The Justice and Development Party's policies towards non-Muslim minorities in Turkey

Soner, B. Ali

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“…Another group of participants also stated that there had been some citizenship policies during the Republic Era that affected minorities badly, but they also said that there had been great revolutionary improvements and changes in attitudes toward minorities, especially in the past decade. This point of view as stated by participants of the second group was stated similarly in a study titled "The Justice and Development Party's Policies Towards non-Muslim Minorities in Turkey, " (Soner, 2010 For the third subproblem of the research, when analyzing the findings on the opinions and expectations of minorities concerning citizenship education in Turkey, minorities in Turkey can be said to have some awareness of citizenship education. Improvements, especially in coursebooks, were mentioned in detail by a great majority of the participants; examples of developments and transformations within the past years were discussed chronologically.…”

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Citizenship and Citizenship Education According to the Perspective of Non-Muslim Minorities in Turkey

İbrahimoğlu

Yılmaz

2015

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The purpose of this research is to put forth the opinions and expectations of non-Muslim minorities concerning citizenship and citizenship education in Turkey. The research included three minority groups that have been officially recognized in Turkey: Orthodox Greeks, Armenians, and Jews. The qualitative method was adopted and the snowball sampling technique was used to select the participants. Semi-structured interviews were used as a data collection tool, and discussions based on the research questions were held during face-to-face interviews with the participants. The data accumulated during the semi-structured interviews was transcribed. After all the interviews had been written down, the texts were checked more than once and a holistic view was targeted concerning the issue. In the study, the content analysis method was used as a data analysis tool while notes from the interviews were analyzed categorically together with the questions that the participants had been asked. Considering the data gathered in this study, although the non-Muslim minorities had a certain number of suggestions and criticisms regarding citizenship and citizenship education policies that have been implemented in Turkey, these policies can be said to have generally reached a more positive point compared to the situation in the past.

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Citizenship and Citizenship Education According to the Perspective of Non-Muslim Minorities in Turkey

İbrahimoğlu

Yılmaz

2015

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“…In general, the Turkish state attitude toward non-Muslim groups has been shaped by the security-oriented approach (see also Toktas and Aras 2009;Soner 2010;Bardakci et al 2017;Oran 2021). 5 Although the Turkish state officially recognized some non-Muslim groups as religious minorities and granted them certain religious, cultural, and educational rights, the state has had a skeptical attitude toward non-Muslim communities and their demands.…”

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“…8 In other words, the properties of non-Muslim foundations were limited to what they had declared in 1936, and thus the properties acquired by these foundations between 1936 and 1974 were considered unlawful. As a result, they were either confiscated by the state or returned to the inheritors of those who had donated them (Grigoriadis 2008(Grigoriadis , 2021Içduygu, Toktas, and Soner 2008;Toktas and Aras 2009;Soner 2010;Oran 2021).…”

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“…We should also acknowledge that, primarily due to EU accession conditions and requirements 11 and certain rulings of the European Court of Human Rights against Turkey, the Turkish governments took some steps in the 2000s to improve the rights and freedoms of non-Muslim communities (İçduygu and Soner 2006;Toktaş 2006;Yıldız 2007;Grigoriadis 2008Grigoriadis , 2012Grigoriadis , 2021Toktas and Aras 2009;Soner 2010;Kaya 2013;Yılmaz 2016;Bardakci et al 2017;Beylunioğlu 2017;Akgönül 2019;Kılınç 2019;Aslan 2021;Oran 2021). For instance, amendments to the Law on Religious Foundations in 2002 and 2003 allowed the foundations of non-Muslim religious minorities to acquire and dispose of property (Içduygu, Toktas, and Soner 2008;Soner 2010;Bayir 2013;Oran 2021). In 2008, a new Law on Foundations (Law No.…”

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“…This law facilitated the acquisition and management of property owned by non-Muslim foundations. As another notable improvement, non-Muslim communities were allowed to open new places of worship, churches, and synagogues (Soner 2010). Furthermore, the Turkish government supported the renovation of many churches, synagogues, and religious sites in several cities and provinces, such as Ayvalık (Balıkesir), Diyarbakır, Edirne, Gaziantep, Gökçeada/İmroz (Çanakkale), Hatay, İstanbul, and Van (see also Grigoriadis 2021).…”

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