[Fdu] @ U of T: The State and The Future of Democracy in Turkey- A Panel June 20th 6-8pm

[Cynthia Wright]

PLEASE CIRCULATE

THURSDAY JUNE 20th, 2013
6:00 – 8:00 PM
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Best Institute - 112 College Street, Room # 114
http://goo.gl/maps/lpSBI
In recent years Turkey has been presented as a "model democracy" for the 
Middle East. In recent weeks, what started out as a protest against the 
conversion of a park to a shopping centre in Istanbul, has evolved into a 
national protest movement about democracy and grievances related to 
neo-liberalism, unfettered urban development, repression of political 
dissent and free media, state intervention into personal lifestyles, 
disregard
for constitutional rights and freedoms and police brutality. Escalating 
tensions threaten to deepen the pre-existing divides in the social fabric of 
Turkey and threaten any possibility of democratization in Turkey.

Feyzi Baban, International Development Studies, Trent University (from 
Istanbul through SKYPE)
Sabine Dreher, International Studies, York University, Glendon
Mustafa Koc, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University

Please join us to discuss recent developments in Turkey and explore 
solutions out of this crisis.
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