"Seeking either humanity or human rights is in vain in a country where both ethnic and religious nationalism have been rising, according to prominent professor of political science Baskın Oran, who drew up a report reviewing and analyzing developments in the human rights field in Turkey."
"Unbelievable ethnical Turkish nationalism escalated in Turkey in 2005, and this fact has penetrated even the judicial system, Oran believes. He revealed two reasons for this situation: reactions in Turkey against globalization and armed Kurdish nationalism -- armed attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)."
"In 2004, there was a widely shared assumption and expectation that the atmosphere which was earlier dominated by religion and nationalism had been replaced by a human-centered atmosphere in Turkey. But it seems that we could not pinpoint the two reasons that caused the rise in ethnic Turkish nationalism and thus we experienced a very bad and saddening year for human rights,' Oran said."
"We believe the year 2006 will be a much better year than last year for human rights, that is to say, we believe that humans will be much more respected."
Rising nationalism cause of ruin in human rights in 2005 - Turkish Daily News Mar 24, 2006
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