Human Rights in Turkey

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2007

Human Rights in Turkey

Edited by: Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
With contributions by: Richard Falk

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201147

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Contents

About this book

In Human Rights in Turkey, twenty-one Turkish and international scholars from a number of different disciplines examine a wide range of human rights issues and government polices since the 1920s at the intersection of domestic and international politics.

Author / Editor information

Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat is Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Purchase College of the State University of New York.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Richard Falk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Chapter 1. Collisions and Crossroads: Introducing Human Rights in Turkey Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Freedoms and Antidiscrimination
Chapter 2. Freedom of Press and Broadcasting Dilruba Çatalbaș Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 3. The Minority Concept and Rights in Turkey: The Lausanne Peace Treaty and Current Issues Baskιn Oran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 4. The Human Rights Condition of the Rum Orthodox Prodromos Yannas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Chapter 5. Linguistic Human Rights and the Rights of Kurds Mary Lou O'Neil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Chapter 6. Freedom of Religion: Secularist Policies and Islamic Challenges Özlem Denli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Part II. Social and Economic Rights
Chapter 7. So Near, Yet So Far: Freedom of Association and Workers’ Rights Edward Weisband and Sera Oner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 8. The Right to Education Fatma Gök and Deniz Ilgaz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter 9. Environmental Protection and Rights N Burcu Taşatar Parlak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Part III. The Rights of the Displaced
Chapter 10. Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement Alpaslan Ozerdem and Tim Jacolly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Chapter 11. Turkish Asylum Policy and Human Rights Kemal Kirişçi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Part IV. Women’s Rights
Chapter 12. Women’s Rights, Women’s Organizations, and the State Yιldιz Ecevit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Chapter 13. The Effect of CEDAW on Women’s Rights Yasemin Çelik Levin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Part V. Civic and Educational Efforts
Chapter 14. Human Rights Discourse and Domestic Human Rights NGOs Başak Çalz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Chapter 15. Tensions and Dilemmas in Human Rights Education Kenan Çayzr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Part VI. International Affairs and Interactions
Chapter 16. Turkey’s Participation in Global and Regional Human Rights Regimes Füsun Türkmen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Chapter 17. Leveraging Norms: The ECHR and Turkey's Human Rights Reforms Thomas W. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
Chapter 18. Conclusion: Turkey's Prospects and Broader Implications Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 376
Keywords: Law; Political Science; Human Rights

eBook

Published: March 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780812201147