March 18, 2019

March 2019 marks the third year of the EU-Turkey statement. In the last three years, the debates mainly focused on three headings: the possibility that the statement can prevent asylum seekers’ access to protection; that it might cause deportations; and, especially, that Turkey is not a safe third country. It seems that in this three-year period which started on March 18, 2016, legal uncertainty is continuing.

You can find the analysis here (in Turkish): https://www.gocarastirmalaridernegi.org/attachments/article/54/ucuncu-yilinda-ab-turkiye-mutabakati-hukuki-bir-analiz.pdf 

You can find the English version here: https://tr.boell.org/en/2019/10/03/third-anniversary-eu-turkey-statement-legal-analysis