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The Constitution of 1924 adopted a natural law—based concept of human rights. It stated in its Article 68 that “Every Turk is born free and lives freely. Freedom is to be able to perform any act that will not harm anybody else. The limits of freedoms that derive from natural rights are the limits of freedoms for others. This limit is drawn by law.” Thus, the Constitution enumerated and recognized most of the fundamental rights and liberties commonly found in contemporary democratic constitutions—personal inviolability; inviolability of domicile and communications; freedoms of conscience, religion, thought, expression, press, travel, contract, property, assembly, association; freedom from arbitrary detention and arrest; the ban on torture, mistreatment, confiscation, and forced labor—as natural rights of Turks (Arts. 70–83). It is not surprising that the Constitution did not contain social rights except stating that primary education shall be free of charge at state schools (Art. 87), since it was very rare at that time to give constitutional status to social rights.
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Özbudun, E. (2011). Fundamental Rights and Liberties. In: The Constitutional System of Turkey. Middle East Today. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230337855_3
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