Human Rights in Turkey: Assaults on Human Dignity

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 Introducing Human Rights in Turkey  (Hasan Aydin, Winston Langley)....Pages 3-22
 Human Rights in Turkey: Past, Present and Future  (Ercan Balcioglu)....Pages 23-48
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 Freedom of the Media in Turkey Under the AKP Government  (Vedat Demir)....Pages 51-88
 Discrimination Based on Religion: A Complex Story in Turkey  (İştar Gözaydın)....Pages 89-107
 Non-Discrimination, Minority Rights and Self-Determination: Turkey’s Post-Coup State of Emergency and the Position of Turkey’s Kurds  (Emre Turkut, Thomas Phillips)....Pages 109-129
 Justice and Development (AKP) Attitudes Towards the LGBTI Community in Turkey  (Fait Muedini)....Pages 131-140
 LGBTQ Rights in Turkey: Do Not Touch My Body!  (Barbaros Sansal)....Pages 141-155
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 Syrian Refugees in Turkey: (Un)Equal Opportunities in Education  (Alia Hadid, Rabia Hos)....Pages 159-175
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 Authoritarianization and Human Rights in Turkey: How the AKP Legitimizes Human Rights Violations  (Mehmet Efe Caman)....Pages 179-197
 Shunned and Purged: Turkey’s Crackdown on the Hizmet (Gülen) Movement  (Sophia Pandya, Brenda Oliden, Ibrahim Aytac Anli)....Pages 199-225
 The Cases of Dismissal Under State of Emergency (OHAL): The Right to a Fair Trial as a Human Right  (Ufuk Yesil)....Pages 227-260
 Intellectuals on Hunger Strike for Reinstatement to Their Job: The Case of the “Yuksel Resistance”  (Acun Karadag, Nazan Bozkurt)....Pages 261-291
 Human Rights Violations and Medicolegal Approach  (Alper Keten)....Pages 293-316
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 Right to Education: Challenges and Issues Under the Justice and Development Party Era  (Uzeyir Ogurlu, Koksal Avincan)....Pages 319-337
 Academic Freedom and Living in Exile: Experiences of Academics in Turkey  (Hasan Aydin, Viktor Mak, Kristina Andrews)....Pages 339-363
 The Effects of Democratic Regression on Turkish Economy and the Brain Drain  (Zeliha Ozdogan)....Pages 365-382
 Neoliberal De-Development in Turkey and the AKP’s Socioeconomic War on the Counterhegemony  (Victoria Araj, Arin Y. Savran)....Pages 383-408
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 Imprisoned Women and Children in Turkey: Human Rights Violations Under the State of Emergency  (Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu)....Pages 411-434
 Trauma of Turkish Women and Children in an Era of Political Unrest  (Vonya Womack)....Pages 435-448
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 Turkey’s Accession to the European Union in Context of Its Human Rights Violations: Observations of a Journalist from Brussels  (Gülsüm Alan)....Pages 451-471