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In 1987 the governor was invested with the power to relocate and evacuate whole settlements, villages or hamlets. In April 1990, Decree 413 was issued which allowed the regional governor to ban, confiscate or fine publications, shut down printing plants, control all workers union activities, require
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and was enabled to coordinate actions between them as well the right to exile people from the area he governed. With the same decree the regional governor and the provincial governors were issued with an immunity against any legal prosecution in connections with actions they made due to the powers
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and 572 civilians lost their lives because of exploding mines or bombs. In the region 1,248 political killings had happened. Among them 750 had been clarified, while in 421 cases the murderers had not been determined. Eighteen people had died in custody and 194 people "disappeared". Some had been
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found in prison, in good health or dead, but 132 were still missing. There had been 1,275 complaints of torture and in 1,177 cases investigations had been initiated. In 296 trials against civil servants 60 had resulted in conviction, while in 56 of them the sentences had been suspended.
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prosecutors to open legal processes who violate decree 413, evacuate villages without a notice issued in advance, relocate harmful state employees and send to exile people to other parts in Turkey. In December 1990, with the Decree No. 430 he received authority over the
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violations in the region under emergency legislation (OHAL) between 1987 and 2002. These are official figures, since they were given in reply to a request of Diyarbakır deputy
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on 30 July 2002. On 30 November 2002, OHAL status was lifted completely. Emergency legislation was in force in
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A new era started with the declaration of a region under emergency legislation in the provinces of
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they received with the Decree No. 430. In the OHAL region journalists were not granted access.
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became a neighboring province. From the end of 1994, the region was slowly decreased. Firstly
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Red: OHAL provinces, orange: neighbouring provinces, 1987–2002, largest extent of OHAL
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The dates are mentioned in a text of the dialogue circle "War in Turkey" (German) on
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of 29 January 2003 to the Defence Ministry. The response dates 28 February 2003.
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and Serdar Yavuz (both working in Diyarbakır) presented some figures concerning
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was "downgraded" to a neighbouring province. The same happened to Batman,
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and Bitlis provinces in 1997. Emergency legislation was lifted in
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Destroying Ethnic Identity: The Kurds of Turkey : an Update
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have declared parts of the former OHAL region as security zone (
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Norwegian Refugee Council/Global IDP Project (4 October 2002).
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The regional governors (also called "super governors") were:
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Zones of Rebellion: Kurdish Insurgents and the Turkish State
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was no longer counted as a neighbouring province. In 1996
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Regional Governorship under State of Emergency in Turkey
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Index

OHAL

Turkish
lit.
state of emergency
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Bingöl
Diyarbakır
Elazığ
Hakkari
Mardin
Siirt
Tunceli
Van
Adıyaman
Bitlis
Muş
Batman Province
Şırnak Provinces
Bitlis Province
Elazığ Province
Adıyaman
Mardin
Bingöl Province
Siirt Province
Van Province
Hakkari Province
Tunceli Provinces
Diyarbakır Province
Şırnak Provinces

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