Abstract:

Democracy, as a political regime, is based on multiplicity of racial, cultural, intellectual or religious groups which form today’s modern society. In this regime, the establishment and overriding purpose of democratic institutions is based on strengthened pluralist individuality in their own manner. On the one hand, all democratic institutions accept and treat all individuals and groups in an equal manner, without any discrimination. National institutions based on responsive, transparent, accountable, participatory and collaborative processes and networks are well designed for enabling institutions and persons to cooperate with each other and live together in peace. On the other hand, without any exception every person has been able to enjoy their rights and freedoms that cannot be seen as a matter of compromise, negotiation or favour by any public authority in any manner. In this sense, democracy has become a universal inspiration to almost all societies today, however, in multiple level of effectiveness. In this article, greater attention has been paid to the prerequisites for pluralist democracy as an essential part of the European public order to ensure real democracy. The issue is of particular importance to Turkey that constitutes ethnic and religious diversity to a great extent.

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