Document #1310997
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No information on whether the Turkish authorities consider the EMEP to be the political wing of the TDKP, nor on whether these parties are active on university campuses or on the treatment by the authorities of students who support them, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
Correspondence sent to two sources
IRB databases
The Middle East
Middle East Report
NEXIS/LEXIS
Internet sites including:
Alternative Information Media Network on
Turkey
Amnesty International
Balkans Human Rights Web Pages
BBC News Online
Columbia University - Middle East
Studies
Eurasia Research Centre
MERIA Journal - Middle East Review of
International Affairs
The Party of Labour
Political Resources on the Net -
Republic of Turkey
Revolutionary Communist Party of
Turkey
SOTA - Azerbaijan and Turkic Research
Centre
World News Connection