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Turkey: Conscientious Objection Bulletin

March - April 2021

(12.05.2021) In the third issue of the Conscientious Objection Bulletin, you may find informations about the applications that we’ve received in March and April of 2021, the two-month 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 in March and in April.

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.

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Davut Erkan

Turkey: There was an arrest warrant for evasion of the military draft

Video with conscientious objector Davut Erkan

(11.05.2021) Davut Erkan is a conscientious objector and lawyer in Turkey. In this video he describes in detail how civilian death, the constant police checks, the ever-present threat of recruitment affect his work and everyday life. The video has been made by Association for Conscientious Objection (Istanbul) and published to the International Day of Conscientious Objection, May 15, 2021.

Turkish with English undertitles.

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Türkiye/Turkey: Sürgün yolum - My road to exile

Video mit Beran Mehmet İşçı

(09.05.2021) Beran Mehmet İşçı declared his conscientious objector in Turkey 2018 and fled to Germany. In this video he tells about his reasons for refusing the military service and to leave Turkey as well as about his experiences as asylum seeker. The video has been published to the International Day of Conscientious Objection, May 15, 2021.

Turkish with English and German undertitles.

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Kamil Murat Demir

Turkey: I’m having 10 or 11 lawsuits

Video with conscientious objector Kamil Murat Demir

(07.05.2021) In the second video of the interview series titled "Conscientious objectors story: We exist despite civilian death", we share the story of Kamil Murat Demir, who declared his conscientious objection in 2018. As a cameraman, he has to travel a lot and is constantly subject to controls and arrests. The video has been published to the International Day of Conscientious Objection, May 15, 2021.

Turkish with English undertitles

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