Uluslararasi Standartlar Işiğinda Türkiye’de Azinlik Meselesi
Minority Issue in Turkey under the Light of International Standards

Summary/Abstract: The analysis of minority issue in Turkey is incomplete if it is made only in the Turkey’s conditions. The minority concept can be discussed within the framework of Law, Sociology and Politics. In international law and politics “minority” as a concept has been treated in three different periods and three different ways. The first period is between 1919 and 1945 where, under the League of Nations system, minorities have been seen as threats to the stability of the Nation State and thus they have been separated from the majorities. During the second period, between 1945 and 1992, “minority” almost disappears from the texts and the system established by the UN and Council of Europe emphasizes universal individual Human rights. After the collapse of the bipolar system the concept reappears, especially in the frameworks of Council of Europe and OSCE where Turkey is a member. In this new legal and political corpus “persons belonging to minorities” are protected.

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