Turkey

Yonah Alexander is Co-Director of the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies at the International Law Institute. He is also Director of the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, and Senior Fellow at Potomac Institute and the George Washington University, USA.Edgar H. Brenner is Co-Director of the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies, Washington DC, as well as Legal Counsel to the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies. Serhat Tutuncuoglu Krause currently practices law in New York City, USA. He also holds an M.A. degree from University of Notre Dame in Peace Studies.

• 1. Turkey: Country Information 2. 1980 Military Coup, Martial Law and State of Emergency, and a New Constitution 3. Emergence of the PKK and Turkey’s Legal Responses to Terrorism 4. European System of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 5. European Community and Human Rights 6. The European Union and Human Rights 7. Turkey-EU Relations: 1963-1994 the Ankara Agreement, Emergence of Turkey’s Human Rights Record as a Problem 8. Customs Union Decision and the First Implications of the Human Rights Problems 9. After the Customs Union Decision: Problems Persist 1996-1998 10. 1999 Helsinki European Council and European Union Membership Perspective for Turkey 11. After Helsinki: Initial Developments: 2000 12. Turkish Reforms on Civil Rights Begin: 2001 13. Turkey’s Progress on Human Rights: Changes in Anti-Terrorism Related Laws: 2002-2003 14. Year of Evaluation for Turkey to Start EU Accession Negotiations: 2004 15. Quo Vadis? After 2004: European Union Membership Still a Rough Path