Rights abuses in Turkey have increased under state of emergency: NGOs

Turkey’s ongoing state of emergency violates basic human rights including the right to life, prominent human rights associations in the country have stated, as the European Convention on Human Rights marks its 69th year.

“Turkey has violated Article 15 of the Constitution, Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and Article 4 of the United Nations Civil Code. The current state of emergency regime has not been following any of the aforementioned rules,” read a joint declaration from the Human Rights Association and Turkey’s Human Rights Foundation issued on Dec. 9, referring to articles of the Turkish Constitution that guarantee basic human rights and also regulate the conditions and framework of any state of emergency.