Conscientious Objection in Turkey

Quadrilingual publication to International Day of Conscientious Objection 2021

(15.05.2021) In Turkey, the first conscientious objectors publicly declared their objections in the early 1990s and stood up against war, the military and compulsory service. In the meantime, far more than 1,000 conscripts have declared their conscientious objections. Furthermore, hundreds of thousands have evaded military service, using other ways or hiding. Faced with prosecution, several hundred have sought asylum abroad. By now Turkey is the only member state in the Council of Europe that has not recognised the right to conscientious objection to military service.

This booklet is published 30 years after the first public declarations of conscientious objection. It takes stock, describes the solidarity work for the conscientious objection movement from abroad and gives a voice to conscientious objectors, some of whom were active in Turkey for years and have now gone into exile.

The publication is published on May 15, 2021, the International Day of Conscientious Objection. Many other events, videos and actions will make the voice of conscientious objectors from Turkey heard around the world. Find out more at https://de.Connection-eV.org/CODay2021 and www.wri-irg.org/en/CODay2021.

Downloads

English: https://www.Connection-eV.org/pdfs/conscientious-objection-turkey-2021.pdf

Deutsch: https://www.Connection-eV.org/pdfs/kriegsdienstverweigerung-tuerkei-2021.pdf

Français: https://www.Connection-eV.org/pdfs/objection-de-conscience-turquie-2021.pdf

Türkçe: https://www.Connection-eV.org/pdfs/vicdani-ret-turkiye-2021.pdf

Editors: Connection e.V., Union Pacifiste de France and War Resisters International, Offenbach/Main, Paris, London, May 2021

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