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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…

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Turhan Günay)

On 11 January 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to personal liberty and security in the individual application lodged by Turhan Günay (no. 2016/50972) on the grounds briefly explained below.

The investigation authorities argued that upon the change of the …

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Former Justice of the Constitutional Court

On 11 January 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court declared the individual application lodged by Alparslan Altan (no. 2016/15586) inadmissible on the grounds briefly explained below.

The investigation authorities maintained that the applicant was a member of the FETÖ/PDY and called by the …

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Rule Regulating the Pecuniary Rights of Staff Appointed or Reappointed to t…

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 15.11.2017 (file no. E.2016/133), the requests for annulment regarding the definition “Water canal is a waterway created artificially by the development plan decision and through which transportation is provided by marine vehicles” added follo…

09 January 2018 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Procedural Aspect of the Prohibition of Treatment Incom…

On 16 November 2017, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the procedural obligation inherent in the prohibition of treatment incompatible with human dignity, which is enshrined in Article 17 § 3 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Süleyman Göksel Yerd…