FROM THE BURDEN OF THE PAST TO SOCIETAL PEACE AND DEMOCRACY

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As the Turkey office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, we would like to offer this book to international public opinion for the purpose of contributing in the coming years to the democratization of this country and to a broader and deeper exchange of opinions on the ideas, concerns, and hopes existing in Turkey about coming to terms with the past or confronting history.

Product details
Date of Publication
Julu, 2007
Publisher
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Derneği türkiye Temsilciliği
Number of Pages
48
Licence
All rights reserved
Language of publication
English
ISBN / DOI
978-975-00954-5-0
Table of contents

Preface                                                                                                5
Ulrike DUFNER
Coming to Terms with the Past in the Process of Universalization        9
Mithat SANCAR
The Contribution of the Restorative Justice Approach
in the Context of Coming to Terms with the Past                                20
Turgut TARHANLI
Coming to Terms with the Past in Turkey:
Being Realistic, Asking for the Impossible                                           29
Mithat SANCAR
“Forgetting” as a Constituent Element of our National Identity            37
Ayfle HÜR
Turkey’s Problem of Coming to Terms With the Past: What and How? 41
Murat PAKER