TY - BOOK AU - Çınar,Özgür Heval ED - Ohio Library and Information Network. TI - Freedom of religion and belief in Turkey: religion, society and politics T2 - Palgrave pivot SN - 3030700771 AV - BR1080 .C55 2021 U1 - 323.44209561 23 PY - 2021///] CY - Cham, Switzerland PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Freedom of religion KW - Turkey KW - Religion and law KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The religion box on the national identity card: Being compelled to reveal one's thoughts, conscience, religion and beliefs -- The Military Nation and Conscientious Objectors -- Unresolved Issue: Compulsory Religious Education -- Recognition of Faith Groups and the Opening of Places of Worship -- The Manifestation of Religious Belief in the Public Sphere: Religious Symbols and Dress; Available to OhioLINK libraries N2 - The freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, from which stem the tenets of pluralism, tolerance, and open-mindedness, are some of the most basic freedoms of a democratic society. This book illustrates the current state of the freedom of religion or belief in Turkey and the challenges and complex problems facing it, concentrating on the most topical issues: being compelled to reveal ones religion and beliefs on the national identity card; the right of conscientious objection and conscientious objectors; compulsory religious education; recognition of faith groups and the opening of places of worship; and using and wearing religious symbols and dress in the public sphere. Ozgur Heval Cinar is a lawyer and an associate professor at the University of Greenwich, School of Law and Criminology, UK UR - https://rave.ohiolink.edu/ebooks/ebc2/9783030700775 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-70077-5 UR - http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-70077-5 ER -