Presentation of EBCO Annual Report 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey (photos)

The European Bureau for Conscientious Objectors (EBCO) presented its Annual Report 2014 “Conscientious objection to military service in Europe 2014” in a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey.

The press conference was organised by the Association of Conscientious Objection in Turkey (VR-DER) and took place on Friday 10th of October 2014 at 11:00 at Cezayir Toplantı Salonu, Galatasaray-Beyoğlu. The moderator of the press conference was Metin BAYRAK, member of the Association of Conscientious Objection in Turkey (VR-DER), and the speakers were:

1) Merve ARKUN: Association of Conscientious Objection in Turkey (VR-DER), Co-President
2) Friedhelm SCHNEIDER: EBCO President
3) Derek BRETT: EBCO Researcher
4) Av. Davut ERKAN: Association of Conscientious Objection in Turkey (VR-DER), Lawyer
5) Abdulbaki BOGA: Human Rights Association, President of Istanbul Section
6) Vedat ZENCIR: Conscientious objector
7) Pınar OGUNC: Journalist, Writer
8) Ismail SAYMAZ: Journalist, Writer
9) Mehmet TARHAN: Conscientious objector
10) Ercan AKTAS: Social scientist, Conscientious objector, Association of Conscientious Objection in Turkey (VR-DER)
11) Sebahat TUNCEL: Member of the Parliament of People’s Democratic Party (HDP)
The researching of this report was enabled by a grant from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, York, UK.

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