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15 October 2019 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Finding Inadmissible the Alleged Violation of the Right to Personal Liberty and Se…

On 12 September 2019, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found the alleged violation of the right to personal liberty and security safeguarded by Article 19 of the Constitution inadmissible for being manifestly ill-founded in the individual application lodged by Aydın Sefa Akay (no. 2016…

01 October 2019 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right of Access to a Court due to Dismissal of the Acti…

On 12 September 2019, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right of access to a court safeguarded by Article 36 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Kudus-i Şerifte Kain Maryakop Ermeni Kilisesi Vakfı (no. 2016/14982).

23 September 2019 Monday

“Individual application has led to a revolutionary change in the Turkish legal order”

“Indicating that individual application has led to a revolutionary change in the Turkish legal order, Mr. Zühtü Arslan, President of the Turkish Constitutional Court delivering a speech at the closing conference of the “Joint Project on Supporting the Individual Application to the Constitutional Cou…

17 September 2019 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding Violations of the Freedoms of Expression and the Press due to the Impugned…

On 11 July 2019, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found violations of the freedoms of expression and the press safeguarded respectively by Articles 26 and 28 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Halk Radyo ve Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş. (no. 2014/19270).

12 September 2019 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Life due to Failure to Prove the Absolute Nece…

On 3 July 2019, the First Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to life safeguarded by Article 17 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Hüseyin Yıldız and İmiş Yıldız (no. 2014/5791).

11 September 2019 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Personal Liberty and Security due to Unlawfuln…

On 3 July 2019, the First Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to personal liberty and security safeguarded by Article 19 of the Constitution in the individual applications lodged by Mustafa Açay (no. 2016/66638) and E.A. (no. 2016/78293).

10 September 2019 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Personal Liberty and Security due to the Dispr…

On 17 July 2019, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to personal liberty and security safeguarded by Article 19 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Semra Omak (no. 2015/19167).

10 September 2019 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Protect the Applicant’s Corporeal and Spiritua…

On 17 July 2019, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to protect individual’s corporeal and spiritual existence safeguarded by Article 17 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by K.Ş. (no. 2016/14613).

09 September 2019 Monday

7th International Summer School event themed “Presumption of Innocence” ended

The 7th International Summer School event (8-14 September), which is organized every year by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey under the auspices of the Association of the Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions (AAMB), started with the opening ceremony held at the C…

02 August 2019 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Prohibition of Discrimination due to Non-Payment of On-…

On 3 July 2019, the First Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the prohibition of discrimination safeguarded by Article 10 of the Constitution, in conjunction with the right to property, in the individual application lodged by Tevfik İlker Akçam (no. 2018/9074).

30 July 2019 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Freedom of Expression due to Conviction of the Academic…

On 26 July 2019, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the freedom of expression safeguarded by Article 26 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Zübeyde Füsun Üstel and Others (no. 2018/17635).

26 July 2019 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Property due to Excessively High Administrativ…

On 20 June 2019, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to property safeguarded by Article 35 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Mohamed Kashet and Others (no. 2015/17659).