2018 Report on the Overview of the Right to Organize in Turkey

Monitoring and reporting of the implementations set forth by the legal and administrative framework in regards to the field is one of the most significant factors to contribute to the expansion of the right field of the right to organize, and the Report on Overview of the Organization Freedom in Turkey was prepared towards understanding both the actual state of civil society's organization and the main issues present, and the view of the right to organize in practice. 
Information on the "Guidelines for EU Support to Civil Society in Enlargement Countries" that comprised the frame of the report was provided in the first section of the report featuring a total of three sections, while the second section included the evaluation of the legislation that regulates the right to organize in Turkey. In this section, also information on the nature of the legislation on civil society organization employment and volunteering, the financial liabilities and reporting responsibilities of CSOs, fund raising tools of CSOs, public funds available for CSOs, and participation of CSOs in political decision making processes were examined. The last section includes recommendations.