Emre Turkut

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Emre Turkut is a doctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium, where he conducts research on the right of self-determination of Kurdish people in Turkey.

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Has the European Court of Human Rights Turned a Blind Eye to Alleged Rights Abuses in Turkey?

On 8 December 2016, in the case of Zihni v. Turkey, (App. No. 59061/16) the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court”) rejected a second application arising out of alleged violations in Turkey in the aftermath of the attempted coup on 15 July 2016. The Court’s dismissal of the complaint for failure to exhaust…

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