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17 August 2022 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Finding Unconstitutional the Provision Envisaging that the Decision Dismissing the…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 20 July 2022, found unconstitutional and annulled the first sentence of paragraph (2) of Article 45 of the Administrative Adjudication Procedure Law No. 2577, as amended by Article 19 of Law No. 6545, and the phrase "...and the 6th..." in paragraph (7) …

02 August 2022 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Entailing the Payment of An Additional Amount of 10% of th…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 21 April 2022, found unconstitutional and annulled Article 58 § 5 of Law no. 6183 on the Procedure for the Collection of Public Receivables (file no. E. 2021/119). 

28 July 2022 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Parents’ Right to Respect for Their Religious and Philo…

On 7 April 2022, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the parents’ right to respect for their religious and philosophical convictions, safeguarded by Article 24 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Hüseyin El and Nazlı Şirin El (no. 2014/15345).

22 July 2022 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of The Right to an Effective Remedy Due to the Lack of an Effe…

On 5 July 2022, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to a trial within a reasonable time safeguarded by Article 36 of the Constitution and the right to an effective remedy safeguarded by Article 40 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Nevriye…

07 July 2022 Thursday

Visit by Mr. Noppadol Theppitak, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Accompanying Deleg…

President Arslan noted that the Turkish and Thai Constitutional Courts were both a member of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions (AACC) and had forged good relationships.

01 July 2022 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Prescribing Ten Years for Retrial in so far as It Relates…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 21 June 2022, found unconstitutional and annulled the part “… in any case ten years after the finalisation of the judgment subject to the request for retrial” of the provision linking the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) of Article 377 of the Code of Civi…

27 June 2022 Monday

Delegation of the Turkish Constitutional Court Paid a Working Visit to Strasbourg

The Constitutional Court Delegation paid a working visit to France/Strasbourg on 22-25 June 2022, under the Project on Supporting the Effective Implementation of the Constitutional Court Judgments in the field of Fundamental Rights, which is undertaken through joint initiatives of the Constitutional…

14 June 2022 Tuesday

3rd Regional Meeting Held in Bursa under the Project Supporting the Effective Implementation of Turkish Constitutional C…

The 3rd Regional Meeting on the execution of violation judgments of the Constitutional Court and the elimination of the consequences of the violations found was held in Bursa on 13 June 2022, within the scope of the Project Supporting the Effective Implementation of the Constitutional Court Judgment…

06 June 2022 Monday

Visit by the Delegation of the Turkish Constitutional Court to Bulgaria

The Delegation of the Constitutional Court, headed by the President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Zühtü Arslan, paid an official visit to Bulgaria, upon the invitation of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria.

17 May 2022 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding Violations of the Freedom of Organisation due to the Administrative Fine I…

On 2 March 2022, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the freedom of organisation, safeguarded by Article 17 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Mehmet Salim Erdal (no: 2019/11893) 

06 May 2022 Friday

Signing Ceremony of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Turkic World

Referring to the importance of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions for the Turkic world, President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Zühtü Arslan stated “I sincerely believe that the signature we have appended today would also reinforce, and bring to a level stronger than the one achieved t…

06 May 2022 Friday

Special Session on “The Importance of International Cooperation in Constitutional Jurisdiction”

President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Zühtü Arslan, pointing to the Turkish Constitutional Court as one of the long-standing tribunals with the highest experience, stated “Raison d'être of the constitutional jurisdiction is to protect fundamental rights and freedoms by way of restricting politic…