Hakan Altinay

Hakan Altinay is the President of the Global Civics Academy, which offers online courses on global civics. He is based in Istanbul.

حقان ألتناي هو رئيس أكاديمية التربية المدنية العالمية Global Civics Academy، والتي توفر دورات دراسية عن طريق الانترنت متخصصة في التربية المدنية العالمية. وهو مقيم في إسطنبول.

Islamic ideals of peace and justice: are we overlooking something?

Associating progressive social policies with Islam may unsettle some, yet the parallels are there and offer many possibilities. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on religion and human rights. العربية

By Hakan Altinay

/ 14 Jun 2016

قيم السلام والعدل الإسلامية: هل أغفلنا شيئاً؟

الربط بين السياسات الاجتماعية التقدمية ومفاهيم الدين الإسلامي قد يؤرق البعض، ولكن أوجه الشبه متواجدة ومتاحة وتوفر العديد من الفرص. مساهمة من الجدل المطروح في openGlobalRights حول الدين وحقوق الإنسان. English

By Hakan Altinay

/ 14 Jun 2016

The myopia of human rights

The legalism of the human rights framework makes it blind to the cooperation and sense of civic responsibility that truly makes us human and accounts for our uniqueness.

By Hakan Altinay

/ 14 Oct 2015

An academy for global civics

In order to navigate our increasing interdependence, we need a mental map to help us decide what sort of a rapport we wish to have with billions of others with whom we share our planet and destinies, but not our citizenship. And for that we need forums.

By Hakan Altinay

/ 18 Nov 2013

Recep Tayyip Erdogan: the Mandela test

It comes as a surprise when a country's prime minister calls on female citizens to give birth to at least three children. It is even more so when

By Hakan Altinay

/ 17 Mar 2009

Why the European Union strengthens Turkish secularism

The question of whether European Union officialdom has taken sides in the ongoing clash between "secularists" and "Islamists" in Turkey is of profound current concern. Many

By Hakan Altinay

/ 3 Sep 2008