The Environmental Democracy under Political Siege in Turkey

Abstract

On June 24th, 2018, President Tayyip Erdogan, along with his pro-Islamic party, the Justice and Development Party, AKP, won the general election in Turkey, which will enable Mr. Erdogan to be a one-man ruler of the Republic of Turkey in the foreseeable future. Now, invested with infinite executive-presidential power, coupled with having complete control of the military, cabinet, judiciary and legislative branches, enables Mr. Erdogan to pursue his ambition to be a "nuclear power leader" in the Sunni Islamic world. The scientific denialism in general and environmental science, in particular, will reach a whole new level of insanity in Turkey where any conceivable environmental democracy will be abolished. The new government will further change the education establishment in every level and implement its anti-science political doctrines in which logic is an enemy and scientific truth is a menace. The last fifteen years of experience show that the AKP's politicians have become anti-science zealots who preach a dangerously new political cultism that is devoid of actual facts, if it does not fit their religious aberration narrative. Thus, virtually every aspect of the nuclear power program in Turkey will be a state secret under the control of one religiously motivated and driven ruler and this, should certainly sound alarm bells across the globe.

İnsan Hakları Evrensel Bildirgesi Bağlamında Kültürel Yaşama Katılma Hakkı (İHEB Madde 27)

“…212 AYM, Hayrettin Aktaş, B. No: 2013/1205, 17.09.2013 AİHM da önüne gelen birçok başvuruda Sözleşmedeki haklar ile kültürel haklar arasında bir ilişki olduğunu kabul etmektedir. Sanatsal ifade özgürlüğü ve bilim özgürlüğüne ilişkin birçok başvuru aynı zamanda, bilimsel ve sanatsal gelişmelere katılıp bunlardan yararlanabilme açısından kültürel yaşama katılım hakkı ile doğrudan bağlantılıdır.…”