Four in Diyarbakır, 34 in Suruç and 102 in Ankara, a total of 140 deaths for which the government declared that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
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Democracy And Human Rights
Dismantling democracy in Turkey: a civil rights perspective (II)
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...
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...
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...
” 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...
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...
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...
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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Freedom Of Thought And Expression
Laïcité versus freedom of religion: a Gordian knot within the French republic?
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...
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...