Essays in Turkish and Comparative Law

Contents Acknowledgements………………………………………………………v Forward………………………..…………………………………..…….vıı Contents………….……………………………………...…………….....ix Chapter I…………………………………………………………….…...3 Detaining Terror Suspects in the USA and Turkey: A Comparison of the Patriot Act and the Anti-Terror Law from the Perspective of the ECHR and the Right to Silence in the Turkish Criminal Law...................... 3 Chapter II........................................................................................................... 57 Turkish Military Interventions and Building Constitutions: the Bulwarks of an Unstable Democracy 57 Chapter III...................................................................................................... 185 The Concept of Judicial Independence and the Removal of Superior Court Judges from Office in the Canadian Judicial System................... 185 Chapter IV....................................................................................................... 225 Manifestation of Religion and Religious Education under the ECHR Jurisdiction....................................................................................................... 225 Chapter V........................................................................................................ 259 The Ottoman Millet System.......................................................................... 259 Chapter VI....................................................................................................... 283 The Ottoman Millet System and the Protection of Religious Minority Groups and Women 283 Chapter VII..................................................................................................... 335 The Ottoman Muslim Turkish Women and Divorce................................ 335 Chapter VIII................................................................................................... 375 The Ottoman State and Religious Education for a Majority Population: A Search for the Best Interests of the Child......................... 375 Chapter IX...................................................................................................... 407 Critics of Will Kymlicka’s Liberal Minority Rights: Failure to Protect Religious Minorities........................................................................................ 407 Chapter X........................................................................................................ 427 Introduction to Minority Issues in Turkey: The Constitution-Making Process and EU Integration........................................................................... 427 Chapter XI...................................................................................................... 449 The Republic of Turkey and Women in Divorce Cases.......................... 449