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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