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25 March 2022 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Acknowledging that Holding a Public Office Falls under the scope of the Right to A…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 11 November 2021, found constitutional and dismissed the request for annulment of Additional Article 30 of Law no. 2547 on Higher Education (file no. E. 2021/104). 

22 March 2022 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Characterising the Onerous Dispositive Transactions betwee…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 16 December 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled the amended Article 278 § 3 (1) of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law no. 2004, insofar as it related to the phrase “spouses …”, and held that the relevant decision would be effective after nine mont…

09 March 2022 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Affording No Necessary Safeguards as to the Proceedings in…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 4 November 2021, found constitutional and thus dismissed the request for annulment of Article 340, Article 359 § b as well as the last paragraph thereof, and Article 367 § 4 (the current paragraph 5 due to the recent addition of another paragraph (parag…

22 February 2022 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Enabling the Introduction of an Arrangement as to the Oper…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 16 December 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled the phrases “…operation and closure…” in the second sentence of Article 26 of the Law on Associations no. 5253 and held that the relevant decision would be effective after nine months as from the dat…

26 January 2022 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Decision on the Provisions Regulating the Measure of Dismissal from Public Office and Addit…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 24 June 2021, decided as follows regarding the request for annulment of certain provisions of the Law no. 7086 on Adoption of the Decree Law on Taking of Certain Measures under State of Emergency (file no. E.2018/81):

a. The phrase “… a member of or ha…

10 December 2021 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Dismissing the Request for Annulment of the Provisions Allowing for an Increase in…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 13 October 2021, found constitutional and dismissed the request for annulment of the provisions stipulating that the penalty to be imposed in case of intentional injury and insult committed against health-care professionals taking office at public healt…

21 October 2021 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Allowing for Holding Office Concurrently as a Faculty Memb…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 18 March 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled Article 1 of the Presidential Decree no. 62 on Councillorship of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, insofar as it related to the competence ratione materiae (file no. E.2020/58).

27 July 2021 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision of the Former Law no. 4045

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 3 June 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled the phrases “…Ministry of National Defence, gendarmerie, …” and “… the personnel to be employed in penitentiary institutions and detention houses …” included in Article 1 § 1 of the Law no. 4045 on Securi…

14 July 2021 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provisions Restricting the Freedom to Go Abroad

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 3 June 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled a certain part of and some phrases included in the provision regarding Additional Article 7 of the Passport Law no. 5682, and held that the relevant decision would be effective after one year as from the …

02 July 2021 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Prescribing a Certain Period of Time to Elapse for the Phy…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 29 April 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled the first and second sentences of Additional Article 15 of Law no. 1219 on the Practice of Medicine and Related Arts/Medicine Sciences (file no. E.2019/13).

22 June 2021 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling Certain Provisions of the Opticianry Law

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 29 April 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled the part of Additional Article 1 § 2 of the Opticianry Law no. 5193, which provided “A regulation shall be issued regarding the formation of the Chambers and the Union, their domestic and foreign activi…

16 June 2021 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Allowing for Certain Regulations Related to the Positions…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 29 April 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled Article 1 of Presidential Decree no. 65 which stipulated that the positions enumerated in the annexed List no. 1 be formed and added to the relevant sections of the Schedule no. III annexed to President…