The project aimed to discuss Turkey’s problems with opinion leaders considering freedom of religion, pluralism, peace, tolerance, human rights, right of property, freedom of entrepreneurship, and free market economy. The idea emerged from the statement, “ Turkish Republic is secular, democratic, and social state ruled by law”,  in Turkish Constitution.
In this framework, tree seminars were held:

Ethnicity, Cultural Pluralism, and Liberal Democracy, June 5-7, 2009, Eskişehir

Market Economy and Social Government, March 21-22, 2009, Kayseri

Secularism and Freedom of Religion, December 20-21, 2008, Konya

Representatives of NGOs, academics, researchers, lawyers, journalists, and authors participated into the seminars. Because of strong interest into the project, two seminars were run as well:

Frame of Democratic Expansion in Turkey, October 24-25, 2009, Ankara

Alevi Problem in Turkey in Terms of Human Rights, May 9th, 2009, İstanbul

Project Duration: October 1st , 2008 – October 31st, 2009