Mehmet loves Bariş*: Documentation: Conscientious objection in Turkey

• Editorial


• Conscientious Objector cases
  
  • The case of conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan
  
  
  • The case of conscientious objector Halil Savda
  
  
  • The case of conscientious objector Mehmet Bal
  
  
  • The case of conscientious objector Osman Murat Ülke
  
  


• The Turkish CO Movement
  
  • List of declared Turkish COs
  
  
  • Turkey: from invasion to resistance
  
  
  • Resisting militarism in Turkey
  
  
  • "To live is to resist" - letter from Ossi
  
  
  • Movement Lifeline of the Turkish Conscientious Objectors' Movement
  
  
  • May 18, 2000: Three New Conscientious Objectors on Anti-Militarist Festival
  
  
  • 'Militourism Festival' has been held!
  
  
  • Conscientious Objectors and Total Objectors Pilau Day


• Official documents
  
  • The Right to Conscientious Objection in Europe: a review of the current situation: QCEA 2005; also appears as an update to WRI's Refusing to Bear Arms report)
  
  
  • Turkey: Military and societal treatment of homosexuals who have been deemed unfit to serve in the military and/or who have been discharged from the military due to their sexual orientation: Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa
  
  
  • European Court of Human Rights Second Section: Judgment as to the Admissibility of the Application N°39437/98 by Osman Murat Ülke against Turkey: Council of Europe
  
  
  • OPINION No. 36/1999 (TURKEY): United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

* "Mehmet Loves Peace/Bariş!"= A spontaneous slogan that came out from a "no war" meeting in Turkey. Anti-militarist heterosexuals use it with gays & lesbians. Peace/Baris both means "peace" and also a male name. Mehmet is a common male name and also an anonymous "soldier" name used in civilian and military arenas.