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20 August 2020 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on the Presidential Decree no. 46

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 12 June 2020, dismissed the request for annulment of the contested provisions in the Presidential Decree no. 46 for not being unconstitutional (file no. E.2019/105).

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24 July 2020 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision of Presidential Decree that Prescribed an Amendment to the…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 11 June 2020, found unconstitutional, on the ground of incompetence ratione materiae, and annulled the provision which stipulated that certain amendments be made by the Presidential Decree to Law no. 5018 by making some additions to the Schedule (1) ann…

15 May 2020 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decisions on the Presidential Decrees

The Constitutional Court, at its sessions dated 22 and 23 January 2020, dismissed the request for annulment of the contested provisions included in the Presidential Decrees no. 1 and 8 for not being unconstitutional, but found unconstitutional and accordingly annulled the provision allowing for an a…

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11 May 2020 Monday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Decree Law provision that is not based on the Empowering Act and Pre…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 19 February 2020, found in breach of Article 91 of the Constitution and annulled the phrase “… longer than 6 months …” stipulated in Article 7 § 1 (c) of the Decree-Law no. 399, dated 22 January 1990, on Regulation of Personnel Regime of State Economic …

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30 April 2020 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling Certain Provisions of the Law no. 7072 on the Adoption, with Certain Ame…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 19 February 2020, found unconstitutional and annulled certain provisions of the Law no. 7072 on the Adoption, with Certain Amendments, of the Decree Law on Making Certain Arrangements under the State of Emergency (file no. E.2018/91).

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28 April 2020 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Stipulating that the Units Entrusted with Conducting Secur…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 19 February 2020, found unconstitutional and annulled the provision stipulating that the units entrusted with conducting security investigation and archive research are authorized to receive information and documents from the archives and electronic dat…

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13 February 2020 Thursday

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

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 14 November 2019, found constitutional and dismissed the request for annulment of certain provisions of the Law no. 7069 on the Adoption, with Certain Amendments, of the Decree Law on Making Certain Arrangements under the State of Emergency (file no. E.…

13 February 2020 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling Certain Provisions of the Law no. 7071 on the Adoption, with Certain Ame…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 14 November 2019, found unconstitutional and annulled certain provisions of the Law no. 7071 on the Adoption, with Certain Amendments, of the Decree Law on Making Certain Arrangements under the State of Emergency (file no. E.2018/90).

13 December 2019 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Providing for Suspension of the Broadcast of Enterprises F…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 16 October 2019, found unconstitutional and annulled the provision which stipulated that the broadcast of enterprises failing to pay the channel and frequency usage fee in accordance with Article 42 of Law no. 6112 shall be ceased within one month (file…

01 November 2019 Friday

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

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 25 July 2019, dismissed the request for annulment of the provision setting forth that the custody period shall be 7 days in times of emergency and shall be prolonged, if required by the exigencies of the situation, for a further 7 days, which is enshrin…

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…