Freedom of Religion and Belief in Turkey

Özgür Heval Çinar is a lawyer and an associate professor at the University of Greenwich, School of Law and Criminology, UK.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The religion box on the national identity card: Being compelled to reveal one’s thoughts, conscience, religion and beliefs.- Chapter 3: The Military Nation and Conscientious Objectors.- Chapter 4: Unresolved Issue: Compulsory Religious Education.- Chapter 5: A Trapped Right: Recognition of Faith Groups and the Opening of Places of Worship.- Chapter 6: The Manifestation of Religious Belief in the Public Sphere: Religious Symbols or/and Dress.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.