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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.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Arat, Zehra F. Kabasakal.; Falk, Richard.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2013]
©2007
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812201147
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Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
ISBN: 9780812201147
Index Number: JC599
CLC: D737.424
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Foreword --
Chapter 1. Collisions and Crossroads: Introducing Human Rights in Turkey --
Part I. Freedoms and Antidiscrimination --
Chapter 2. Freedom of Press and Broadcasting --
Chapter 3. The Minority Concept and Rights in Turkey: The Lausanne Peace Treaty and Current Issues --
Chapter 4. The Human Rights Condition of the Rum Orthodox --
Chapter 5. Linguistic Human Rights and the Rights of Kurds --
Chapter 6. Freedom of Religion: Secularist Policies and Islamic Challenges --
Part II. Social and Economic Rights --
Chapter 7. So Near, Yet So Far: Freedom of Association and Workers Rights --
Chapter 8. The Right to Education --
Chapter 9. Environmental Protection and Rights --
Part III. The Rights of the Displaced --
Chapter 10. Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement --
Chapter 11. Turkish Asylum Policy and Human Rights --
Part IV. Women s Rights --
Chapter 12. Women s Rights, Women s Organizations, and the State --
Chapter 13. The Effect of CEDAW on Women s Rights --
Part V. Civic and Educational Efforts --
Chapter 14. Human Rights Discourse and Domestic Human Rights NGOs --
Chapter 15. Tensions and Dilemmas in Human Rights Education --
Part VI. International Affairs and Interactions --
Chapter 16. Turkey s Participation in Global and Regional Human Rights Regimes --
Chapter 17. Leveraging Norms: The ECHR and Turkey's Human Rights Reforms --
Chapter 18. Conclusion: Turkey's Prospects and Broader Implications --
Notes --
References --
Contributors --
Index