Rights and freedoms in the Turkish Constitution of 1924

Diritti e libertà nella Costituzione turca del 1924

Abstract

The paper analyses the catalogue of rights and freedoms encompassed in Section V of the 1924 Charter, beginning with some historical considerations. The Turkish ideal of nation is discussed as the result of a complex historical process, deeply rooted in the constitutional project and pivotal in its development. Special consideration is devoted to religion and the rights belonging to its sphere, to the generous provisions designed by the 1924 Constitution to the protection of rights in the area of civil liberties, and to the sphere of economic rights and of the economic structure of the new Turkish society.