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