Rıza Türmen was the Turkish Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
(ECHR) from 1998 to 2008. He is currently a columnist at Milliyet, a
leading daily newspaper. As a diplomat, Dr.Türmen served as the Turkish
representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO),was the Director General in charge of Council of Europe, Human
Rights, OSCE and the UN in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served
as Ambassador to Singapore, Switzerland and to the Council of Europe.
He is a graduate of the Istanbul University Law Faculty. He received his
M.A. in Law from McGill University and his PhD in international
relations from the Political Science Faculty of Ankara.