2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı

A large number of executives and politicians, including elected mayors from the BDP party,were arrested as part of operations against the KCK-PKK. Members of the Human RightsAssociation and Göçder Diyarbakır have also been arrested.Restrictions on the exercise of fundamental freedoms, in particular freedom of expression,stemming from a wide definition of terrorism under the Anti-Terror Law continue to be acause for concern.Landmines remain a security concern for military personnel and civilians, after causingseveral casualties. The government reported continuing use of anti-personnel mines by thePKK. Under the ‘Ottawa Convention’ on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, productionand transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction, Turkey has undertaken todestroy all anti-personnel mines in mined areas as soon as possible, but no later than 1 March2014.Landmine clearing at the border areas continues to be a priority. Following the adoption of thelaw on "mine clearing and tender procedures to be conducted at the land borders betweenTurkey and Syria", a "project management group" has been established in under the Ministryof Defence, working in particular on the re-demarcation of the Turkish-Syrian border. Furtheractions are needed to de-mine border areas in the country, in particular the ones adjacent toIraqi and Iranian borders.No steps have been taken in addressing the problem of village guards, who are paid andarmed by the State.Overall, despite public statements of commitment, the democratic opening announced by thegovernment in August 2009 to address notably the Kurdish issue, was only partly followedthrough. Terrorist attacks increased. It is important to sustain efforts to address the Kurdishissue. The anti-terror legislation needs to be amended to avoid a broad interpretation, toimprove the human rights situation in the region and to reduce the disproportionately highnumber of detainees linked to alleged terrorist acts. Landmines and the village guard systemare still causes for concern.Refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs)Continued progress has been made on the process of compensation of losses due to terrorismand the fight against terrorism since 2004. Since the law entered into force in March 2008,247,729 applications out of 360,660 have been resolved. Out of these applications 139,832received a positive decision and 106,887 were rejected. A total of 2,096,521,347 Turkish Lirahad been paid to applicants so far. Numerous cases have been launched in administrativecourts by rejected applicants. Several of them applied to the ECtHR.The Damage Assessment Commissions continue to face lack of resources and a heavyworkload, which results in slow progress on assessment and payment of compensation.The situation of IDPs in urban areas remains a cause for concern. IDPs cannot return becauseof a wide range of factors, mainly the poor security situation and the presence of landmines,the lack of basic infrastructure and of capital, the limited job opportunities and the threatposed by the village guard system.EN 35 EN