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12 April 2017 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Appointments and Assignments to the Institutions Affiliated to the Central Orga…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated15 March 2017, rejected the requests for the annulment of the phrase of “…the institutions that have been directly affiliated to the central organization of the Ministry upon the Minister’s approval…”  in Article 37 § 9 of the Decree Law no. 652 (the Dec…

02 March 2017 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Allocation of Covert Appropriation to the Budget of the Presidency

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its plenary meeting on 18 January 2017, the requests for annulment of the phrase “the Presidency” in Article 24 § 1 of Law no. 5018 that enables the allocation of covert appropriation to the budget of the Presidency, and annulment of Article 24 § 4 which requir…

13 January 2017 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Provision Excluding Incomes of the Personal Property From the Property Acqu…

The Constitutional Court rejected, at its plenary meeting of 14 December 2016, the requests for annulment of Article 219 § 2 (4) of the Turkish Civil Code which considers incomes of personal properties as an acquired property in the regime of participation in acquired property.

03 January 2017 Tuesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Insult Against the President of the Republic

The Constitutional Court rejected, at its plenary meeting of 14 December 2016, the requests for annulment of Article 299, which sets out the offence of insulting the President of the Republic, of the Turkish Criminal Code no. 5237 and dated 26 September 2004.

04 November 2016 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decisions on the Decree Laws Issued Under the State of Emergency

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its plenary meeting on 12.10.2016, the request for the annulment of certain provisions of the Decree Laws no. 668 and 669 issued during the state of emergency for lack of jurisdiction.

28 January 2016 Thursday

Judgement on Application Related to Expropriation of Intellectual and Artistic Works by Issuing a Council of Ministers’…

The Constitutional Court held, by majority, in its judgement on 14.5.2015 to annul the first sentence in the first paragraph of Article 47 of Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works which prescribes that rights on works created in Turkey or by Turkish citizens outside of Turkey may be expropriated by…

25 January 2016 Monday

Judgement on Application Related to Establishment of Criminal Judicature of Peace (Sulh Ceza Hakimliği) and Procedure of…

The Constitutional Court held in its judgement on 14.11.2014 unanimously to reject the application for annulment of Article 10 of Law No. 5235 on the establishment of criminal judicature of peace; and by majority to reject the application for annulment of sub-paragraph (a) and (b) of Article 268/3 o…

08 January 2016 Friday

Judgement on Application Related to Law on Full-Day Employment

The Constitutional Court held in its judgement on 7.11.2014;

1. To reject the application for annulment of the provisions of law which prescribe that doctors, dentists or the instructors at medical schools(who are specialist in accordance with the regulation on specialty in medicine), except for th…

29 December 2015 Tuesday

Judgement on Application Related to Trade Unıons and Collective Labour Agreements

The Constitutional Court, in its Plenary Meeting on 22.10.2014, concluded the case filed for annulment of certain provisions of Law on Trade Unions and Collective Labour Agreements No. 6356.

The Constitutional Court, besides its other decisions rendered under the scope of case, annulled the provisi…

24 December 2015 Thursday

Judgement on Application Related to Effects of Criminal Convictıon on Political Rights

The Constitutional Court held in its judgement on 8.10.2015 with regards to the application for annulment of certain phrases in Article 53 of Turkish Criminal Code No. 5237;

a- To annul the phrase “As legal consequences of sentence to imprisonment due to a felonious intent, a person may be disquali…

15 December 2015 Tuesday

Judgements on Applications Related to Sexual Abuse of Children

The Constitutional Court held in its judgement on 12.11.2015;

1. To reject the application for annulment of the second paragraph of Article 103 of Turkish Criminal Code (No.5237, Date 26.9.2004) which was in force before the amendments introduced with Article 59 of Law No. 6545 dated 18.6.2014. The…

24 July 2015 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Judgment on Exclusion of Private Tutoring Centres from the Scope of Private Teaching Instit…

At its session dated 13/7/2015, the Constitutional Court;

annulled the regulations in the Law on Private Teaching Institutions concerning the exclusion of private tutoring centres from the scope of “private teaching institutions” and continuation of the functioning of current private tutoring centr…