Governance or Collapse? Reflections on Turkey's Counter-Terrorism Law and Practice - featuring Professor Kerem Gülay of Koç Law School

11/18
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Presenting student organizations: International Law Society Human Rights Law Society

In Bolaç v. Turkey, the Constitutional Court of Turkey is seemingly seized with yet another balancing between free speech and anti-terror legislation. The case features a prominent human rights attorney who has been sentenced to three years in prison for “terrorist propaganda” by criticizing a terrorist organization as well as the state on a news show. It features nearly a dozen substantive and procedural violations of Turkey’s Constitution, and of the European Convention on Human Rights. Considering the recent case of the European Court of Human Rights on systemic violations of right to a fair trial and mass detentions with “ulterior political motive”, Bolaç v. Turkey is much more than an instance of creeping authoritarianism. It illustrates the tragedy of human rights defenders when the judicial process is a farce.

Kerem Gülay is assistant professor of international law at Koç Law School and the director of Koç University Maritime Forum (KUDENFOR) . Gülay has a J.S.D. degree from Cornell Law School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He has an LL.M.(adv.) in Public International Law from Leiden University and an LL.B.(hons.) from Istanbul Bilgi University. Gülay held various academic, professional and honorary posts in institutions such as University of Amsterdam, National Defense University of Turkey, Heidelberg University and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, the ICTY, LJIL and Baker McKenzie. His current research interests are the history of international law, mass atrocities and experiential legal education.

 

This event is sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School's International Programs, Human Rights Law Society, and International Law Society, and The University of Chicago Forum on Free Inquiry and Expression.
Lunch will be provided. Please submit dietary requests eight business days prior to the program to Aican Nguyen at aican@uchicago.edu. Although we will try to accommodate dietary needs, it is not guaranteed.