Freedom of religion and conscience is regarded among one of the human rights in international documents signed or declared after the World War II. In this paper I investigate from a legal perspective whether the freedom of religion and conscience and religious minority rights that Alevis enjoy in Turkey are in line with the standards in relevant international documents. Therefore I firstly exam...

issues paper Acknowledgements Minority Rights Group International (MRG) gratefully acknowledges the support of all organizations and individuals who gave financial and other assistance for this paper, including the Department for International Development (UK) and CORDAID. She is an economist specializing in the analysis of poverty, inequality and redistribution in developing countries, the eco...

Abstract ‘By promoting the differences through accepting their holidays, respecting important days, celebrating days connected with tradition and culture.’ (Eastern Europe)

issues paper Acknowledgements Minority Rights Group International (MRG) gratefully acknowledges the support of all organizations and individuals who gave financial and other assistance for this paper, including the Department for International Development (UK) and CORDAID. She is an economist specializing in the analysis of poverty, inequality and redistribution in developing countries, the eco...

In prior research with primarily heterosexual religious and spiritual individuals, positive and negative forms of religious coping have been posited to moderate the links between minority stressors and psychological outcomes (Kim, Kendall, & Webb, 2015; Szymanski & Obiri, 2011). With a sample of 143 sexual minority people, the present study extended these hypotheses by examining the moderating ...