Submission to the Swiss FDFA: Alleged Discrimination Affecting the Family of Yusuf Tarık Gül
On 26 April 2026, the Security Studies and Rule of Law Association (SRL Swiss) submitted information to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) concerning the alleged discriminatory treatment of the family of 11-year-old Yusuf Tarık Gül, who lost his life in a school attack in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. The submission draws attention to concerns […]
Submission to the Turkish Grand National Assembly: Rule of Law and Human Rights Concerns
On 17 September 2025, SRL Swiss submitted a formal communication to the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission. The submission emphasized that lasting peace and democratic stability must be based on the rule of law, fair-trial guarantees, the presumption of innocence, proportionality, and compliance with the European Convention […]
Pressures on the Children of Purged Public Servants (KHK)
On 6 May 2025, a Gaziantep-centered operation was carried out across 47 provinces in Türkiye, with detention warrants issued for 208 individuals. The operation primarily affected young people, many aged between 18 and 25, whose parents or close relatives had previously been dismissed from public service by emergency decrees (KHK). The report documents concerns that […]
The Maydanoz Döner Operation: Economic and Social Exclusion of KHK-Dismissed Individuals
On 2 March 2025, SRL Swiss submitted information to the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) concerning the operation against Maydanoz Döner and its broader impact on individuals dismissed from public service by emergency decrees (KHK). The submission highlighted concerns that employment and business relationships involving KHK-dismissed individuals were being treated as grounds for criminal […]
Urgent Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee: Abductions of Turkish Asylum Seekers in Kenya
On 20 October 2024, SRL Swiss submitted an urgent communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the reported abduction of Turkish asylum seekers in Nairobi, Kenya. The submission was presented as a recent development related to the issue of enforced disappearances and abductions previously addressed in SRL Swiss’s shadow report to the Committee. […]
Collaboration with SEM on Projects Involving Refugees
On 25 August 2024, the Security Studies and Rule of Law Association (SRL Swiss) submitted a letter to the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) expressing its willingness to contribute to projects and working groups concerning refugees, integration, public safety and the rule of law. SRL Swiss highlighted the professional experience of its members in […]
Evaluation of Amnesty International’s 2024 Türkiye Report
On 10 May 2024, SRL Swiss submitted a further communication to the Secretary General of Amnesty International concerning the Türkiye section of its 2024 Annual Report. The submission raised concerns that significant human rights issues arising during and after the post-2016 state of emergency—including arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment, fair-trial concerns, restrictions affecting dismissed public […]
Submission to Amnesty International Headquarters – Yalçınkaya Judgment
On 1 December 2023, SRL Swiss submitted a communication to the Secretary General of Amnesty International concerning the human rights situation in Türkiye and Amnesty International’s forthcoming 2023/24 annual report. The submission highlighted the significance of the European Court of Human Rights’ Grand Chamber judgment in Yüksel Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye, including the Court’s findings under […]
Follow-up Submission to Amnesty International Türkiye – Yalçınkaya Judgment
On 30 October 2023, SRL Swiss submitted a follow-up communication to Amnesty International’s Türkiye Branch concerning previously raised human rights concerns and the Grand Chamber judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Yüksel Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye. The submission highlighted the Court’s findings under Articles 6, 7 and 11 of the European Convention on […]
Submission to Amnesty International Headquarters – 8 May 2023
On 8 May 2023, the Security Studies and Rule of Law Association (SRL Swiss) submitted a communication to the Secretary General and International Board of Amnesty International concerning the Türkiye section of Amnesty International’s 2022/23 annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights. The submission followed an earlier communication to Amnesty International’s Türkiye Branch […]
Evaluation of Amnesty International’s 2022/23 Turkey Report
As the Association for Security Research and the Rule of Law, we conducted a detailed examination of Amnesty International’s 2022/23 Turkey report to better understand and highlight human rights violations in Turkey. In our evaluation, we found that while the report addresses political, ethnic, and gender-based victimization, it does not sufficiently cover the situations of […]