Ozan Erözden, "Geçmişle Yüzleşme ve Ceza Adaleti: Yugoslavya Deneyimi". Ankara: Dost Kitabevi, 2017

Abstract

Erözden's book is a remarkable work because it deals with the war and genocide in the disintegration process of Yugoslavia, which is described as the greatest human tragedy in Europe after the Second World War and emphasizes and discusses its importance for establishing peace through coming to te term with the past. While writing this book, the author aimed to emphasize the importance of coming to terms with the past for peacebuilding in post-conflict societies and gives a detailed account of this issue. In the book, the importance of coming to terms with the past is explained in detail. The example of Yugoslavia was compared with the example of Germany and the subject was reinforced with the method of comparison. While describing the disintegration process of Yugoslavia, the author also gave examples from the past and discussed the events with historical basis. The book is an important resource as it covers the ICTY decisions and process, which was established after the collapse of Yugoslavia, in a wide manner. At the same time, it is important because it emphasizes that the problems cannot be solved in these states unless they come to the terms with their past. Also, these problems can create another hot conflict in this region