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Turkey: 1. What is the current treatment of Kurds by the Turkish government/authorities? 2. What treatment is given to Kurds perceived as being connected with the PKK at the current time? 3. Are Alevis currently able to freely practice their religion in Turkey? 4. Please provide information on the treatment of a returnee whose immediate family have been found to be refugees

14 June 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 071195831

26 April 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law

Turkey: 1. What was the situation for Kurds in the province of Tunceli in 1999? 2. Is there any information on the detention and forced evacuation of Kurds in the province of Tunceli in 1999? 3. Who was the governor of the Province of Tunceli in 1999? 4. Is there a Human Rights Association branch in Tunceli? 5. Can you provide any information about this organization? 6. How many Kurds and Alevis are there in the province of Izmir? 7. Are there Kurdish and Alevi organizations in the province of Izmir? 8. Can you provide information about the organisations that represent the Kurds and Alevis in Izmir? 9. Do the Kurds and Alevis suffer discrimination in the province of Izmir? 10. What were the results of the election in November 2002 in the province of Izmir, for MHP / ULKUCU? 11. Can you provide information on the MHP party, eg leader, Aims of the party. number of members, area of operation? 12. Is the party active in the province of Izmir? 13. Is there any information to suggest that members of the MHP target Kurds in the province of Izmir? 14. What is the relationship between the MHP party and ULKUCU? 15. Can you provide information on the group ULKUCU? 16. What are the group's aims? 17. Where is the group based? 18. Does it operate in the province of Izmir? 19. Is there evidence to suggest that the group is involved in criminal activity? 20. Is there evidence that the group targets Alevis and Kurds? 21. Is there any evidence that the police and the MHP-ULKUCU work together? 22. Is there any evidence to suggest that the police in Turkey deny protection to Kurds who are threatened by criminals? 23. What is the attitude of the present government towards protecting Kurds?

9 November 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Is there any known Kurdish mafia that operates in Ankara, Turkey? 2. If there is a Kurdish mafia, what sort of crimes are the Kurdish mafia accused of carrying out? 3. If there is a Kurdish mafia, do the police in Ankara limit their activities? 4. Is there a Kurdish mafia figure named "Kurdish Ahmed" in Ankara? 5. Question deleted. 6. How are the police organised, controlled in Ankara, Turkey? 7. Is there any information about how the police operate in Turkey? 8. Is there corruption in the police force? 9. Can the police be bribed?

27 October 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Does the Syrian government encourage educated Alevi Muslims from Turkey to settle in Syria? 2. If so, do they have any legal right of entry and residence in Syria? 3. Please provide information on the current situation of Alevi Muslims in Turkey

21 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Is there an identifiable Syrian ethnic minority group in Turkey? 2. How are members of such minority group identified within the general population? 3. Are members of any Syrian minority in Turkey discriminated against or harassed either individually or as a group within society? 4. Any other details about the existence of a Syrian minority in Turkey. 5. Please provide information on the Syriacs in Turkey

28 July 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Is there currently a bill proposing an amendment to the Turkish Citizenship Law?

6 July 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Is there any discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, education, access to health care, access to justice (accessibility included) or in the provision of other state services in Turkey?

20 January 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Are relatives of PKK members or suspected PKK members subject to harm or discrimination from the Turkish authorities? 2. Is there an organisation in Turkey called Hezbollah/Hizbollah? 3. What are its aims? 4. What are its objectives? 5. Are there any factions of this group? 6. What activities does it undertake? 7. How does it treat the Kurdish minority in Turkey? 8. Are people of Kurdish origin likely to join Hizbollah or co-operate with it in any way?

18 January 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Please try to establish if EMEP had a branch in Ovacik which was closed down in 1996. 2. If no information can be located, please provide any evidence that a local EMEP office was likely or unlikely to have been closed down at that time in Ovacik or Tunceli

20 December 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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