LEGAL PLURALISM IN GREECE: BETWEEN MINORITY RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

Yıl 2021, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1, 1 - 14, 30.06.2021

Burak Saygılı

https://doi.org/10.51562/nkuhukuk.2021211

Öz

The issue of legal pluralism has been analyzed and discussed in legal, political and sociological literature over time. Different models of legal pluralism that are both of supportive and oppositional arguments are asserted in literature. The main goal of this study is to analyze the legal pluralist model of Greece that is based on the Lausanne Treaty and the discussions on it. It is seen that Greece has recognized some parts of Islamic law for Thracian Muslim minority. However, this system is quite debatable in the context of women’s rights, status of religious authonomy, minority rights, individual rights, essentialism, multiculturalism and assimilation anxiety. Moreover, legal pluralist model in Greece has been the subject matter of Molla Sali v. Greece case that was decided by the ECHR. For this reason, Greece has undergone a reform regarding its model for Thracian Muslim minority. The article demonstrates the historical background and current debates about legal pluralist model of Greece regarding Thracian Muslim minority.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Legal Pluralism, Greece, Western Thrace, Multiculturalism, Minority Rights

YUNANİSTAN’DA HUKUKİ ÇOĞULCULUK: AZINLIK HAKLARI VE BİREYSEL HAKLAR ARASINDA

Öz

Hukuki çoğulculuk konusu; hukuk, siyaset bilimi ve sosyoloji literatüründe süreç içerisinde analiz edilmiş ve tartışılmıştır. Literatürde hukuki çoğulculuğun farklı modellerine dair destekleyici ve muhalif argümanlar ileri sürülmüştür. Bu çalışmada temel amaç, Yunanistan’ın Lozan Antlaşması’na dayanan hukuki çoğulculuk modelini ve konuyla ilgili tartışmaları incelemektir. Yunanistan’ın Trakyalı Müslüman azınlık için İslam hukukunun bazı unsurlarını tanıdığı görülmektedir. Ancak bu sistem; kadın hakları, dinsel otonominin durumu, azınlık hakları, bireysel haklar, özcülük, çok kültürlülük ve asimilasyon endişesi konuları bağlamında oldukça tartışmalıdır. Ayrıca Yunanistan’ın hukuki çoğulculuk modeli, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi tarafından karara bağlanan Molla Sali / Yunanistan davasının da konusunu oluşturmuştur. Bu sebepten dolayı Yunanistan, Trakyalı Müslüman azınlığa ilişkin modelle ilgili bir reform gerçekleştirmiştir. Bu makale, Yunanistan’ın hukuki çoğulculuk modelinin tarihsel geçmişini ve hukuki çoğulculuğa ilişkin güncel tartışmaları açıklamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Hukuki Çoğulculuk, Yunanistan, Batı Trakya, Çok Kültürlülük, Azınlık Hakları

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