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31 October 2019 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling Certain Provisions of the Law no. 6749 on the Adoption, with Certain Ame…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 24 July 2019, annulled the provisions which stipulated that the students transferred from the closed higher education institutions to the state universities or universities run by foundations would continue to pay the tuition fees, which had indeed been…

30 May 2019 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Providing for Reinstatement of the Managers of Professiona…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 11 April 2019, annulled the first three paragraphs of Additional Article 1 of Law no. 5174 on the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey and the Chambers and Community Exchanges and the first two paragraphs of Additional Article 1 of the Me…

17 May 2019 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision that Precludes the Retroactive Application of the Law More…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 11 April 2019, found unconstitutional and annulled the phrase “… cases and …” in Provisional Article 1 § 1 of Law no. 6750 on Pledge over Movable Properties in Commercial Transactions (“the Law”) dated 20 October 2016, on the ground that it precluded th…

14 May 2019 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision that Hindered the Determination of the Real Value of the E…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 10 April 2019, found unconstitutional and annulled the provision which stipulated that the increase applicable to the price of the expropriated property shall not be higher than the half of the land’s price (file no. E.2018/156).

26 March 2019 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Dismissing the Request for Annulment of the Provision on Extension of the Terms of…

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 14 March 2019, the request for annulment of the provision on extension of the terms of office of the members of the Supreme Electoral Council for one year (file no. E.2019/14).

14 March 2019 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision whereby Prohibition of Attachment is Applied with Retroact…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 13 February 2019, found unconstitutional and annulled the phrase “…execution proceedings…” included in the second sentence of Provisional Article 12 § 2 of the Expropriation Law no. 2942, dated 4 November 1983, with regard to the phrase “…eleventh…” inc…

20 February 2019 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Stipulating that Individuals Who Do not Obey the Order on…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 11 July 2018, annulled the first sentence of Article 398 § 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure no. 6100 dated 12 January 2011 and held that the annulment decision would enter into force nine months after being published in the Official Gazette (file no. E.…

20 February 2019 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Dismissing the Request for Annulment of the Allegedly Unconstitutional Provisions…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 20 December 2018, dismissed the request for annulment of the certain provisions of Article 11 of the Forest Law no. 6831 and dated 31 August 1956 which are allegedly unconstitutional (file no. E.2018/33).

15 February 2019 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Precluding the Appeal of Imprisonment Sentences of Up to T…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 27 December 2018, annulled the sub-paragraph (d) −which was amended by Article 78 of Law no. 6545 and dated 18 June 2014− of Article 286 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure no. 5271 and dated 4 December 2004, which was amended by Article 20 of Law no.…

23 January 2019 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Dismissing the Request for Annulment of Certain Provisions of the Civil Registrati…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 6 December 2018, found (file no. E.2017/180) the impugned phrase “… provincial and district offices of mufti…”, which was added by the Law Amending the Civil Registration Services Act and Certain Laws dated 19 October 2017 and numbered 7039 to Article 2…

15 January 2019 Tuesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Dismissing, for Lack of Jurisdiction, the Request for Declaration of that Certain…

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 27 December 2018, the request for declaration of that certain provincial and district organizations of a political party, namely Engelsiz Türkiye Partisi, dissolved themselves and that thereby they lost their legal entity, for lack of jurisdic…

10 January 2019 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision Dismissing the Request for Annulment of Certain Provisions of the Turkish Maarif F…

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 6 December 2018, the requests for annulment of certain provisions of the Turkish Maarif Foundation Law no. 6721 dated 17 June 2016 as the contested provisions were not in breach of the Constitution. The grounds for the requests for annulment o…