Human Rights and the Transformation Process in Turkey
Human Rights and the Transformation Process in Turkey

Author(s): Bülent Arınç
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Atatürk Stratejik Araştırmalar Enstitüsü
Summary/Abstract: When discussing the issue of human rights, we should also consider the boundaries, shortcomings, and problematic aspects of today’s human rights rhetoric. I do not agree with those who hold a one-sided view of the norms of universal human rights and interpret their historical evolution as part of the Westernisation and Europeanisation process. Within different intellectual traditions, many philosophers have rejected certain perspectives that suggest a limited and narrow understanding of human rights, and have introduced new approaches that suggest a wider scope. They have adopted a global perspective, instead of those based on white, western or male dominance. Thus, I believe that among the many prominent traditions that have developed throughout the world, approaches that assert reasonable and fair interactions between different communities within a globalist framework and political consciousness are the most valuable.

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