Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Turkey: January-March 2023 Conscientious Objection Watch Bulletin Released

(March 2023) In this issue of The Conscientious Objection Watch Bulletin, you’ll find information about the inquiries made to the Conscientious Objection Watch regarding conscientious objection and conscription between January-March 2023; updated data on the rights violations experienced by conscientious objectors; and the declarations of conscientious objection in the 3-month period covering January-March

Video published about conscientious objector Onur Erden

16 years of persecution in Turkey - still no asylum

(08.09.2022) „If I would have completed my military service and would have participated in an operation in East, I would have killed women, childs and people of Kurds, Armenians and other nationalities, they would have rewarded me, declared me a hero. But because I refused to play the dirty game, refused to be a soldier, refused to fight, they accused me of being a terrorist.“

Today Connection e.V. published a video film about Onur Erden, conscientious objector from Turkey. For 16 years now, he has been subject to unending persecution and has therefore sought asylum in Germany. 

Watch video on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/OVceFBhZ_dU

8:20 min, Turkish with German and English undertitles

Onur Erden’le Weismain’da - Türkiye’den bir vicdani retçi

Onur Erden ile video

(08.09.2022) Vicdani retçi Onur Erden, 2006 yılında Türkiye’de askere çağrılmıştı, ancak çok geçmeden vicdani reddini orduya açıklamış ve emirleri reddetmişti. Birkaç ay sonra firar etti. Videoda vicdani retçi olarak yıllarca süren zulmü, hiç bitmeyen bir tutuklama ve kovuşturma döngüsünü anlatıyor. 2020’de sığınma talebinde bulunmak için Almanya’ya kaçtı. Başvurusu reddedildi.

Turkey: Conscientious Objection Bulletin

October - December 2021

(29.12.2021) In the sixth issue of the Conscientious Objection Bulletin, you may find informations about the applications that we’ve received in October to December of 2021, the three-months up-to-date information on the violations of rights experienced by conscientious objectors, up-to-date information on the legal cases followed by VR-DER (Conscientious Objection Association), and the conscientious objection declarations made at this time.

If you want to get information about the monitoring work carried out by VRDER, you can contact us on our website and social media accounts.