1. Discussions and Recommendations on the Future of the Halki Seminary
- Author:
- Elçin Açar and Behice Özlem Gökakın
- Publication Date:
- 12-2005
- Content Type:
- Book
- Institution:
- Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
- Abstract:
- Turkey has long discussed the “issue” of the Greek Patriarchate and the Halki Seminary. Such issues arise more frequently with globalization and Turkey’s EU candidacy. Recommendations on how to solve these issues have very often taken place in the media. Our approach is that in principle, this matter ought not to be recognized as a problem in democratic countries. We emphasize that non-Muslims have the right to educate/ train clergymen in accordance with the Treaty of Lausanne, which established the constituent agreement for Turkey, and also multilateral agreements/treaties signed thereafter which set out concepts such as minority rights, human rights, freedoms and democracies. We aim to provide recommendations based on some of the arguments in favor of a solution.
- Topic:
- Human Rights, Religion, Minorities, Democracy, Freedom, and Armenians
- Political Geography:
- Turkey, Middle East, and Mediterranean