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2 - Human Rights and Democracy under European Watch

from Part I - Historical Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2020

Dilek Kurban
Affiliation:
The Hertie School
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Part of the book's background chapters on the ECtHR's engagement in Turkey's Kurdish conflict, Chapter 2 seeks answers to the following puzzle: How is it that Turkey remains an authoritarian regime despite havig been part of the post-World War II international liberal democratic order? Arguing that the answer lies in the country's political history and sociological reality, it traces Turkey’s post-war tumultuous experience with electoral democracy, constitutionalism, human rights and minority protection against the backdrop of its engagement with international and European institutions, including the European Union and the Council of Europe. It argues that Turkey’s transition to polyarchy in 1950 has never translated into democratisation, which cannot be solely explained by frequent military interventions. Rather, authoritarianism has survived in Turkey due to unique social and political factors, including sustained electoral support for anti-democratic laws and policies, a tradition of a strong state immune to the internal checks of liberal democracy and the absence of a democratic culture.

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Limits of Supranational Justice
The European Court of Human Rights and Turkey's Kurdish Conflict
, pp. 37 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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