CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Chousein, Sule |
|---|---|
| Title | The impact of Human Rights Reforms on the Consolidation of Democracy in Turkey |
| Summary | This study seeks to explore whether the human rights reforms undertaken by Turkey in fulfillment with Copenhagen Criteria and harmonization with the EU law has an impact on the consolidation of democracy in Turkey. The notion of human rights is elaborated within the framework of Turkish Constitutions and the political context. Turkey has embarked on an extensive reform process after gaining candidacy status since 1999 which resulted in a number of constitutional and legal amendments to improve the state of human rights. In this regard, the motivation behind rule adoption is also scrutinized with reference to Conditionality Theories. The unit of analysis is in this study is three core fundamental rights and liberties; abolition of death penalty, prevention of torture and mistreatment and freedom of speech, which are considered to represent the core fundamental rights and liberties. I will argue that positive impacts of human rights reforms on the consolidation of democracy in Turkey depend on their effective implementation and within time internalization by the society. Effective implementation, on the other hand, depends on a number of external and internal dynamics: determinacy of domestic political actors and civil society, the character of the EU Conditionality and security-related issues such as the ongoing Kurdish separatist terrorism. |
| Supervisor | Dimitriyevic,Nenad |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/chousein_sule.pdf |
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