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08 January 2019 Tuesday

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

On 28 November 2018, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found inadmissible the alleged violation of the right to personal liberty and security for non-exhaustion of legal remedies in the individual application lodged by Salih Sönmez (no. 2016/25431).

04 January 2019 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Finding Inadmissible the Alleged Violation of the Right to Property due to the Dep…

On 28 November 2018, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found inadmissible the alleged violation of the right to property safeguarded by Article 35 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Hikmet Kuleci (no. 2018/5145).

03 January 2019 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Annulling Certain Provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Grand National Assem…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 17 October 2018, annulled (file no. E.2017/162) the following phrases:

- “…on condition of being submitted by a member of parliament from another political party group…” included in Article 37 § 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Grand National Assembl…

25 December 2018 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Property due to Levying Consumption Tax on Ele…

On 25 October 2018, 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 İskenderun Demir ve Çelik A.Ş. (no. 2015/941).

21 December 2018 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Access to Court due to Imposition of a Heavy F…

On 22 November 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to access to court in the individual application lodged by Yıldız Eker (no. 2015/18872).

19 December 2018 Wednesday

President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Zühtü Arslan met with President of the Supreme Court…

President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Zühtü Arslan met with President of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Mr. Mian Saqip Nisar.

19 December 2018 Wednesday

President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Zühtü Arslan met with President of the Supreme Court…

President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Zühtü Arslan met with President of the Supreme Court of Somalia Mr. Bashe Yusuf Ahmed.

18 December 2018 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Property due to Lengthy Enforcement of the Pro…

On 25 October 2018, 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 Hesna Funda Baltalı and Baltalı Gıda Hayvancılık San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. (no. 2014/17196).

18 December 2018 Tuesday

Press Release Concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Property due to Power Transmission Line Runnin…

On 25 October 2018, 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 Şevket Karataş (no. 2015/12554).

17 December 2018 Monday

President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Zühtü Arslan met with President of the Supreme Court…

President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Zühtü Arslan met with President of the Supreme Court of India Mr. Shri Ranjan Gogoi who was in Turkey in order to participate in the First Judicial Conference of the Constitutional/Supreme Courts of the Organization of Islamic Coope…

17 December 2018 Monday

The First Judicial Conference of Constitutional and Supreme Courts/Councils of the OIC Member/Observer States Ended

The First Judicial Conference of Constitutional and Supreme Courts/Councils of the OIC Member/Observer States ended with the closing remarks of President of the Turkish Constitutional Court, Mr. Zühtü Arslan and the adoption of the “Istanbul Declaration”.

14 December 2018 Friday

“In Ensuring Justice and Protecting Fundamental Rights, the Main Responsibility Falls on the Courts”

Delivering a speech during the opening ceremony of the 1st Conference of the Constitutional/Supreme Courts/Councils of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member/Observer States, Mr. Zühtü Arslan, President of the Turkish Constitutional Court, expressed his wish that the conference be a pi…