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15 December 2025 Monday

The “Antalya Declaration” was Signed, Marking the Adoption of the Statute of the Balkan Constitutional Courts Forum

The “Antalya Declaration”, marking the adoption of the Statute of the Balkan Constitutional Courts Forum (“Forum”), was signed by the Forum members at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Forum, hosted by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Türkiye. The Conference, held in Antalya, was attend…

01 December 2025 Monday

Press Release concerning the Decision Dismissing the Request for Annulment of the Provisions Amending the Animal Protect…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 7 May 2025, found constitutional and dismissed the requests for annulment of Article 3 § 1 (f) of the Animal Protection Law no. 5199, which was amended by Article 2 of the Law no. 7527 on the Amendment of the Animal Protection Law, and annulment of the …

15 November 2025 Saturday

3rd Annual Conference of the Balkan Constitutional Courts Forum was Held in Antalya

President of the Turkish Constitutional Court, Mr. Kadir Özkaya, underlining the importance of constitutional cooperation among the Balkan countries, stated: “The protection of human rights is not only a responsibility entrusted to the judiciary, but also a pledge given to the shared conscience of h…

21 October 2025 Tuesday

Regional Meeting on “Violation Judgments in Individual Applications in Civil, Criminal and Administrative Jurisdictions…

President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Kadir Özkaya stated that a total of 702,053 individual applications have been received so far, 600,014 of which have been concluded, and added, “The Court has set, to a great extent, the standards intended to protect and promote fundamental rights and freedo…

07 October 2025 Tuesday

13th International Summer School themed “Family Life in the Constitutional Perspective and Right to Respect for Family L…

The Court hosted the 13th International Summer School event under the theme “Family Life in the Constitutional Perspective and Right to Respect for Family Life” this year. The event brought together 66 representatives from constitutional courts and equivalent institutions across 30 countries, as wel…

04 October 2025 Saturday

The Programme on “The Right to Property and the Right to a Fair Trial” was Held in Istanbul

President of the Turkish Constitutional Court, Mr. Kadir Özkaya, stated: “The scale of justice rests in the hands of judges and prosecutors, and it is the most delicate scale in the world. It is a spiritual scale, founded in the depths of conscience and upheld by the breath of truth.” As part of…

02 October 2025 Thursday

Working Visit by President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Kadir Özkaya and the Accompanying Delegation to the Constitut…

President of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Kadir Özkaya, and the accompanying delegation paid a working visit to North Macedonia to further strengthen cooperation and dialogue between the constitutional courts of the two countries. During the visit held on 28 September - 1 October 2025 upon the i…

23 September 2025 Tuesday

13th Anniversary Ceremony of the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court

President of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Kadir Özkaya, announced that as of 1 October 2025, lawyers would be able to file an individual application with the Court through UYAP (National Judiciary Informatics System) Lawyer Portal. He accordingly noted: “This will both enhance accessibility, and en…

22 September 2025 Monday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Trade Union Freedom due to Deprivation of a Wh…

On 20 March 2025, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to trade union freedom safeguarded by Article 51 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Hülya Şimşek (no. 2022/18821).

16 September 2025 Tuesday

President of the Constitutional Court Kadir Özkaya participated in the J20 Summit

In his speech at the J20 Summit, President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Kadir Özkaya stated: “Universal virtues based on human rights, freedoms, and the rule of law are also essential elements of democracies. Therefore, for democracies, it is an absolute necessity to safeguard these virtues by es…

15 August 2025 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgments on Applications Concerning Dismissals on the Grounds of Alleged Relation or Conne…

On 29 May 2025, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found no violation of the right to right to respect for private life safeguarded by Article 20 of the Constitution, read in conjunction with Article 15, in the applications lodged by N.E. (no. 2022/62466) and A.S. (no. 2023/30928), whereas it f…

07 August 2025 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to an Effective Remedy due to the Failure to Prov…

On 9 January 2025, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to an effective remedy safeguarded by Article 40 of the Constitution, in conjunction with the right to the protection and improvement of one’s corporeal and spiritual existence safeguarded by Article 17 of the …