Fight Against Terrorism to be Held Lawful
Associated Professor Vahit Bicak, the human rights adviser to the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said laws should not be underestimated while fighting against terrorism.
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Torture, Ill-Treatment Petitions Top 2004 List
Vahit Bicak, President of the Prime Ministry Human Rights Committee declared the applications to the presidency in 2004 in a press briefing. Signifying that the issue of human rights is no longer an issue within the borders of national sovereignty, Bicak said: " How countries treat their citizens is not an internal affair of countries anymore. Other countries might also have an interest in these issues."
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Torture List: Germany, Geece In; Turkey Out
Turkish Prime Ministry Human Rights Council (HRC) Chairman Associate Professor Vahit Bicak said yesterday the long ago implemented zero tolerance for torture policy, has begun to show its influence.

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Prime Ministry HRC Chair: Minority Report Not Binding
The Prime Ministry Human Rights Council (HRC) Chair Associate Professor Vahit Bicak announced that the report by the Minority and Cultural Rights Studies Group, approved in a Human Rights Advisory Council (IHDK) meeting, is not binding.
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Flag Burning Illegal in Turkey
Prime Ministry Human Rights President, Vahit Bicak, noted that criminal norms should be in harmony with global criteria. He said many behaviors considered as a crime should be dismissed from criminal definitions. Bicak offered as an example that to burn a U.S. flag in America is not a crime, but burning of the Turkish flag is a crime in Turkey.
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Human Rights Issue Unites Media and State Institutions
The Prime Ministry Human Rights President, Vahit Bicak, has stated that his organization aims at reaching a modern civilization level in human rights, adding, "the demand has to come from individuals rather than the institution."
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District Human Rights Councils to act as Measuring Device
The Prime Ministry Human Rights Commission President, Assoc. Prof. Vahit Bicak, announced that human rights violations will no longer remain hidden. He said that 930 centers were established to act as district human rights councils. Bicak disclosed that these centers will act as a sort of "measuring device" for human rights violations.
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Turkish Human Rights Report: Violations of Human Rights Escalated in Southeast in 2003
The president of Prime Ministry Human Rights Commission Assistant Professor, Vahit Bicak, said "We should try to solve our problems ourselves."
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No Stepping Back From E.U. Reforms
Head of the Prime Minister's office Human Rights Commission, Vahit Bicak said yesetrday that the program of expanding individual rights and freedoms would not be interrupted.
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Human Rights Committees to be Run by Civilians
Starting at the top, criminal jurist Assoc. Prof. Vahit Bicak, who formerly served in the European Court of Human Rights will be appointed head of the Human Rights Presidency.
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2004 To Be a Year of Progress for Human Rights in Turkey
Vahit Bicak, human rights advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that 2004 would be a year of implementations in terms of human rights.
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Experts advise virtual training for police
Associate Professor Vahit Bıçak, former head of the Prime Ministry"™s Human Rights Board, says that thanks to the simulation training for use of force, the reactions of policemen can be predicted using scenarios developed in a virtual environment.
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