European Court of Human Rights

The death brings the micro loans in India

2013-05-21T14:25:00.003-07:00

First belongings, furniture, televisions sold after the jewels are gone. Some of them drank, some pesticides, a woman threw herself into the lake with someone else jumped in with their children. Debts of more than 200 due to the poor, committed suicide in 2010.

South India, at first, like a drug poisons emitted into micro-loans. Received a very poor part of the public debt with low interest ödeyememesi fatal.

SKS is a market leader in India in the 7 person company killed himself in the news throughout the country brought up to fear of death.

Burkacak the hearts of the kind happened. Micro-credit unable to repay the debt before the daughter of a woman SKS'den forced into prostitution and then afterwards committed suicide by drinking pesticide.

Women had a debt of 150 thousand rupees, ie, three thousand dollar loan and pay 600 rupees per week, ie 12 dollars. A girl in school loans to pay off student unable to pay 150 rupees, and the three-dollar room joined the trend of suicides.

Turkish air strike killed 36 civilians

2013-05-20T15:24:00.000-07:00

The deaths of 36 people, who may have been locals smuggling in goods from northern Iraq, killed in an overnight airstrike by Turkish warplanes in southeastern Turkey have led to doubts about the intelligence sources on which the military relied before conducting the operation.
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Deputy Chairman Hüseyin Çelik held a press conference Thursday evening, saying the incident was the result of an “operational accident” that was caused by a mistake or intelligence failure. He said both a legal and an administrative probe were underway to name those responsible for the deadly error. “If there was a mistake, it will not be covered up in any way and the necessary legal action will be taken.”

A statement from the Şırnak Governor's Office said 35 people were killed and another was injured in the airstrikes. However, hospital records indicate a death toll of 36.

The Turkish military released a statement Thursday that said the area struck was the Sinat-Haftanin region of northern Iraq, where the primary Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases are located and where there are no civilian inhabitants.

“Administrative and judicial investigations are underway and procedures are being followed with respect to the incident,” the General Staff said.
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ECHR; Veli İsmail Altınok

2013-05-20T08:50:00.000-07:00

The applicant, Veli Ismail Altınok, is a Turkish national who was born in 1981 and lives inAdana. He was arrested on 12 April 2007 following a complaint alleging fraud andforgery. After being brought before the criminal court he was placed in pre-trialdetention. Relying on Article 5 § 4 (right to take proceedings to have the lawfulness ofdetention decided speedily by a court), he alleges that the lodging of an objection andthe procedure for automatic review of detention are ineffective. He also complains thatthe Assize Court did not give adequate reasons for ordering his continued detention anddismissing his objections. Relying on Article 5 § 5 (right to compensation), he complainsthat he did not have an effective remedy by which to obtain compensation. Altınok v. Turkey (no. 31610/08)

Europe May Turn Back 1930

2013-05-20T07:30:00.000-07:00

Europe Human Right Court President Jean-Paul Costas incumbency ends at this month. He has been chairing for 13 years. He talked about future of court, Europe, European Union, economic crisis damages to human rights.
According to Kayhan Karaca, reporter of ntvmsnbc.com, Jean Paul Costa is anxious about Europe future.

"We have two possible script view of geopolitical. First script is disaster. Those events at 1930's may repeat today (In Europe). Very serious economic and social crisis, unemployment, authoritarian regimes capture the competence and war. League of Nations demolishes and the passing from the peace to the war and the passing from international organizations to gunfight. This is the script of disaster. We can think these possibilities will repeat. All conditions are available. But although I think international society will resist despite these conditions and the peace will resist to the war. But the fact that we will live hard conditions is real. Climbing over economic crisis which begin 3 years ago will attend during long years. But I don't think script of disaster is inevitable" Costa said.

Turkey bombed military targets in Syria

2013-05-19T07:05:00.000-07:00

Turkey's military struck targets inside Syria on Wednesday in response to a mortar bomb fired from Syrian territory which killed five Turkish civilians, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's office said in a statement.

Our armed forces in the border region responded immediately to this abominable attack in line with their rules of engagement; targets were struck through artillery fire against places in Syria identified by radar, the statement said.

"Turkey will never leave unanswered such kinds of provocation by the Syrian regime against our national security," it added.

Davutoğlu had also agreed with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on the need for an emergency meeting of NATO members, the statement said.

A mortar bomb fired from Syria landed in a residential district of the southeastern Turkish town of Akçakale on Wednesday, killing a woman and four children from the same family and wounding at least 13 other people.

A cloud of dust and smoke rose up over low-rise buildings as residents ran to help the wounded. Others, infuriated by the increasing spillover of violence from Syria's civil war, took to the streets shouting protests against the local authorities.

Davutoğlu phoned UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to brief him about the incident and also spoke with senior military officials and Syria crisis mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, his ministry said in a statement.

Davutoğlu signaled over the weekend that Turkey would take action if there was a repeat of a mortar strike which damaged homes and workplaces in Akçakale last Friday.

"It (latest mortar round) hit right in the middle of the neighbourhood. The wife and four children from the same family died," Ahmet Emin Meşhurgül, local head of the Turkish Red Crescent, told Reuters, adding he knew the victims personally.
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ECHR; President Jean Paul Costa (France)

2013-05-19T06:56:00.000-07:00

Born on 3 November 1941 in Tunis
Diploma of the Institute of Political Studies of Paris, 1961
Master of Law, Faculty of Law, Paris, 1962
Diploma of Superior Studies (post-graduate), Public law, 1964
Former pupil of the ENA (Ecole nationale d’administration), 1964-66
Auditeur at the Conseil d’Etat, 1966
Rapporteur at the judicial section of the Council of State, 1966-1971, 1977-80, 1987-89, assessor of sub-section (chamber), judicial section of the Council of State, 1989-93
Directeur du cabinet (political secretary) of the Minister of Education (Alain Savary), 1981-84
Associate professor, Universities of Orléans, 1989-98 and Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1992-98
President of sub-section, judicial section of the Council of State, 1993-98
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 November 1998
President of Section since 1 May 2000
Vice-President of the Court since 1 November 2001
President of the Court since 19 January 2007.

Turkey hittings military targets in Syria

2013-05-19T06:54:00.000-07:00

Turkish artillery hit targets near Syria's Tel Abyad border town for a second day on Thursday, killing several Syrian soldiers according to activists and security sources, after a mortar bomb fired from the area killed five Turkish civilians.

Turkey's government said "aggressive action" against its territory by Syria's military had become a serious threat to its national security and sought parliamentary approval for the deployment of Turkish troops beyond its borders.

"Turkey has no interest in a war with Syria. But Turkey is capable of protecting its borders and will retaliate when necessary," Ibrahim Kalin, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan, said on his Twitter account.

Political, diplomatic initiatives will continue," he said.

In the most serious cross-border escalation of the 18-month uprising in Syria, Turkey hit back after what it called "the last straw" when a mortar hit a residential neighbourhood of the southern border town of Akçakale on Wednesday.
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Timoshenko: impossible damage?

2013-05-19T06:51:00.000-07:00

I hope that the recently proposed changes to the criminal code in Ukraine will make such trials impossible in the future,” said Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the 47-member body, after a Ukraine court jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko for seven years. She was convicted of abusing power.

Enraging:
The judgement has enraged the West, jeopardising Kiev’s plans to join the EU. The verdict has potentially devastating consequences for the country - which could be averted on appeal, as President Viktor Yanukovych was quick to point out.

Timoshenko filed a complaint against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in June, claiming her trial was politically motivated. The ECHR rules on actions brought by individuals and legal entities that claim their human and fundamental rights have not been upheld by national courts. So first, the Appeals Court in Ukraine must uphold the verdict against Timoshenko. If it does, it is likely that she could be awarded damages by the ECHR.
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ECHR; Işıl Karakaş (Turkey)

2013-05-19T06:50:00.000-07:00

Born on 8 December 1958 in Istanbul, Turkey
B.A. in Political Science, Istanbul University, 1983
Research Assistant, Faculty of Political Sciences at the Istanbul University, 1984-1993
M.A. in Public Law, Istanbul University, 1986
M.A. in European Law, Centre européen universitaire at the Nancy II University, 1988
B.A. in Law, Marmara University, 1990
Member of the Istanbul Bar, 1991
PhD in Public Law, Istanbul University, 1992
Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences at the Istanbul University, 1993-1999
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law at the Galatasaray University, 1999-2003
Director of the Research and Documentation Centre on Europe at the Galatasaray University, 2002-2008
Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law at the Galatasaray University, 2003-2008
Visiting Professor at the University of Aix-Marseille III, of Reims, of Montpellier II, of Strasbourg Robert Schuman
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law at the Galatasaray University, 2004-2008
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 May 2008.

ECHR judge Corneliu Barsan

2013-05-19T04:34:00.000-07:00

ECHR judge Corneliu Barsan said prosecutors who searched his home and confiscated his wife's computer and documents violated the Vienna Convention, which covers both him and his spouse, Gabriela.
But legal advice from the country's top magistrate council said the search was legal as immunity is not granted to judges for their own benefit or to hamper the course of justice. A final vote on the legality of the move will be taken by the magistrates' council on Tuesday.

The vote is set to be closely watched by the European Commission, which has repeatedly criticised the council for being too lenient with misbehaving judges. Romania, as well as Bulgaria, are still being monitored by the EU executive on how they deal with corruption and organised crime. This is also the reason why entry into the border-free Schengen area was delayed indefinitely by the Netherlands and Finland last month.

Gabriela Barsan, who heads the administrative and fiscal litigation department in Romania's top appeals court, is accused - together with a subordinate - of having received jewellery, plane tickets and expensive restaurant dinners in exchange for favourable verdicts. The businessman who allegedly paid the bribes, Gabriel Chiriac, has claimed that he gave them jewellery "out of friendship", Romania Libera newspaper reported.
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Turkey’s Somalian Children

2013-05-18T12:31:00.002-07:00

Turkey is carrying out a big aid campaign, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for Somali who are suffering in the grip of drought.

In an effort to position himself as the leader of Muslim countries in the Middle East region, Erdogan is trying to show the slamic World that he is not indifferent to the Muslim Somalis. He stands up to Israel in order to gain sympathy of Muslim countries.

However, he is ignores those of his own citizens who are trying to lead their lives under very difficult conditions in Turkey. Because of the economic crises that have been experienced in Turkey, bankrupt businessmen live under very difficult conditions, and they are sought by the courts and police because of their debts.

When these businessmen are caught by the police, they are put into prison for five years. They do not have a prominent address and they constantly change the place they live in order not to be caught. They are unable to receive treatment when they get ill, because in hospitals, the police check whether the person is sought or not by the courts. And if they have a job, they can in no way benefit from social rights, because they cannot register for social security.
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(Turkey) Religious Freedom Report 2011

2013-05-16T15:30:00.000-07:00

N3553K5R3PKP The constitution protects religious freedom, and, in practice, the government generally enforced these protections; however, some constitutional provisions regarding the integrity and existence of the secular state restrict these rights.

The government generally respected religious freedom in practice. During the reporting period, the government took steps to improve religious freedom. Notably the government permitted religious services to be held annually in historic Christian sites that had been turned into state museums after decades of disuse. The government continued to impose limitations on Muslim and other religious groups, including restrictions placed on Muslim religious expression in government offices and state-run institutions, including universities, for the stated reason of preserving the "secular state." The government has yet to reopen Greek Orthodox Halki seminary after 40 years of closure.

Authorities continued their broad ban on wearing Muslim religious headscarves in government offices as well as public schools, although the ban was relaxed in universities and ignored in some workplaces. Members of some religious groups said they were effectively blocked from careers in state institutions because of their faith. Some religious groups also faced difficulties regarding freedom of worship, registration with the government, property ownership, and the training of their followers and clergy. Although religious speech and persuasion was legal, some Muslims, Christians, and Bahais faced restrictions and occasional harassment for alleged proselytizing or providing religious instruction to children.
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Turkey; Cheque victims admitted to the ECHR

2013-05-16T13:30:00.000-07:00

Cheque law, the opposition penalty area in 34 days in prison through Hilmi Durak Advocate Bilal Kolbüken "No one shall be deprived of their liberty to pay off his debt," including the requirement for violations of the European Convention on Human Rights applied to the ECHR. lying unmet Cheques Cheque Hilmi Durak wins the case will be precedent for the victims.

Unrequited Cheque Act on the grounds that the opposition of the criminal fine and he could not pay this fine, sentenced to 34 days to shoot the victim Hilmi Durak, in this case, "no one owes bırakılamayacağı thus deprived of their liberty," which will require the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) No. 4 with the claim that contrary to protocol, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) applied.

Hilmi about Durak, some Cheques can no longer pay the fees because of the "Law of the Cheque opposition," a series of charges was filed. Hilmi Durak dealing with commerce, Gebze 4 Criminal Court trial of this accusation in a lawsuit, was sentenced to a fine of 22 thousand pounds judicial.
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Debt due, caught and killed people

2013-05-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

Tekirdağ Cerkezkoy (Turkey) district, because of bank debt and taken to safety sentenced to 2 months imprisonment with a pistol shooting seriously injured per directorate. Ekrem M (53) to a bank of 13 thousand 300 pounds of debt due by the court were sentenced to 2 months imprisonment.

M looking for a prison sentence became final on Ekrem police teams, took a local custody. Ekrem reported decision on the M, was taken to Police Headquarters Cerkezkoy.

Transactions will be sent to the court and then sent to prison, Ekrem learner M, perineum between the concealed handgun permit and went to the toilet, a hand on his head and fired. Tekirdag State Hospital for severe injuries and was removed.

Being treated at the intensive care unit were recorded from the continuing danger of Ekrem M vital. After the public prosecutor made observations of the event came to Police Headquarters.
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Nicknamed: Kemal Gandhi

2013-05-16T09:30:00.000-07:00

Born in 1948 in the Nazımiye district of Tunceli, an area where the population is predominantly ethnic Kurds, Kılıçdaroğlu would never have forecast that he could one day become the chairman of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP. Nor would his family and friends.

His parents were from modest Anatolian families. His father was an ordinary state employee at the land registry office with limited income to raise their seven children.

Kemal was the only one in the family who graduated from university Kılıçdaroğlu’s family comes from a local tribe called the Kureyşan, known as a holy kin group among the Alevis. The tribe is considered to have descended from Caliph Ali and Kılıçdaroğlu does not deny this. This also brings clues about his dignified character and cool and tolerant approach to almost every issue, even in strained times. The reflections of this culture and philosophy of Alevi belief surely can be found in Kılıçdaroğlu’s identity.
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Who is This Woman Challenging Erdogan in Turkey?

2013-05-16T08:30:00.000-07:00

But in light of an impending "dictatorship of the Erdogan clique," says Tarhan, she wants to campaign for a different and more modern Turkey. "In this country, religious leaders are now declaring women who have been raped to be partially culpable, because they showed too much cleavage. They see women as nothing but baby-making machines. Do you really think that I can just sit there and do nothing?"

Until recently, Emine Ulker Tarhan was a Supreme Court justice in Ankara. But now she has discarded her robes and is challenging Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the Turkish leadership. The prime minister, she alleges, is establishing a surveillance state and is “becoming more dictatorial every day."

There are days on which Emine Ulker Tarhan isn’t constantly worried about bugs and wire taps. They are days when Tarhan, tall and blonde with metal-rimmed glasses, gets her 1964 VW Beetle out of the garage and puts on a CD by Zulfu Livaneli, the Turkish balladeer whose voice reminds her of “clear air."

And then are days, she says, when she feels like a character in George Orwell’s tale of a surveillance state, “1984." That’s when she sees the thought police on patrol, and when she is afraid to say the wrong word in her own home.

Today is one of those days. It’s a Monday morning in the embassy district of the Turkish capital Ankara, and Tarhan, wearing a black blazer over a blue blouse, is sitting in a friend’s law office, where the two are exchanging knowing glances. Could this office be bugged, too, they wonder? “Our country’s government is becoming more and more dictatorial every day," says Tarhan. “This isn’t paranoia."
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Google Censorship in Turkey

2013-05-15T12:21:00.001-07:00

In October, 2010 Turkey lifted a ban on YouTube that had been in place for two years.

About 600,000 Turkish bloggers are thought to use the Google tool to publish their personal journals. The ban has been imposed because Turkey’s copyright protection laws allow for entire services to be shut down.

Google confirmed the Blogger ban in a statement and said those with worries about piracy should turn to its easy-to-use takedown systems rather than seek a wholesale shutdown. "The process for making a copyright claim for content uploaded to Blogger is straightforward and efficient, and we encourage all content owners to use it rather than seek a broad ban on access to the service," said a spokesperson. "that way, people in Turkey can continue to enjoy Blogger whilst we respond to the specific complaint."
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Internet censorship in Turkey (Google)

2013-05-15T12:18:00.000-07:00

Important decision for all members of the Council of Europe
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is examining the application against internet censorship filed by Turkish nationals Ahmet Yıldırım and Yaman Akdeniz. The international court expects an item of written comment from Turkey until 9 June.
According to a written statement published by the Cyber-Rights.org.tr news site on 7 March, the ECHR merged the files regarding the access ban to Google sites and to LastFM com on 31 January.

The restrictive decision (No. 2009/337) on the Google services was given by the 2nd Magistrate Criminal Court of Denizli on 23 June 2009. Access to the music sharing site LastFm.com was banned by the Istanbul Public Chief Prosecution on 26 June 2009 (decision no. 2009/45).
On 16 February, the ECHR posted the particularities of both applications on its website together with a list of questions forwarded to the Turkish authorities.
The court allowed time till 9 June for Turkey to respond to the questions. Cyper Rights org tr reported that the court in Strasbourg announced 24 April as the deadline for non-governmental organizations that applied for co-plaintiff status to submit their point of view.
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Human rights violations in Turkey

2013-05-15T12:16:00.001-07:00

In an annual report released on Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the top judicial body to rule on human rights violations in Europe, found that Turkey is by far the worst violator of human rights among the 47 signatory states of the European Convention on Human Rights.

In statistical data on violation judgments by country for the period between 1959 and 2009, Turkey topped the chart with 18.81 percent of all violation judgments, followed by Italy with 16.57 percent and Russia 6.34 percent. Within this timeframe, 2,295 judgments were entered for Turkey and only in 46 cases did the court find no violations. The most common human rights violation committed by Turkey was the denial of the right to a fair trial. Italy scored second with 2,021 judgments against it.

In 2009 alone, Turkey again topped the list in terms of violations of articles of the European Convention on Human Rights. In a tally of the number of judgments entered for Turkey, 356 cases out of a total of 1,625 put the country in the worst violator class. In only nine cases out of the 356 did the court find there was no violation, while stating that at least one violation occurred in the rest of the cases. Russia followed Turkey in 2009 with 210 judgments against it.
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Hrant Dink's murder is not an armed terrorist organization

2013-05-15T02:35:00.002-07:00

Supreme Court in the case of Hrant Dink's murder, the accused "armed terrorist group" not "created for the purpose of committing a crime organization" decided they were a part of.

Supreme Court held a hearing in the murder case of Hrant Dink, who want to appeal the defendant completed the evaluation of Ersin announced its decision in terms of passengers and all other defendants.

Head of Ekrem Ertuğrul, the Hrant Dink murder trial of criminals armed terrorist organization "," not "organization created for the purpose of committing a crime" were approved unanimously declared that they were a part of.

Supreme Court upholds sentence of Yasin Hayal to aggravated life imprisonment given. Hayal armed terrorist organization "management" is the decision of acquittal on charges of "establishing and managing the organization created for the purpose of committing a crime for the" crime demanded punishment overturned.

The Supreme Court, the defendants in the murder case of Hrant Dink, "being a member of an armed terrorist organization" acquitted on charges of provisions, the defendants in their formation, "an armed terrorist organization", the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) 220 arranged in the article "organization established for the purpose of committing a crime" Recognizing that broke.
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Obama discusses regional upheaval with Erdogan

2013-05-13T10:20:00.000-07:00

US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have agreed that peoples' demands for legitimate and natural democratic rights should be recognized by their leaders, as political upheaval continues to rock the Middle East, from Egypt to Tunisia and from Lebanon to Yemen.

Obama initiated a telephone conversation with Erdoğan on Saturday night, the Turkish prime minister's press office said in a written statement released on Sunday.

President Barack Obama stated that he attaches importance to assessing new developments in the region with Prime Minister Erdoğan as the leader of Turkey, which has strong democratic customs in the region, and as a leader who came to power by gaining successful election results many times, the statement said, noting that the two leaders reached consensus that the legitimate and natural rights of the people of the region should be provided for and their calls for democracy should be heeded.
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Human Rights Defenders "Where are"

2013-05-13T10:18:00.001-07:00

Within the frame of the liberal economy. Trade and commercial relations between merchants are carried out by means of post dated checks in Turkey.

The banks give out blank checks to their customers and the merchants use these checks in trading of goods and services by filling them out by giving 6 months, 1 year or longer periods of maturity to them.
The financial crisis in the world has affected profoundly our country; as a result, the merchants were unable to pay their post-dated checks on their due dates.

According to Article 38/8 of the Turkish Constitution, as amended in 2001 taking into regard the European Convention on Human Rights, "no one can be detained from his/her freedom due to only his/her failure to fulfill a contractual liability”. As such, prohibition of detainment of freedom due to only failure to fulfill a contractual liability (i.e., provision for “no imprisonment for debt”) has been added to our constitution. This provision, taken from the Article 1 of the Protocol constituting the 4th Annex to European Human Rights Convention, underlines that imprisonment due to failure to perform a contractual relation will be contrary to the human freedom and honor.
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Debtor Prison in Turkey!

2013-05-13T10:13:00.000-07:00

Since the Republic of Turkey was founded, it has experienced Islamic and ethnical conflicts. Right-wing and left-wing conflicts that began in 1970s among the people continued for 20 years and more than ten thousand people died in these conflicts which were experienced in every city, county and even village of the country.

On September 12th, 1980, a military coup seized power, and the oppressive junta arrested tens of thousand people across the country and these conflicts between the people were terminated.

Turkey constructed many prisons to establish its authority in this environment of conflict which had continued for seventy years. There are prisons in every city and county of the country.

In recent years, Turkey has been catching up with developments which took place around the world in the last century. When the world is changing, Turkey takes part in that change. Furthermore, when the world is changing, Turkey experiences that change two times. While it experiences the change in the world, on the other hand it also experiences a capitalization process.
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The Hardest Prison in History, Fleet/London

2013-05-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the Fleet River in London. The prison was built in 1197 and was in use until 1844. It was demolished in 1846.

The prison was built in 1197 off what is now Farringdon Street, on the eastern bank of the Fleet River after which it was named. It came into particular prominence from being used as a place of reception for persons committed by the Star Chamber, and, afterwards, for debtors and persons imprisoned for contempt of court by the Court of Chancery. In 1381, during the Peasants' Revolt, it was deliberately destroyed by Wat Tyler's men.

In 1666, during the Great Fire of London, it was burned down on the third day of the fire, the prisoners fleeing at the last moments. The then-warden of the prison, Sir Jeremy Whichcote, purchased Caron House in Lambeth after the fire to house the prison's debtors while the prison was rebuilt on the original site at his own expense.

During the 18th century, Fleet Prison was mainly used for debtors and bankrupts. It usually contained about 300 prisoners and their families. Some inmates were forced to beg from their cells that overlooked the street, in order to pay for their keep. At that time prisons were profit-making enterprises. Prisoners had to pay for food and lodging. There were fees for turning keys or for taking irons off, and Fleet Prison had the highest fees in England. There was even a grille built into the Farringdon Street prison wall, so that prisoners might beg alms from passers-by. But prisoners did not necessarily have to live within Fleet Prison itself; as long as they paid the keeper to compensate him for loss of earnings, they could take lodgings within a particular area outside the prison walls called the "Liberty of the Fleet" or the "Rules of the Fleet". From 1613 on, there were also many clandestine Fleet Marriages.
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Erdogan discusses missile plans with Obama

2013-05-13T10:09:00.002-07:00

A G-20 summit in Seoul offered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the opportunity to once more express Ankara’s reservations about NATO’s planned anti-missile system during a bilateral meeting with US President Barack Obama.

Erdoğan responded affirmatively when asked on Friday whether NATO’s US-backed plans were on the agenda of his talks with Obama. “We conveyed our sensitivities to him,” Erdoğan was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency while speaking to reporters at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel in southern Seoul after the summit closed. The two-day G-20 meeting was attended by a total of 33 global leaders.

The meeting between Erdoğan and Obama came only days ahead of the NATO Lisbon summit on Nov. 19-20, at which time a decision regarding the controversial missile defense system will be made.

Turkey is demanding that within NATO's strategic concept document there should be no references to any specific country as a threat and that the legitimization of the missile system should be made in general terms.
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