Secularism was originally adopted by the Turkish nation in order to join the club of civilized European nations. In our present times, however, secularism, as interpreted and applied in Turkey, has become one of the major obstacles to its accession to the European Union. While respect for human rights is a precondition for accession, secularism is often perceived and used as a basis to restrict many fundamental freedoms in Turkey. Indeed, by confining religion within well established bounds and thus reducing its influence on state affairs and social life, an authoritarian conception of secularism enabled the state and the Turkish nation to modernize and consequently become closer to European civilization. At the same time, such an applicati...
Two concepts of secularism are on trial in Turkey, where the Constitutional Court is studying a case...
In Europe, legal regulation of the relationship between the State and the churches, or between the S...
This article takes the obvious paradoxes of the Turkish secularism as its starting point and underli...
Initialement adoptée en tant que moyen permettant à la nation turque d' accéder au club des nations ...
Turkey adopted from its very beginning an original project of modernity seen as an alternative both ...
Depuis la fondation de la République Turque en 1923, la laïcité constitue le principe le plus discut...
The declaration of Turkey\u27s candidacy for EU membership started a new phase in which the repercus...
SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa introduttiva - 2. La Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tra eredità islamica e legittimazione...
One of the geopolitical issues that raises more discussions in Europe, is on whether or not to accep...
The history of Turkish modernization has been inextricably linked with the question of secularism. F...
The Turkish principle of secularism (laiklik) has a paramount importance not only in the country\u20...
The Republic of Turkey presents specific patterns of governing the religious realm. The Constitution...
A number of 'freedom of religion v. secular policies' cases in the European Court of Human Rights (a...
Türkiye’de laiklik, cumhuriyetin değişmez bir niteliği ve özel öneme sahip bir ilkesidir, ancak Avru...
Turkey is the only secular Muslim country which wants to be a part of a non- Muslim union, the EU. T...
Two concepts of secularism are on trial in Turkey, where the Constitutional Court is studying a case...
In Europe, legal regulation of the relationship between the State and the churches, or between the S...
This article takes the obvious paradoxes of the Turkish secularism as its starting point and underli...
Initialement adoptée en tant que moyen permettant à la nation turque d' accéder au club des nations ...
Turkey adopted from its very beginning an original project of modernity seen as an alternative both ...
Depuis la fondation de la République Turque en 1923, la laïcité constitue le principe le plus discut...
The declaration of Turkey\u27s candidacy for EU membership started a new phase in which the repercus...
SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa introduttiva - 2. La Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tra eredità islamica e legittimazione...
One of the geopolitical issues that raises more discussions in Europe, is on whether or not to accep...
The history of Turkish modernization has been inextricably linked with the question of secularism. F...
The Turkish principle of secularism (laiklik) has a paramount importance not only in the country\u20...
The Republic of Turkey presents specific patterns of governing the religious realm. The Constitution...
A number of 'freedom of religion v. secular policies' cases in the European Court of Human Rights (a...
Türkiye’de laiklik, cumhuriyetin değişmez bir niteliği ve özel öneme sahip bir ilkesidir, ancak Avru...
Turkey is the only secular Muslim country which wants to be a part of a non- Muslim union, the EU. T...
Two concepts of secularism are on trial in Turkey, where the Constitutional Court is studying a case...
In Europe, legal regulation of the relationship between the State and the churches, or between the S...
This article takes the obvious paradoxes of the Turkish secularism as its starting point and underli...