil society in Turkey today is deteriorating rapidly, Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TÜSEV) head Tevfik Ba?ak Ersen has told the Hürriyet Daily News.
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UN group urges Turkey to probe human rights violations in southeast
A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has voiced concern over what it described as the "increasingly worrisome situation" in southeast Turkey and its impact on human rights.