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Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Dismantling democracy in Turkey: a civil rights perspective (II)

Posted on 26 Eylül 20154 Şubat 2019
The effective enjoyment of fundamental freedoms granted by domestic constitutions is the only reliable indicator of any country’s democratization status: All human liberties set forth by national charters connote...
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Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Dismantling democracy in Turkey: a civil rights perspective (I)

Posted on 14 Eylül 20154 Şubat 2019
The term democracy describes a form of government in which the legitimacy to rule (kratos) is bestowed upon the people (demos) of a state, who exert it with a...
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Articles Discrimination

Kurdophobia

Posted on 1 Eylül 20157 Nisan 2023
Günal Kurşun From time to time, I think about the social roots of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. It is obvious that there is ongoing discrimination against and “otherization” of Kurds...
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Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Rule of Law Perceptions in Turkey

Posted on 12 Ağustos 20154 Şubat 2019
” The rule of law is a pillar in the constitution of Turkey. Altough it is prescribed in the constitution, the relation of Turkish politics with the concept of...
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#IstanbulPride2015

Posted on 30 Haziran 201512 Şubat 2019
30 June 2015 ARTICLE 34 of the Turkish Constitution « Everyone has the right to hold unarmed and peaceful meetings and demonstration marches without prior permission. The right to hold meetings...
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Articles Freedom Of Thought And Expression

More convictions for journalists

Posted on 19 Haziran 20154 Şubat 2019
Today’s Zaman Editor-in-Chief Dr. Bülent Keneş was given a suspended sentence yesterday of 21 months in prison over a tweet. Even though Keneş did not even mention a name...
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Articles Freedom Of Thought And Expression

Words are opening the gates of prisons

Posted on 19 Haziran 20154 Şubat 2019
I have many journalist friends who have either a criminal charge pending against them or have already been convicted. Each conviction of a journalist is a chain attached to...
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Articles Freedom Of Thought And Expression

Laïcité versus freedom of religion: a Gordian knot within the French republic?

Posted on 19 Haziran 20154 Şubat 2019
Since its entry into force in 2004, the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols has been perceived as a matter of concern by actors involved in dialogues...
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Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Lawless Council of State

Posted on 8 Haziran 20154 Şubat 2019
Turkey’s Council of State, which is the high court for cases related to administrative law, has a long history, beginning in the Ottoman era. Since its establishment in 1868...
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Articles Refugee, Asylum And Migration

Mediterranean Sea and Frontex: a deadly war against the weakest

Posted on 8 Haziran 201515 Şubat 2019
In the aftermath of the Lampedusa tragedy of October 2013, more than 360 lifeless bodies were rescued from the waves in what was then labeled the worst shipwreck of...

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