In the process of state of emergency, there are various public servants with disabilities whose employments have been terminated through Executive Orders. However, there is not even a court decision, which has ruled a penalty on these employees. The only mechanism that can be used by public servants to return to their jobs is the State Emergency Review Commission. The Commission was established in 2017 with the Presidential Decree.10 There are no specific provisions in the decree which established the Commission concerning the applications or the examination period of these applications made by persons with disabilities who have been dismissed from public service. However, the the public servants with disabilities whose employments have been terminated, tend to experience a more disadvantaged position as compared to non-disabled persons who have more opportunities regarding finding alternative jobs to live by. Disability in Prisons: Law on the Execution of Penalties and Security Measures allows the postponement of sentence and referral to a full-fledged health institution for persons with disabilities and persons with chronic illnesses However, in practice, individuals with chronic illnesses or disabilities continue to be kept in the hospital wards of prisons rather than in full-fledged hospitals. According to the Human Rights Association in Turkey, the data shows that there are 402 persons with chronic illnesses in prisons. Some of these people cannot continue their daily lives on their own. According to these data, in the last 17 years, 3,500 ill prisoners have lost their lives in prisons. The General Directorate of Services for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly (EYHGM), which is the focal institution for the implementation of the Convention, does not monitor the conditions and practices in prisons. Organisations who work in the field of disability rights do not have the right to monitor prisons and/or meet with prisoners with disabilities. Recommendations on Article 13: - Legal amendments should be made to allow Disabled Persons’ Organizations (DPOs) to apply to the prosecutors’ offices, file a case at courts on behalf of persons with disabilities and to intervene in the trials of persons with disabilities. 10 http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuatMetin/4.5.685.pdf 17

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