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Name | Protecting Politicians or Protecting Democracy? |
Description | Protecting Politicians or Protecting Democracy? Parliamentary Immunity and Party Closure in the Run-Up to Local Elections in Turkey explores the ways in which the mechanisms available in Turkey for lifting the immunity of MPs and shutting down political parties facilitate the targeting of democratically elected politicians by unelected officials whose conception of what is best for the country is grounded in a narrow, secular and ethnically-exclusive form of nationalism. This briefing paper is an updated version of a paper originally published by KHRP in July 2008, just prior to the final decision of the Constitutional Court on moves to shut down the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party, AKP). It features a detailed exploration of that case and ongoing parallel proceedings against the pro-Kurdish Demokratik Toplum Partisi (Democratic Society Party, DTP). It also includes analysis of the concept of parliamentary immunity and its application in different parts of the world, the historical context of the cases against the DTP and AKP, and the implications of these cases for democracy and human rights in Turkey. The updated version of the paper covers moves against MPs and political parties that were ongoing in the months leading up to the March 2009 elections. |
Filename | Party Closures BP, Updated, FINAL.pdf |
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Filetype | pdf (Mime Type: application/pdf) |
Creator | [email protected] |
Created On: | 03/23/2009 06:59 |
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Last updated on | 03/23/2009 07:14 |
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