Drafting a New Turkey
Zeynep Kosereisoglu* | 25 Mar 2013
Photo credit: AFP Turkey is in the midst of drafting its first civilian constitution, a process that has opened old wounds, caused a re-thinking of history, and fuelled attempts to reconcile different sections of Turkish society. Every concept integral to a nation’s existence is under analysis, ranging from the Kurdish issue to secularism, from judicial independence...#MuftahChat Transcript: Constitutional Updates from Tunisia & Libya
Muftah Editors | 8 Sep 2012
Tunisia's newly elected assembly holds its inaugural meeting Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, in Tunis, ready to start shaping the constitution and the democratic future of the country that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. A moderate Islamist party, Ennahda (Renaissance), won the most seats in the Constituent Assembly, and it has announced a coalition with a liberal...Iran’s Constitutional Obstacles to Realizing Human Rights and Democracy – Part I
Mehrangiz Kar* | 12 Oct 2010
In Part 1 of a four-part series, Iranian human rights lawyer Mehrangiz Kar explores the constitutional limits to democratic reform in Iran. Muftah will be publishing the remaining pieces in this series over the coming week. Meaningful political participation in any country is realized when certain conditions are met, making the free expression of a plurality...Nathan Brown on Egypt’s Constitutional Conundrum
Daniel Tavana | 14 Dec 2012
(Photo credit: Naharnet) Nathan Brown’s newest article analyzes Egypt’s most recent constitutional crisis. Brown, a constitutional scholar at the George Washington University, provides a sober review of the...Syrian Follies
Siham Nuseibeh | 29 Feb 2012
On Sunday February 26, 2012, Syrians went to the polls to vote in a government-sponsored referendum on a new constitution that would allow multi-party elections and time limits on presidential terms. While most,...
