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Non-discrimination, minority rights and self-determination : Turkey’s post-coup state of emergency and the position of Turkey’s Kurds

  • States of emergency are often declared due to underlying problems of minority group accommodation, and the extraordinary limitation of rights arising from them tends to have a particularly striking effect on such groups. This was true, for instance, with the emergency measures adopted by the British authorities in the context of the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland. The same appears true in respect of the Turkish state of emergency in the aftermath of the failed military coup of 15 July 2016 vis-à-vis the position of Turkey’s Kurds. In spite of the fact that the declaration of the state of emergency constituted a response to an attempted coup which was, allegedly, orchestrated by the Gülen Movement, it is clear that the resulting derogating measures have also targeted ‘other individuals and organizations’, mainly those allegedly connected to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), and thus extended to Turkey’s Kurdish periphery. This chapter seeks to map the impact of the Turkish post-coup derogation measures on Turkey’s Kurds and to test them against the non-discrimination principle, minority rights, and the right of self-determination.

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Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Author(s):Emre Turkut, Thomas Phillips
Parent Title (English):Human rights in Turkey : assaults on human dignity
Publisher:Springer
Place of Publisher:Cham
Publication year:2021
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:109
Last Page:129
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57476-5_5
Release Date:2022/11/17
Hertie School Research:Centre for Fundamental Rights
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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