Counter-terrorism and the Prospects of Human Rights

Ipek Demirsu is a post-doctoral research fellow at Sabanci University, Istanbul. Her research interests are in international and comparative politics, including human rights, security studies, qualitative research methods, and migration studies.

“Counter-Terrorism and the Prospects of Human Rights explains the risks by keeping on the march in this direction. … this valuable book exhibits a more than interesting effort to discuss critically the future of democracy in the years to come while interrogating further on the manipulations often suffered by democracy in the hands of populism.” (Maximiliano E. Korstanje and Geoffrey Skoll, International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management, Vol. 7 (3), July - September, 2018)​

• Part I. National Security and International Norms: Sovereignty in the Nexus of Counter-terrorism and Human Rights.- Introduction.- 1. Sovereignty between Security and Human Rights Norms.- 2. The Evolution of Security Policies and the Language of Law-making.- Conclusion: Adjoining Theory and Method.- Part II. Comparative Policy Analysis: The Evolution of Counter-terrorism Policies vis-a-vis Human Right Obligations.- Introduction: International Human Rights and Counter-terrorism in the post-9/11 World Politics.- 3. Counter-terrorism Policy in the Heartland of Liberal Democracy: An Account of Policy Development in the UK.- Chapter 4. Breaking with the Dark Past? Security Policies and the Status of Human Rights in Turkey.- Conclusion: Different Contexts, Convergent Practices.- Part III. Securitization and the Language of Rights in the Making of Counter-terrorism Policies.- Introduction: Policy Frames and the Analysis of Parliamentary Debates.- 5. Balancing under the State of Exception: Prevalent Policy Frames in the UK Legislative Process.- 6. Democratization and National Sensibilities: Prevalent Policy Frames in the Turkish Legislative Process.- Conclusion: Talking Security and Rights: The Interplay of Policy Frames in Turkey and the UK.- Conclusion. Reconciling Policy and Discourse.