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Article Commentary: Shifting Standards? The ECtHR’s Evolving Approach to Minority Rights(European Centre Minority Issues -ECMI, 2025) Akbulut, OlgunThis commentary critically examines the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) approach to minority rights within the broader human rights framework. The analysis assesses how the Court's reasoning has reinforced or, recently, deviated from established principles. Through a doctrinal and critical analysis of key judgments, the commentary identifies trends in the Court's reliance on pluralism, non-discrimination, and democratic participation as guiding principles. While earlier rulings underscored the necessity of protecting cultural, linguistic, and religious identities, recent decisions - particularly regarding Russian-speaking minorities in Latvia - signal a shift, raising concerns on judicial reasoning. The findings highlight inconsistencies in the Court's application of international minority rights instruments and question the broader implications for legal certainty in minority rights protection.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 1A Critical Analysis of Current Legal Developments on the Political Participation of Minorities in Turkey(2010) Akbulut, OlgunThis is a follow-up article to the one published in the IJMGR half a decade ago (Vol. 12 2005). Although there have been domestic and international legal cases that are directly concerned with the political participation of minorities in Turkey few improvements have been made in law covering the subject. This encouraged this author to analyse and criticise the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights and the legal and political actors at domestic level. The aim of this article is to reflect upon how international human rights monitoring affects national laws in certain thorny issues such as the rights of minorities. Since the current and previous articles have a common theme and complement each other I strongly recommend reading both articles. © 2010 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.Article Citation - WoS: 1For Centenary of the Lausanne Treaty Re-Interpretation and Re-Implementation of Linguistic Minority Rights of Lausanne(Brill, 2024) Akbulut, OlgunThe Treaty of Lausanne was signed on 24th July 1923 as a peace treaty that ended the first world war for Turkey and the allied powers. In a section entitled "protection of minorities", it provides rights for minorities. However, the beneficiaries of minority rights in Lausanne are more narrow than those provided in other treaties and declarations of the time. With a legal basis in domestic law, Turkey traditionally applied the rights provided in the Lausanne Treaty only for three so-called non-Muslim groups, i.e. Greeks, Armenians and Jews. Neither the Turkish delegation nor the members of the allied forces' delegations could foresee that some members of the Muslim groups of 1923 might quit Islam in the future and recourse to Lausanne rights as new beneficiaries. This article, by referring to preparatory works of the Treaty, examining its legal validity internationally and nationally, and applying interpretative principles of international treaties, argues for the extension of Lausanne rights to other groups via re-interpretation and re-implementation.Book Part Citation - WoS: 1Legal Background of Autonomy Arrangements in Turkey From Historical Perspectives(Brill, 2019) Akbulut, Olgun[Abstract Not Available]Book Part Minority Self-Government in Europe and the Middle East From Theory To Practice Preface(Brill, 2019) Akbulut, Olgun; Aktoprak, Elçin[Abstract Not Available]
