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Turkey''s mixed human rights record has been highly politicized in the debate surrounding the country''s probable ascendance to membership in the European Union. Beginning with the foundation of a secular republic in 1923, and continuing with founding membership in the United Nations and participation in the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Turkey made significant commitments to the advancement of human rights. However, its authoritarian tradition, periods of military rule, increasing social inequality, and economic crises have led to policies that undermine human rights. While legislative reforms and civil social activism since the 1980s have contributed greatly to the advancement of human rights, recent progress is threatened by the rise of nationalism, persistent gender inequality, and economic hardship.
In Human Rights in Turkey, twenty-one Turkish and international scholars from various disciplines examine human rights policies and condi

Human Rights in Turkey

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    A Hardback by Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat, Richard Falk

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 9 May 2007
      ISBN-13 9780812240009
      978-0812240009
      ISBN-10 0812240006
      Also in:
      Human rights, civil rights

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      Book Synopsis

      Turkey''s mixed human rights record has been highly politicized in the debate surrounding the country''s probable ascendance to membership in the European Union. Beginning with the foundation of a secular republic in 1923, and continuing with founding membership in the United Nations and participation in the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Turkey made significant commitments to the advancement of human rights. However, its authoritarian tradition, periods of military rule, increasing social inequality, and economic crises have led to policies that undermine human rights. While legislative reforms and civil social activism since the 1980s have contributed greatly to the advancement of human rights, recent progress is threatened by the rise of nationalism, persistent gender inequality, and economic hardship.
      In Human Rights in Turkey, twenty-one Turkish and international scholars from various disciplines examine human rights policies and condi

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