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4th Int. Conf. on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds


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Éditeur : KHRP Date & Lieu : 2009, London
Préface : Pages : 169
Traduction : ISBN : 978-1-905592-22-7
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 148x210 mm
Thème : Politique

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4th Int. Conf. on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds


Editor’s note

The fourth annual EU-Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) Conference was held on 3-4 December 2007 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was hosted by the founders of the EUTCC, namely, the Bar Human Rights Committee of
England and Wales (UK); the Kurdish Human Rights Project (UK); medico international (Germany); and the Rafto Foundation (Norway), and was supported by members of the European Parliament. The conference was dedicated to the
memory of the Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun, the principle pioneer of modern Kurdish literature, who died on 10 October 2007.

This publication sets out the speeches and papers of the 2007 Conference, including the Final Resolutions, in order to give an idea of the key issues discussed over the 2 days of the conference, although not all remarks by moderators have been included. A brief account of the background to the Conference can be found below; for a more comprehensive guide to the accession process and related recent developments in Turkey, the Background Paper that was given to Conference delegates is included in this publication (Appendix 1).

For the purposes of publication, the speeches reproduced here have been edited and in some cases abridged or transcribed from the translations made at the conference on each day. Where given, the title of each speech has been included. Where speeches were submitted to the publisher as papers, author’s footnotes have been retained.

The opinions expressed in this work do not necessarily represent the views of the EUTCC.


Table des Matières

Contents

List of Abbreviations / 10
Editor’s Note / 11

Introduction / 13

Opening Speeches / 17

Session 1. Democratisation in Turkey and the EU Reform Process: Political Participation and the Kurds / 27
1.1 EU-Turkey Accession talks and Turkish membership of the EU – developments and future prospects / 27
Speaker: Kerim Yıldız-Joost Lagendijk

1.2 Democratic transformation – the implementation of legal and constitutional reforms / 36
Speaker: Akin Özçer

1.3 Can Turkey become a full member of the EU before a resolution of the Kurdish Issue? / 40
Speakers: Ahmet Türk-Vittorio Agnoletto

Session 2. Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms and Recent Developments in the Turkish Accession to the EU / 47
2.1 The Ilısu Dam project: Environmental, social and political impact. Building support for the Save Hasankeyf Campaign / 47
Speaker: Emilio Molinari

2.2 Human Rights – commitment and implementation / 50
Speaker: İbrahim Bilmez

2.3 Democratic decentralisation and local governance / 53
Speaker: Nurettin Demirtaş

2.4 The role of women in the struggle for democracy and peace / 56
Speakers: Pelgüzar Kaygusuz-Margaret Owen

Session 3. Ongoing Conflict and the Accession Process / 67
3.1 The Need for dialogue: Democratic participation, political representation and civil actors / 67
Speakers: Cengiz Güleç-Abdullah Demirbaş

3.2 Peace-making efforts and the armed conflict / 73
Speaker: Mark Muller

3.3 The Applicability of Humanitarian Law to the Current Conflict in Turkey / 77
Speaker: Susan Breau

3.4 Improving support for the peace process: The role of the EU, European governments and NGOs / 91
Speaker: Hugh Pope

3.5 Prospects for Peace and Democratic Reconciliation in Turkey: Old mistakes and new opportunities / 96
Speaker: Doğu Ergil

Session 4. Conflict Resolution and a Democratic Future for Turkey and the Kurds / 103
4.1 Lessons from international peace processes / 103
Speaker: Clem McCartney

4.2 Choosing to engage: The Kurdish project / 109
Speaker: Ali Yiğit

4.3 Government policy on the Kurds in Turkey / 113
Speaker: Baskın Oran

4.4 How the resolution of the Kurdish question can open the road for democracy in Turkey and the Middle East / 118
Speaker: Michael Gunter

Final Resolution from the Fourth International Conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds / 125

Appendix I: Background Paper / 131
About the Contributors / 157




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