Quiz:
1. Who is Aida Seif al Dawla? What type of work does she specialize in?
2. What were the barriers to the U.S. led reform program in Iraq?
3. What is the link between gender discrimination and torture practices?
4. What is Seif al Dawla's opinion of european funding for civil society organizations in Egypt?
5. Name one reason why Middle Eastern countries feel that UN Human Rights protocols are unsatisfactory for the region.
Human Right's discourses
Inalienable rights that every human being possess at birth
both moral and legal
Yet within MENA there are hurdles to wide acceptance of human rights conventions and Treaties.
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After Ataturk's death, there has been a struggle to keep his values alive
The 'Deep State'
A belief that beyond the trapping of representative democracy, there is a powerful group of individuals who have real political power and enact that power to steer society.
The military is often the source of deep state power brokers.
In 1950, Turkey becomes a multiparty state. Over the remainder of the 20th Century Turkey experienced 7 coup attempts.
Coup #1, 1960: The Menderes government
In 1950 the democratic party successfully won election against the tradition Republican Party
May 27, 1960
The Turkish armed forces arrested President Celal Bayar and PM Adnan Menderes.
Menderes hung in 1961
Coup #2 Coup by Memoranda
PM Suleyman Demirel
Coup #3 September 12, 1980
Coup #4: The Postmodern Coup February 28, 1997
The recommendations from the military included:
With the excuse of a 'deep state' Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been able to undercut democracy in Turkey