Compulsory Religious Education in Turkey

Abstract The question of religious education has been debated in Turkey since the founding of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. However, with Turkey's commencement of the accession process towards becoming a full member of the European Union, this debate has intensified and after the judgment in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Religion and human rights 2013, Vol.8 (3), p.223-241
1. Verfasser:	Çınar, Özgür H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alevism compulsory Religious Culture and Ethics classes European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) European Union (EU) right to education secularism
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract The question of religious education has been debated in Turkey since the founding of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. However, with Turkey's commencement of the accession process towards becoming a full member of the European Union, this debate has intensified and after the judgment in the Hasan and Eylem Zengin case at the European Court of Human Rights in 2007, obligations arising from international law have become more impellent.
ISSN:	1871-031X 1871-0328 1871-031X
DOI:	10.1163/18710328-12341253