Preservation

Abstract

In the previous chapter, part of the resolution of the problems of human rights violation that have occurred during the Ottoman Empire’s transition from Sharia law to Turkish human rights and democracy were argued as potentially lying in Turkey’s need to find itself strong enough to consider the demands of claimants against its state more effectively. This strength to compensate for violation and institutionalise human rights values more effectively is further discussed here in relation to the emergence of Turkish capitalism. In a final comparative perspective on the applicability of this book’s theorisation to the many human rights issues identified in Chapter 1, this chapter builds further evidence for the likely realisation and preservation of higher human rights standards in Turkey in three sections.