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Human Rights in Turkey.
Title:
Human Rights in Turkey.
Author:
Arat, Zehra F. Kabasakal.
ISBN:
9780812201147
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (370 pages)
Series:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 1: Collisions and Crossroads: Introducing Human Rights in Turkey -- Part I: Freedoms and Antidiscrimination -- 2: Freedom of Press and Broadcasting -- 3: The Minority Concept and Rights in Turkey: The Lausanne Peace Treaty and Current Issues -- 4: The Human Rights Condition of the Rum Orthodox -- 5: Linguistic Human Rights and the Rights of Kurds -- 6: Freedom of Religion: Secularist Policies and Islamic Challenges -- Part II: Social and Economic Rights -- 7: So Near, Yet So Far: Freedom of Association and Workers' Rights -- 8: The Right to Education -- 9: Environmental Protection and Rights -- Part III: The Rights of the Displaced -- 10: Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement -- 11: Turkish Asylum Policy and Human Rights -- Part IV: Women's Rights -- 12: Women's Rights, Women's Organizations, and the State -- 13: The Effect of CEDAW on Women's Rights -- Part V: Civic and Educational Efforts -- 14: Human Rights Discourse and Domestic Human Rights NGOs -- 15: Tensions and Dilemmas in Human Rights Education -- Part VI: International Affairs and Interactions -- 16: Turkey's Participation in Global and Regional Human Rights Regimes -- 17: Leveraging Norms: The ECHR and Turkey's Human Rights Reforms -- 18: Conclusion: Turkey's Prospects and Broader Implications -- Notes -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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