Conscientious Objection in Turkey: A Socio-legal Analysis of the Right to Refuse Military Service

This book provides a socio—legal perspective to critical military studies by asking socio—legal questions about military conscription in Turkey: How do the international and domestic laws approach the conflict between the law and conscience? Why does Turkey insist on the non—recognition of the right to conscientious objection? How are those pursuing their conscience affected by such non—recognition? These questions are important as the law is shaped by the socio—cultural structures in which...