Religion, Law and Politics:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Religion, Law and Politics: "
Haldun Gülalp

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082313
Doc. No	:	LA125942
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18710328-13021148‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Haldun Gülalp
Title & Author	:	Religion, Law and Politics: [Article] : the “Trickle-Down” Effects of ECtHR Judgments on Turkey’s Headscarf Battles\ Haldun Gülalp
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion Human Rights
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14/3
Page No	:	135–168
Abstract	:	Building on and extending Marc Galanter’s classic thesis on the “radiating effects” of courts, this paper proposes the concept of “trickle-down effects” in order to account for the complex ways in which court judgments may impact political processes, often taking place through the ideological manipulation of the judgments and leading to unintended and unforeseen consequences. The paper specifically examines the headscarf battles in Turkey and the pivotal role that the ECtHR judgments played in it. While the short-term legal impact was the confirmation of the ban on the use of headscarves, presumably supporting the principle of secularism, the long-term impact has been the exact opposite. Building on and extending Marc Galanter’s classic thesis on the “radiating effects” of courts, this paper proposes the concept of “trickle-down effects” in order to account for the complex ways in which court judgments may impact political processes, often taking place through the ideological manipulation of the judgments and leading to unintended and unforeseen consequences. The paper specifically examines the headscarf battles in Turkey and the pivotal role that the ECtHR judgments played in it. While the short-term legal impact was the confirmation of the ban on the use of headscarves, presumably supporting the principle of secularism, the long-term impact has been the exact opposite.
Descriptor	:	European Court of Human Rights
Descriptor	:	headscarf
Descriptor	:	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Descriptor	:	populism and religious identity
Descriptor	:	radiating effects
Descriptor	:	trickle-down effects
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18710328-13021148‬