Liberte Publications is a publishing company in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 established to produce books and journals on liberalism

Liberalism

Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...

 and promoting liberal ideas. It is associated with Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu

Association for Liberal Thinking

The Association for Liberal Thinking is a Turkish libertarian think-tank.-History:The group was informally founded on 26 December 1992 by former conservative intellectuals and gained official status as an association under Turkish law on 1 April 1994...

 (Association for Liberal Thinking).

The company was established in 1998 by a group of intellectuals in order to introduce liberal ideas to and thus change the intellectual environment in Turkey. The choice of the Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 word liberte, meaning "liberty

Liberty

Liberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...

", as the company title reflects this ideal. It remains as the only publisher in Turkey to solely produce titles on issues about liberalism. It is based in Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

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Publications

Since its establishment Liberte Publications has published over 130 books. Titles include classics of liberalism, studies about contemporary economy with a liberal perspective, research and essays by modern day Turkish liberals such as Atilla Yayla

Atilla Yayla

Atilla Yayla is a Turkish political thinker and a proponent of liberal democracy. He is Professor of Politics, Political Economy and Political Philosophy at Gazi University in Turkey -Life and career:He was born in 1957 in Kaman, Kırşehir....

 as well as those of the late Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 and some novels such as Murder at the Margin

Murder at the Margin

Murder at the Margin is a whodunnit written by U.S. economists William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga using the joint pseudonym Marshall Jevons...

representing the principles of economic thought.

The company also publishes two periodicals on behalf of Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu: Liberal Düşünce (Liberal Thought) and Piyasa (Market).