TESVİYECİLER HAREKETİ (1647-1649) Anayasal Demokrasi Yolunda bir Mücadele

Tesviyeciler İngiliz İç Savaşı (1642-1648) yıllarında bir grup mutlak monarşi karşıtı aktivistin (John Lilburne, Richard Overton, William Walwyn, Thomas Prince) öncülüğünde ilerleyen ve amacı anayasal demokrasi ve hukuk devletinin tesis edilmesi olan bir siyasi hareketin adıdır. Tesviyeciler, halk egemenliği, genel oy hakkı, kanun önünde eşitlik, dini hoşgörü ve saire amaçlar için mücadele eden bir hareketti. Tesviyeciler insanların doğuştan temel hak ve özgürlüklere sahip olduklarını savunuyorlardı. Bu çalışmanın amacı Tesviyeciler hareketinin anayasal demokrasi ve anayasal hukuk devletine yönelik mücadelesini ele almak ve incelemektir.

THE LEVELLERS MOVEMENT (1647-1649) A Struggle in the Path toward Constitutional Democracy

The Levellers were a group of people (John Lilburne, Richard Overton, William Walwyn, Thomas Prince) who came together during the English Civil War (1642-1648) to demand constitutional reform. They fought for popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law, religious tolerance and so on. They believed all men were born free and equal and possessed natural rights. This paper aims to explore the Levellers’ struggle of constitutional democracy and the rule of law.

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