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2023
The Hrant Dink Foundation will organize an international conference titled 'Minority Rights in the Centennial of the Republic' on November 17-18, 2023 in Istanbul. The conference seeks to analyze in detail the rights of individuals belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, the problems faced by minorities living in Turkey, and the solutions to these problems.
2023 •
The international conference titled ‘Minority Rights in the Centennial of the Republic’ will be held on November 17-18, 2023 at the Hrant Dink Foundation Anarad Hığutyun Building in Istanbul. We will be pleased to see you at the conference, which will discuss the rights of individuals belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, the problems encountered by minorities in Turkey, and the solutions to these problems.
Western Impact and Turkey Seminar series by Baskin Oran no. 3 (October 26, 2009) ------------- ------------- The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe , Harvard Kennedy School of Government
The Commentaries
Minorities in Turkey I: Law and Reform2021 •
Here I uncover the relationship between the term “Turk” (an ethno-religious term that, in some usages covertly, in some overtly, avers that Turkey is the land of ethnic Turks, and that only Muslims are considered Turk), and the concepts of race and religion. A critical period for the advancement of human rights and minority rights in Turkey occurred in the early 2000s, when the parliament adopted a series of reform packages in order to harmonize the country’s laws with those of the European Union (EU). I propose to examine a case of these most radical democratic reforms carried out since the establishment of the republic, in order to understand how these reforms have been put into practice. I also trace the deviation from these reforms after 2005, by examining the subsequent laws and practices that undo or undermine them, and discuss their implications, particularly for Kurds in case of the deterioration under the state of emergency (Olağanüstü Hal, or OHAL), declared in response to...
Columbia Human Rights Law Review
Confronting Equality: The Need for Constitutional Protection of Minorities on Turkey's Path to the European Union2003 •
The article provides a historically-grounded analysis of Turkey’s domestic laws and policies in the area of minority rights. Based on an analysis of Turkey's historical policies and constitutional scheme, and the reforms adopted in the early 2000s to fulfill the EU's accession criteria in light of international standards on the protection of minorities, the article proposes solutions based on Canada’s minority protection regime. It argues that the new laws constitute much belated—if still welcome—steps toward granting some fundamental rights to members of some minority groups that leave much more to be done to achieve respect and protection for all minorities.
Although there has not yet appeared an internationally recognized definition, the concept of 'minority'has traditionally been associated with those objective elements of citizenship, common ethno-cultural and linguistic heritage, and of subjective elements including having a sense of communal solidarity and willingness to preserve group-specific particularities. 1 In other words, minority peoples have indicated those sections of national citizens who manifested ethno-cultural, linguistic and religious distinctions in respect of the mainstream ...
Minorities in Turkey II: Ideology and Discrimination (http://eutcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Commentary-8_Baskin-Oran_Minorities-in-Turkey_II.pdf) Summarized by Bahar Şimşek from my latest book (trans. John William Day, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2021) EUTCC Commentaries are evaluations and assessments of contemporary interests and issues in EU‐Turkey relations.
The Commentaries
Minorities in Turkey II: Ideology and Discrimination2021 •
This article focuses on the ideological roots of the repressive and discriminatory mentality/philosophy that has shaped democracy and minority policies in Turkey. My aim is to analyze the consequences of this mentality, with an emphasis on hate speech and discrimination. To this end, I summarize the consequences of the issues and policies discussed in the previous article, and discuss their future implications for both the state and the people of Turkey. I conclude that it is necessary to refer to citizens not through the ethno-religious term Turk, and still less as Muslims, but through the thoroughly territorial term Türkiyeli (of Turkey), and to do all that is necessary to ensure such a transformation in mentality.
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Indian Journal of Hill Farming
Standardization of protocol for shoot elongation of papaya (Carica papaya L.) in vitro2000 •
The Bhumi Publishing, India
FORECASTING THE POSSIBILITIES OF PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA (PGPR) AS NEXT-GENERATION BIOFERTILIZERS: AN EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS2024 •
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