Turkey

5 January 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Alevis - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Turkey

11 June 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Turkey

4 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Canada - Turkey

10 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Canada - Turkey

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

27 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Italy - Turkey

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No AA/13421/2005).

25 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Derivative status - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/04987/2005).

8 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Standard of proof | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

5 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Independence of judiciary - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5 May 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Derivative status - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland