Turgut Kerem TUNCEL

A LOOK AT THE PERİNÇEK V. SWITZERLAND CASE: EXAMINATION OF A LAWSUIT TO UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH DISPUTE AND PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENTS

Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesinin (AİHM) baktığı, Yahudi Holokostnun inkârı haricindeki, ilk soykırım inkârı davası olan Peinçek- İsviçre Davası, ifade özgürlüğü ve nefret söylemi olarak adlandırılabilecek olgu arasındaki hassas ilişkiye dair felsefi, hukuki ve siyasi karmaşıklığı ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu dava, güncel bir cereyan olan hafıza yasalarının mevzuatı ile birlikte beliren ifade özgürlüğünün meşru sınırları ile ilgili sorunsalı gündeme getirmiştir. Buna ilaveten, AİHM kararı, tarafların ve üçüncü taraflar olarak Ermeni ve Türk hükümetlerinin AİHM Büyük Dairedeki savları, 1915 olayları etrafında şekillenmiş olan Ermeni-Türk ihtilafının güncel hali ve müstakbel durumu hakkında önemli göstergelerdir. AİHM Büyük Dairenin son kararı, ihtilafın gelecekte alacağı niteliği belirleyen etkenlerden olacaktır. Yaklaşık on seneye yayılmış olan dava süreci, şu anki halleriyle hafıza yasalarının kusurlu ve suiistimale açık olduklarını göstermektedir. Perinçek-İsviçre Davası, popüler ve akademik literatür ve söylemde soykırım kavramının özensiz kullanımının iltibas ve suiistimale neden olduğunu göstermektedir. Dava, aynı zamanda, 1915 olayları hakkındaki tartışmaları belirleyen ahlak temelli söyleme karşın, soykırım siyasetine örnek teşkil eden bir olaydır. Bunun yanında, AİHM karar metni, Yahudi Holokostu modelinin 1915 olayları üzerine giydirilmesi sonucu ortaya çıkan hegemonik mitlerin ortadan kaldırılmasına yarayacak çok önemli bir uluslararası belge niteliğindedir. Bununla birlikte, AİHM Büyük Daire görülen duruşma göstermektedir ki, Ermeni tarafı 1915 olaylarını Ermeni Holokostu olarak nitelendirmeye devam edecektir.

(PERİNÇEK-İSVIÇRE DAVASINA BİR BAKIŞ: ERMENİ-TÜRK İHTİLAFININ GÜNCEL VE GELECEKTEKİ OLASI DURUMUNUN ANLAŞILMASI İÇİN BİR DAVA ANALİZİ)

As the first genocide denial case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) other than those on the denial of Jewish Holocaust, Perinçek v. Switzerland is a case that unveils philosophical, legal and political complexities related to the subtle relationship between freedom of expression and what can be generically called hate-speech. It is a case that reveals the problem of legitimate limitation on freedom of expression that the recent trend of the legislation of memory laws brings with it. In addition, the verdict of the ECHR, and the arguments of the parties and the governments of Armenian and Turkey as the third parties in the ECHR Grand Chamber are important indicators of the current state of the Armenian-Turkish dispute that has evolved around 1915 events and the prospective developments. The final verdict of the ECHR Grand Chamber is likely to shape the future framework of the dispute. The examination of almost ten-year long legal process demonstrates that memory laws in their present form are imperfect and vulnerable to abuse. The Perinçek v. Switzerland case reveals the imprecise employment of the term genocide in popular and academic literature and discourse that results in ambiguities as well as misuses. The Case also constitutes an example of the genocide politics notwithstanding the moral discourse that dominates the debates around 1915 events. Moreover, the ECHR verdict is an international document with outmost significance that serves as a corrective to the hegemonic myths on the 1915 events that are effects of the employment of the Jewish Holocaust model. Nevertheless, the ECHR Grand Chamber hearing displays that the Armenian side will continue impose the characterization of the 1915 events as the Armenian Holocaust.

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Başlangıç: 2002
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