Murat Borovali - Turkey's Alevis and their demand for equal rights скачать в хорошем качестве

Murat Borovali - Turkey's Alevis and their demand for equal rights

"With my colleague Cemil Boyraz we conducted a research on the Alevis in Turkey. One interesting result is that the opening with good intentions by the state, lead to great unity among the Alevi groups, but at the same time it lead to some disillusionment and disaffection among the Alevis considering the state, because their suspicions were reinforced," explains Murat Borovali, Vice Rector of Istanbul's Bilgi University. "They were not trusting the government's motives initially anyway and for some their suspicions have just been reinforced. In that sense the opening itself may have even lead to a greater divide between the Alevis and the state, rather than to a rapprochement. Secondly, what we have seen is that the Alevis desire a platform to meet their needs, which is roughly a democratic constitutional measure and which -- not only on paper but in practice also -- offers and implements equal citizenship, equal religious rights and religious freedoms for all." We interviewed Prof. Borovali during our Istanbul Seminars 2013. Interview: Nina zu Fürstenberg Film: Anna Fanuele More Resetdoc videos here: http://www.resetdoc.org/stories/index... The Istanbul Seminars: The Istanbul Seminars are an annual highly academic early summer seminar organized in Istanbul (with Bilgi University, which also hosts the event) by ResetDoC where cultural and scientific thinkers in social sciences, philosophy, political theory, sociology, legal studies and religion discuss our common future. The seminars tackled the following topics. Postsecularism (2008), Religion, Human Rights and Multicultural Jurisdictions (2009), Realigning liberalism: pluralism, integration, identities (2010), Overcoming the trap of resentment (2011), The promise of democracy in troubled times (2012), The Sources of Political Legitimacy. From the Erosion of the Nation-State to the Rise of Political Islam (2013), The Sources of Pluralism - Metaphysics, Epistemology, Law and Politics (2014). More information on http://www.resetdoc.org