Activities
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NHC: İÖG Report / “The Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey Monitoring Report January-June 2013” now available in English
Freedom of religion or belief for followers of all beliefs and none – both minorities and the Islamic majority – remains key to the success of Turkey’s democratisation process. While selective reforms provide occasional improvements, they lag far behind providing…
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NHC: İÖG “Reform package fails to solve key freedom of religion issues”
On 30 September 2013, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented a democratization package to address some of the fundamental issues in the country, including freedom of religion or belief issues. “While the package includes positive elements, it falls short…
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Roundtable Meeting on the Draft Report on NHC:İÖG Report on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief
The first Roundtable meeting on the NHC: Freedom of Belief Initiative took place on September 4, with the participation of representatives of various belief communities in Turkey, human rights defenders as well as experts. The Roundtable event took place in…
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İÖG (Turkey) / FoRB Initiative Interview with Hülya Üçpınar on the Right to Conscientious Objection in Turkey
İÖG (Turkey) / FoRB Initiative – Can you describe the general picture of conscientious objection in Turkey? How many conscientious objectors are there? How many have declared their conscientious objections? How many are there who are incarcerated? Hülya Üçpınar –…
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İÖG (Turkey) / Freedom of Belief Initiative Interview with agnostik.net Editor on Freedom of Thought, Religion or Belief in Turkey
İÖG (Turkey) / FoRB Initiative): What does it mean to be agnostic, could you explain that? How many agnostics are in Turkey? Annatar: Agnosticism is a philosophical movement that is associated with Thomas Huxley, a biologist in the 1800’s. This…
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İÖG (Turkey) / Freedom of Belief Initiative Interview with Atheist Forum Editor
İÖG (Turkey) / FoRB Initiative): How many atheists/agnostics do you estimate are in Turkey? Is there official data or research on which this estimate is based on? The general thought is that the percentage of atheists in Turkey is…
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Interview with Zekai Tanyar, the Chair of the Association of Protestant Churches
The Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey which represents most of the churches of the small Protestant community has published its 2011 Report on rights violations faces by Protestants in Turkey. We talked to the Chair of the Association, Zekai…
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