VISION AND MISSION

Freedom Research Association (FRA) was founded in August 2014 by a group of academics, business people, journalists and legal experts to conduct public policy research with a liberal and scientific approach. FRA envisions a free and prosperous Turkey. The mission of FRA is to promote evidence-based policy making among decision-makers and an informed public debate in Turkey. Freedom Research Association is strongly dedicated to individual liberties, rule of law, peace, fair and competitive markets. We believe that a free and prosperous Turkey can only be founded upon universal human rights, rule of law and a competitive free market economy which deters cronyism. “Institutional Reform” is a key focus area of FRA’s research. Main aims of FRA’s projects on this area are as follows: To explore the suitable ground on which Turkey’s institutions can operate with reference to universal standards to propose necessary reforms which need to be done in processes and structures, based on international best-case examples.