The 3H Movement is a liberal

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,...

 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.

The 3H Manifesto

• The current constitution of Turkey
  Constitution of Turkey
  This article relates to a current event. See also the Turkish constitutional referendum, 2010The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government and sets out the principles and rules of the state's conduct along with its...
  
  is a product of the 80's coup d'état. Turkey must adopt a liberal constitution.
• The government of Turkey must under all circumstances obey the rule of law.
• Turkey is a country with a diverse population. The government must tolerate diversity (e.g. ethnical, cultural, social and sexual) within the country.
• Turkey needs an effective free market economy. The current statist approach, bureaucracy and high taxes hinder the free market. These three obstacles must be abolished.
• Liberty is the premiere of human rights. It must be protected by law and shall be approached by tolerance.
• The economy can not be governed or guided.
• Religious preferences or sexual orientations of individuals must be respected.
• Individuals must in all circumstances have a freedom to associate with particular respect to their personal beliefs and ideas, and thus spread them.
• State authorities shall not assume a privilege of having a say about the personal lives of individuals.
• Public institutions shall be privatized according to efficiency and productivity criteria.
• Individual liberties can only be restricted by the liberties of others.
• The education of children must belong to their parents.
• Neither private nor public, any institution shall be exempt from judicial review.
• For justice in tax distribution, progressive and increasingly high income taxes shall be removed.
• Only defensive wars can be legitimized.
• All victimless crime and voluntary agreements shall be excluded from being a criminal offense.
• The state shall not have a religion nor use religion for purposes of its own.

External links

• The website of 3H (mostly in Turkish)