The Rise and Fall of Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Turkey

Abstract: Purpose: This article shows the effects of competing political forces on citizenship education in Turkey during the period of commitment to European Union (EU) accession (1999-2005).Methodology: It draws on textbooks, archival documents and interviews. Whilst Turkey had a history of civic education to promote a secular national ethos and identity, the post-Cold War democratisation movement encouraged the Turkish government in 1995 to attempt to internationalise civics by adding human rights themes.Findings: This effort occurred at a time when the hegemony of the secular nationalist establishment was challenged by the electoral rise of an Islamist party. Although Citizenship and Human Rights course suited the purposes of the secular nationalist establishment, after the EU recognised Turkey as a candidate in 1999, a new political Islamist government, elected in 2002, chose first to align the course with its ideology and later decided to repeal it. By exploring the evolution of t.... http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/849

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: The Rise and Fall of Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Turkey ; day:09 ; month:01 ; year:2018 ; Journal of social science education ; (09.01.2018)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Sen, Abdulkerim ; Starkey, Hugh

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/jsse-849
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019011816431476172216
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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