Doctoral Dissertation Research: Explaining outcomes in trials concerning terrorist-related charges in Turkey

在允许追求其他国家目的的同时保护权利这一由来已久的困境，使各国在关注与恐怖主义有关的活动的时代既尊重文化差异又保护公共安全的愿望受到影响。土耳其和土耳其境内库尔德人的地位提供了一个重要的案例研究，说明各国如何在对其所关注的可能是恐怖主义活动前体的活动进行法律程序时解决权利保护问题。为了实现加入欧盟的愿望，土耳其实施了一系列改革，允许库尔德人行使他们以前被禁止的一些文化权利。在进行文化改革的同时，国家还制定了新的严格的法律措施，扩大了可起诉恐怖主义行为的范围。本研究将提供土耳其反恐审判的第一个经验数据，并为新兴的法律和全球反恐战争的学术研究做出贡献。本研究将探讨权利与安全的对立关系。对文化和公共安全的关注具有国际重要性，因此该项目对广大社区都很重要。

The age-old dilemma of protecting rights while allowing pursuit of other national purposes colors states' aspirations to be respectful of cultural differences while also protecting public safety in the era of concern about terrorism-related activities. Turkey and the status of the Kurds within Turkey provides an important case study of how states have addressed the protection of rights while pursuing legal processes concerning activities the state is concerned may be precursors to terrorist activity. In pursuit of its desire to join the European Union, Turkey implemented a series of reforms that allowed Kurds to exercise some of their formerly prohibited cultural rights. As cultural reforms have been undertaken, the state has simultaneously instituted strenuous new legal measures that have expanded the scope of prosecutable acts of terrorism. This research will provide the first empirical data on anti-terror trials in Turkey and contribute to the newly emerging scholarship on law and global war on terror. This research will inquire into the portrayal of an antagonist relation between rights and security. The international importance of concerns both for cultures and for public safety make this project important to broad communities.