Orhan kemal cengiz biography

Orhan Kemal Cengiz is a.
Orhan Kemal Cengiz is a human rights defender, lawyer and journalist.
Orhan Kemal Cengiz was born in Izmir in 1968.

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Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Orhan Kemal Cengiz was born in Izmir in 1968. He graduated from Ankara University Law School. In 1996, he served as the director of the Izmir Bar Association’s Human Rights Center. From 1997 to 1998, he worked in London on cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights, and later co-founded of the Izmir Bar Association’s Anti-Torture Committee. Mr. Cengiz has represented religious minorities before Turkish courts and the European Court of Human Rights for many years. He founded the Turkey-based Human Rights Agenda Association and served as the association’s president from 2003 to 2012. Mr. Cengiz sits on the Board of Directors of the Tahir Elçi Human Rights Foundation. In addition to his legal and advocacy work, he has been a regular columnist in many newspapers. He has also written and translated many books in the field of human rights, and is the author of the novel Umut Ağacı (Tree of Hope).

Selected publications by Mr. Cengiz:

“International Mechanisms in the Field of Human Rights Law” (KHRP, Ege Publishing House 1999); “Reference Guide to th

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Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Today's Zaman'da dün (21 Şubat Salı) yayımlanan makalesinde, Rober Koptaş'ın 'AK Parti, gayrimüslimler ve eski paradigma' başlıklı yazısını ele alıyor. Hükümeti azınlık hakları ve demokrasi için adım atmaktan alıkoyanın eski paradigma olduğunda hemfikir olan Cengiz, tek ihtiyacın yeni paradigmada diretmek olduğunu ekliyor.

Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Today's Zaman'da yayımlanan yazısında, Agos Gazetesi Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Rober Koptaş'ın 'AK Parti, gayrimüslimler ve eski paradigma' başlıklı makalesine eğiliyor.

AK Parti'nin demokratikleşme yönündeki adımlarının önüne geçen devlet içi 'aktörler' olduğu yönündeki kanının aksine, AK Parti'nin artık tüm demokratik ülkelerde olması gerektiği gibi devletin tüm aktörleri üzerinde kontrolü olduğunu savunan Cengiz, dolayısıyla bu argümanın artık geçerli olmadığını belirtiyor.

Bununla beraber yazar, hükümeti demokratikleşme, bilhassa da azınlık hakları noktasında adım atmaktan alıkoyan gerekçeleri irdelediği yazısı üzerine, 'Koptaş ile büyük oranda aynı fikirde' olduğunu söylüyor. Cengiz, eski paradigmada ısra