TY - CHAP A1 - Turkut, Emre ED - Czech, Philip ED - Heschl, Lisa ED - Lukas, Karin ED - Nowak, Manfred ED - Oberleitner, Gerd T1 - The Turkish Post-Coup Emergency and European Responses: Shortcomings in the European System Revisited T2 - European Yearbook on Human Rights 2022 N2 - This contribution takes Turkey’s use of the derogation mechanism in the aftermath of the failed military coup of 15 July 2016 as a springboard to critically address the operation and the fallacies of the contemporary European derogation regime. The assessment will reveal whether the European system of human rights protection has succeeded in adopting an adequate and viable approach that can counterbalance the increased leeway accorded to derogating states, and formulate safeguards to mitigate human rights abuses. The contribution concludes by providing a road map proposal for adequate oversight marked by rigorous scrutiny of derogation claims that can be described as a ‘consultation and cooperation process’. This process would place the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in a more active and operationally focused position to influence state decisions, to counterbalance the increased leeway accorded to derogating states, and to formulate safeguards to mitigate human rights abuses. Y1 - 2022 SN - 9781839703447 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839703447.016 SP - 445 EP - 482 PB - Intersentia ER -