Essays in Turkish and Comparative Law

ESSAYS IN TURKISH AND COMPARATIVE LAW

Fatih ÖZTÜRK

Acknowledgements Forward          

Contents               ix

Chapter 1             3

Detaining Terror Suspects in the USA and Turkey: A Comparison of the Patriot Act and the Anti-Terror Law from the Perspective of the ECHR and the Right to Silence in the Turkish Criminal Law    3

Chapter II              57

Turkish Military Interventions and Building Constitutions: the Bulwarks of an Unstable Democracy             57

Chapter III             185

The Concept of Judicial Independence and the Removal of Superior Court Judges from Office in the Canadian Judicial System     185

Chapter IV            225

Manifestation of Religion and Religious Education under the ECHR Jurisdiction              225

Chapter V                                            259

The Ottoman Millet System              259

Chapter VI            283

The Ottoman Millet System and the Protection of Religious Minority Groups and Women              283

Chapter VII           335

The Ottoman Muslim Turkish Women and Divorce   335

Chapter VIII          375

The Ottoman State and Religious Education for a Majority

Population: A Search for the Best Interests of the Child.. •       375

Chapter IX            407

Critics of Will Kymlicka’s Liberal Minority Rights: Failure to Protect Religious Minorities  407

Chapter X             427

Introduction to Minority Issues in Turkey: The Constitution-Making

Process and EU Integration             427

Chapter XI            449

The Republic of Turkey and Women in Divorce Cases            449