Founded 6 December 2006 Method Seminars, Activism | Area served Republic of Turkey | |
Type Not-for-profit, non-governmental organization Focus Human rights, Liberal democracy, Civil constitution, Public policies, Secularism Location Istanbul and Ankara, Republic of Turkey | ||
The 3H Movement (3H Hareketi or Hürriyet Hukuk Hoşgörü Hareketi in Turkish) is a classical liberal youth organization with more than a 2,000 members and volunteers that has been active since December 2006, when it was first founded under the name Liberalofis. Since then, the 3H Movement has been arguing against illiberal ideologies such as socialism, conservatism, fascism, and nationalism in Turkey. The movement has a daily-updated website where the members publish their articles on various economic and political issues with a liberal viewpoint. Current president of executive board of the organization is Bünyamin.
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The Projects
In order to reach its target 3H Movement runs some continuous projects.
The Liberal Youth Congress
The movement claims that it is Turkey's only annual liberal youth gathering. The main aim of the project is to have annual gathering for the liberal youth to share ideas about the organization. In 2012 it will be held first time as an international congress. The project is funded by Friedrich Naumann Foundation, European Liberal Forum and 3H Movement.
Freedom en Route
This is an other annual project. For two weeks the members of the organization from all over the Turkey travels all regions of Turkey. Every two days they settle in another university of another city and hold conferences on another subject that 3H members from that University had chosen. Famous Liberal scholars and columnists join the trip in order to give speech at the universities. The project, proposed and funded by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation in co-sponsorship with the Smith Family Foundation.
Some Subjects discussed are Turkey’s possible integration into the European Union, human rights protection, democracy vs. authoritarianism, taming the role of the military in Turkish politics, tolerance for minorities, especially the Kurds, and what it means to be liberal in a culture deeply influenced by socialism, nationalism, and Islam.