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01 August 2024 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Property due to an Administrative Fine Imposed…

On 29 February 2024, 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 Mohammad Atamleh (no. 2020/9691).

29 July 2024 Monday

President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Kadir Özkaya and the Accompanying Delegation Paid a Working Visit to the Const…

President of the Constitutional Court Mr Kadir Özkaya and the accompanying delegation paid a working visit to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on 23-27 July 2024. The delegation of the Turkish Constitutional Court, consisting of President Özkaya, Vice-President Mr. Hasan Tahsin Gökcan, Justices Mr.…

17 July 2024 Wednesday

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

On 29 February 2024, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right of access to a court under the right to a fair trial, safeguarded by Article 36 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Gemak Gemi İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (no. 2020/11509).

11 July 2024 Thursday

Delegation of the Turkish Constitutional Court Participated in the XII St Petersburg International Legal Forum

Mr. İrfan Fidan, Member of the Turkish Constitutional Court, and Mr. Murat İlter Deveci, Rapporteur-Judge of the Turkish Constitutional Court, attended the “XII St. Petersburg International Legal Forum” organised in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 26-28 June 2024.

10 July 2024 Wednesday

Delegation of the Turkish Constitutional Court Participated in the Conference Organised by the Association of Asian Cons…

The delegation of the Turkish Constitutional Court, upon the invitation extended by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), took part in the conference on “Constitutional Rights and the Environment” organised by the Secretariat for Research and Development of Asian Associati…

10 July 2024 Wednesday

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

On 19 March 2024, 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 Yakup Güneş (no. 2019/15907).

13 June 2024 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Trade-Union Freedom due to Pending of the Case…

On 15 February 2024, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of right to trade union freedom safeguarded by Article 51 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Türkiye Devrimci Kara, Hava ve Demiryolu Taşımacılığı İşçileri Sendikası (no. 2020/34550). 

12 June 2024 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding Violations of the Right to Respect for Private Life and Right to a Fair Tr…

On 31 January 2024, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found violations of the right to respect for private life and right to a fair trial, respectively safeguarded by Articles 20 and 36 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Fadime Kolutek and Others (no. 2017/25008).

10 June 2024 Monday

“Training Programme on the Right to a Fair Trial” Organised within the Scope of the Joint Project on the Effective Imple…

The “Training Programme on the Right to a Fair Trial” was organised in Ankara on 30-31 May 2024 within the scope of the project jointly carried out by the Constitutional Court and the Council of Europe, titled “Supporting the Effective Implementation of Turkish Constitutional Court Judgments in the…

07 June 2024 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Presumption of Innocence Due to the Statements Imposing…

On 31 January 2024, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the presumption of innocence, safeguarded by Article 36 and Article 38 § 4 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Mehmethan Kamburoğlu (no. 2019/27554).

04 June 2024 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling Certain Provisions of Decree-Law no. 703

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 7 December 2023, found unconstitutional and annulled certain provisions of Decree-Law no. 703 on Amendments to Certain Laws and Decree-Laws for compliance with the Constitutional Amendments (file no. E.2018/117).

29 May 2024 Wednesday

President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Kadir Özkaya Participated in the XIXth Congress of the Conference of European…

President of the Turkish Constitutional Court Mr. Kadir Özkaya participated in the XIXth Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts, held in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, on 21-24 May 2023. The Congress was attended by 35 member constitutional courts/supreme courts, along with…