TüRK YE’DE ARABULUCULUK UYGULAMALARI / MEDIATION PRACTICES IN TURKEY

Bu makale, Türkiye’de resmi ve gayri-resmi arabuluculuk üzerine betimleyici bir tart ma i ermektedir. al ma, dünya genelinde geli mekte olan arabulucu un farkl kültürlerden beslenmesi gerekti i varsay m ndan yola kmakta ve bu ba lamda daha nce ok al lmam bir ülke olarak Türkiye’nin arabuluculuk deneyimlerine yer vermektedir. Türkiye vakas ndan yola karak al ma, arbuluculu un baz aksayan y nlerine de inmekte ve bu konuda neler yap labilece ine ili kin neriler de geli tirmektedir.This essay provides a descriptive discussion on informal and formal mediation in Turkey, a case whose mediation practices have not been studied before well. The study is based on the assumption that since mediation has been a growing activity around the world, exploring different cultures and learning how these cultures resolve their conflicts may contribute to the path towards an excellence practice of mediation. Through exploring the Turkish case and talking about many practical shortcomings of mediation, the study also reaches certain suggestions to make mediation a more effective tool of conflict resolution.