Our second GRF Council of Ideas took place on February 24 with the participation of our GIF Founding Member Mr. Rıza Türmen (Ambassador, Former ECHR Judge and Columnist at Milliyet Newspaper) and Mr. Taha Akyol (Columnist at Milliyet Newspaper).

At the meeting, widely attended by GRF members from various backgrounds such as academic, legal, business, art or media, Ambassador Türmen and Mr. Akyol analyzed the concepts of liberal values, democracy and rule of law and offered their comments on how these concepts have been practiced in Turkey throughout the history of the Republic. The discussion was followed by a Q&A session, in which our esteemed guest speakers and members sought to determine where Turkey stands in relation to the norms of liberal democracy and how to achieve further progress.