Turkey: Update to Response to Information Request TUR25856.E of 29 January 1997 on whether the trial of 20 police officers continued after it was suspended in November 1995
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TUR27420.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Turkey: Update to Response to Information Request TUR25856.E of 29 January 1997 on whether the trial of 20 police officers continued after it was suspended in November 1995, 1 July 1997, TUR27420.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab7f58.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For information on this subject, please consult the attached documents.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 19 July 1997. "Turkish Police Break Up Alevi Protest." (NEXIS)
_____. 18 July 1996. "Tension Arises Between Alevis, Police in Istanbul District." (NEXIS)
Associated Press (AP). 12 January 1996. "Turkey." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 12 March 1997. "Members of Turk Muslim Sect Mark Riot Anniversary." (NEXIS)
_____. 12 March 1996. "Turk Alevis Mark Anniversary of Istanbul Riots." (NEXIS)
_____. 12 March 1996. Osman Senkul. "Turk Alevis Mark Anniversary of Istanbul Riots." (NEXIS)
_____. 29 January 1996. "Turkish Security Guard Shot Dead in Istanbul." (NEXIS)
_____. 12 March 1996. "Turk Alevis Mark Anniversary of Istanbul Riots." (NEXIS)
TRT TV [Ankara, in Turkish]. 24 July 1996. "Fifty Detained in Istanbul Clashes After Hunger Striker's Death." (BBC Summary 25 July 1996/NEXIS)
_____. 12 January 1996. "Istanbul Demonstrators Shoot at Police Car." (BBC Summary 15 January 1996/NEXIS)
Xinhua. 14 March 1996. "58 Detained in Istanbul for Illegal Demonstration." (NEXIS)