Human Rights in Turkey

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812240006
• ISBN13: 9780812240009
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"