European values and the Muslim world: Turkish cases at the European Court of Human Rights

dc.contributor.authorAktay, Yasin
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T17:28:54Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T17:28:54Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstract'Europe' is supposed to be an Enlightenment project that embodies the accumulated experiences of modernity. This project declares that secularism and human rights are the basic conditions for creating an ideal world that is expected to be embodied within the institution of the European Union. The integration of Europe has been based above all on the acceptance of standardized human rights that are the expression of the heritage of the Enlightenment. The realization of human rights requires political neutrality towards all religions, which in turn guarantees the legal equality of all citizens. It is only if secularism can be made the social and legal foundation of Europe that Turkey's accession to the EU as a Muslim country might be made possible. Otherwise the EU is likely to remain as a Christian-oriented union inspired by a non-secular reference. However, there seems to be some resistance to accepting Turkey on religious grounds. This in turn undermines the so-called 'European values' (at the top of which is secularism) and revives the religious memory of Europe. The cases investigated in the European Court of Human Rights demonstrate that religious differences are still taken into account within the European project and that this has become a new barrier to the true realization of 'European values'. This paper aims to analyze the causes and effects of this encounter and the ways in which it is viewed within the Turkish-Islamic world with special references to its role in shaping a nationalist or Islamist identity that may work to counter Turkey's integration with Europe. © 2008 Taylor & Francis.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14781150701876053en_US
dc.identifier.endpage108en_US
dc.identifier.issn1478-1158en_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage99en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14781150701876053
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/22872
dc.identifier.volume20en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Change, Peace and Securityen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectEuropean muslimsen_US
dc.subjectHeadscarfen_US
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectIslamen_US
dc.subjectMulticulturalismen_US
dc.subjectSecularismen_US
dc.titleEuropean values and the Muslim world: Turkish cases at the European Court of Human Rightsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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