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16 March 2018 Friday

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

On 15 March 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to personal liberty and security safeguarded by Article 19 of the Constitution in the second individual application lodged by Şahin Alpay (no. 2018/3007) on the grounds briefly explained below. The Constitutiona…

14 March 2018 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Right to Life of a Prisoner Who Committed Suicide in Prison…

On 26 December 2017, the First Section of the Constitutional Court found violations of both substantive and procedural aspects of the right to life safeguarded in Article 17 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Recep Kolbasar (no. 2014/5042).

02 March 2018 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Rule Exclusively Authorizing the First Instance Civil Boards of the Turkish…

The Constitutional Court annulled Article 5 § 2 of Law no. 5894 on the Establishment and Duties of the Turkish Football Federation, dated 5 May 2009, which provides that the first instance civil boards of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) are exclusively authorized to make decisions concerning t…

16 February 2018 Friday

Visit of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland to our Court

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland and his accompanying delegation visited the President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Zühtü Arslan on 15 February 2018.

15 February 2018 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Provisions Proposing Amendment to the Electricity Market and Certain Laws

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 28 December 2017, dismissed the requests for annulment of:

* Additional Article 1 § 2 of Law no. 2804 on the General Directorate of Mineral Search and Exploration;

* Additional Article 1 which was added to Law no. 2690 on the Turkish Atomic Energy Aut…

14 February 2018 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Right to Life due to Failure to Take Necessary Measures aga…

On 9 January 2018 in Bedrettin Yalçın and others (no. 2014/16380), the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to life safeguarded by Article 17 of the Constitution and held that the applicants be paid 40,000 Turkish liras for the non-pecuniary damages.

07 February 2018 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Blocking Access to Internet Due to Obscenity

The Constitutional Court annulled Article 8 § 4 of the Law dated 4 May 2007 and no. 5651, which enables the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (“the TCP”) to order blocking access to internet broadcasts constituting the offence of obscenity, finding that it violated Articles 13, 22 and 26 o…

07 February 2018 Wednesday

Press Release of the Decision on Certain Provisions Concerning Turkey Wealth Fund

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 18 January 2018, the requests for annulment of the phrases “…by the Council of Ministers…” in Article 4 § 1 (b) and “the Law on the Court of Accounts dated 3 December 2010 and numbered 6085,…” in Article 8 § 5 of the Law no. 6741 on the Establ…

02 February 2018 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Freedom of Expression of a Lawyer who Criticized the Public…

On 27 December 2017, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of freedom of expression safeguarded by Article 26 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Keleş Öztürk (no. 2014/15001).

17 January 2018 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Provision Banning Staff of the Presidency of Religious Affairs from Engagin…

The Constitutional Court rejected the requests for annulment of Article 25 of the Law on the Establishment and Duties of the Presidency of Religious Affairs numbered 633 and dated 22 June 1965, which sets out that all staff holding office in the Presidency of Religious Affairs cannot perform the act…

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Mehmet Hasan Altan)

On 11 January 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found violations of the right to personal liberty and security and the freedoms of expression and press in the individual application lodged by Mehmet Hasan Altan (no. 2016/23672) on the grounds briefly explained below.

The articles and sp…

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Şahin Alpay)

On 11 January 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found violations of the right to personal liberty and security and the freedoms of expression and press in the individual application lodged by Şahin Alpay (no. 2016/16092) on the grounds briefly explained below.

The applicant has been det…