Promoting the Enabling Environment for functioning Civil Society: Analysis of Civil Society Environment in Turkey
Author
Dereci, SezinPublisher
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Taller de Estudios Internacionales MediterráneosDate
2014-12Citation
Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos 14 (2014): 1-30ISSN
1887-4460Subjects
Turquía; Desarrollo sociedad civil; Estudios IslámicosRights
© 2015 Revista de Estudios Internacionales MediterráneosAbstract
An increasing amount of attention has been devoted to understanding the role of civil society in
the global politics, although little has been done to identify and analyze conditions under which
civil society can function as agents of democratization and development. This article reviews this
changing discourse that acknowledges civil society as an independent actor and the approaches to
define “the enabling environment” for civil society development. The main part of the
contribution presents the findings of an empirical investigation demonstrating the situation of
enabling environment for civil society in Turkey in the EU accession process. Three major tenets of
enabling environment are assessed: (1) Operational activity (law on associations and foundations,
problems in registration, disproportionate audit, lack of statistical data/ consistent policy towards
CSOs); (2) Speech and advocacy (freedom of expression, internet regulation and pressure on social
networks); (3) Freedom of Assembly (constitutional rights, law on meeting and demonstrations,
responses to Gezi protests). The empirical data is drawn from Third Sector Foundation of Turkey
(TUSEV) publications2 on these dimensions and Monitoring Reports drafted by TUSEV within
project entitled Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development Project
funded by the European Union
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