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Europe as an agent of change: the role of the European Court of Human Rights and the EU in Turkey's Kurdish policies
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract Notwithstanding the ongoing negotiations between the PKK and the government, the crux of Turkey’s Kurdish issue remains the structural inequalities against the Kurds, which are deeply rooted in an anti-democratic politico-legal regime.
Certainly, Turkey has come a long way in acknowledging the Ku... mehr
Notwithstanding the ongoing negotiations between the PKK and the government, the crux of Turkey’s Kurdish issue remains the structural inequalities against the Kurds, which are deeply rooted in an anti-democratic politico-legal regime.
Certainly, Turkey has come a long way in acknowledging the Kurdish issue and taking steps to address the Kurds’ demands for equality and the rule of law. Once banned from speaking their language, Kurds can now use it to attain a university education. The Kurdish region is no longer governed by a state of emergency, nor are Kurdish civilians disappearing under detention. There is no doubt that the European Court of Human Rights and the European Union have played an indispensable role in this transition.
However, European institutions’ engagement in the Kurdish issue has not always been coherent, while their impact on Turkey’s policies has been limited, and at times negative, particularly in the post-9/11 context. Their uncritical oversight has facilitated Turkey’s reluctance to undertake structural reforms to bring an end to the selective prosecution of Kurdish politicians, the criminalisation of non-violent advocacy of enhanced rights for the Kurds, the armament of civilians in the Kurdish region and the impunity of state officials who commit human rights violations.
Recent developments in Turkey have shown, once again, that a genuine democratic transition will only be possible with the coherent, continuous and critical engagement of European institutions in the Kurdish issue.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Europäischer Gerichtshof; ethnische Gruppe; politischer Wandel; Menschenrechte; Kurde; Kurdistan; Konfliktregelung; Selbstverwaltung; Innenpolitik; Türkei; EU; politischer Konflikt
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Europapolitik
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2014
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
30 S.
Schriftenreihe
SWP Research Paper, 9/2014
ISSN
1863-1053
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung