The Association for Liberal Thinking During the 28 February Coup

Coup d’états are hard times for every country, a time when democratic values are usually put aside. However, as world history proves, there have always been groups within society who opposed the coup as well as those who supported it. The same can be said about the postmodern coup of 28 February; a wide range of supporters from politicians to academicians, and from the media to civil society organizations did not see any harm in putting aside democratic and liberal values for the sake of ‘laicity’. Therefore, it is of great significance that a civil society organization namely the Association for Liberal Thinking emerged in the process and contributed with serious articles and arguments against the coup. In this context, the Association provided comprehensive articles on what a liberal democracy is and made valuable analyses about the conditions in the country through the quarterly journal Liberal Thought – and certainly through many other activities. This paper aims to analyse the position of the Association for Liberal Thinking, especially through the articles in the mentioned journal and study the contributions in the matter