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05 December 2018 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Freedom of Expression due to Imposition of a Reprimand…

On 15 November 2018, the Second Section 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 Hulusi Özkan (no. 2015/18638).

29 November 2018 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Dismissing the Request for Annulment of a Phrase in Article 188 of the Turkish Cri…

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 11 August 2018, the request for annulment of the phrase “… and social …” in Article 188 § 4 (b) of the Turkish Criminal Code no. 5237 dated 26 September 2004 as the contested phrase was not in breach of the Constitution (file no. E.2018/179).

27 November 2018 Tuesday

19th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World

The 19th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World was held in India.

26 November 2018 Monday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Annulling the Sentence Added to The Law on Opticianry

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 5 July 2018, dismissed the request for annulment of the phrase “… upon the convocation of the Ministry of Health…” in Provisional Article 4 § 2 added to Law on Opticianry, which is dated 22 June 2004 and numbered 5193, by Article 7 of Law no. 7063 on Am…

20 November 2018 Tuesday

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

On 30 October 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, for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies, in the individual application lodged by Murat Emrah Emre (no. 2018/1275).

15 November 2018 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Annulling the Phrase in Article 278 of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 11 July 2018, annulled the phrase “… through ancestry or …” in Article 278 § 3 (1) of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law no. 2004 dated 9 June 1932, finding it in breach of the Constitution, and it dismissed the request for annulment in so far as it rel…

08 November 2018 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Judgment Finding No Violation of the Right to Property due to Invalidation of the Set-Off a…

On 12 September 2018, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found no violation of the right to property safeguarded by Article 35 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. (2) (no. 2015/7179).

06 November 2018 Tuesday

Press Release Concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Life due to the Failure to Conduct an Effectiv…

On 19 September 2018, the First Section of the Constitutional Court found violations of the right to life and the right to a fair trial, safeguarded respectively by Articles 17 and 36 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Fatma Bildik and Hasan Bildik (no. 2014/14995).

01 November 2018 Thursday

Visit by Hungarian Minister of Justice László Trócsányi to the Turkish Constitutional Court

President of the Turkish Constitutional Court Mr. Zühtü Arslan, welcomed Hungarian Minister of Justice László Trócsányi at the Turkish Constitutional Court.

01 November 2018 Thursday

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

On 20 September 2018, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found inadmissible the alleged violation of the right to personal liberty and security for being manifestly ill-founded in the individual application lodged by Ali Şeker (no. 2016/68962).

26 October 2018 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to a Reasoned Decision due to the Failure to Cons…

On 19 July 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of right to a reasoned decision within the scope of the right to a fair trial, which is safeguarded by Article 36 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Yılmaz Çelik (no. 2014/13117).

25 October 2018 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Right to Property due to the Delay in the Registration…

On 12 September 2018, the Second Section 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 Ali Rıza Akarsu (no. 2015/6999).