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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 ...

16 June 2021 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision in the Presidential Decree Making Arrangement on an Issue ...

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 3 March 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled the third sentence of Article 21 § 3 of the Presidential Decree no. 14 on the Organisation of the Directorate of Communications, for being unconstitutional in so far as concerned the competence ratione m ...

15 June 2021 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Entailing Courts, in the Accelerated Procedure of Trial, t...

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 31 March 2021, annulled the phrase “… in accordance with the sanction specified in the requisition…” in the first sentence of Article 250 § 9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure no. 5271, which had been rearranged, for being unconstitutional in so far as ...

11 June 2021 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Finding Constitutional the Provision Prescribing Punishment for Those Having Sexua...

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 18 March 2021, dismissed the request for annulment of Article 104 § 1 of the Turkish Criminal Code no. 5237, as not being unconstitutional (file no. E.2020/82).

07 May 2021 Friday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provisions Precluding the Initiation or Suspension of Enforcement Pr...

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 4 February 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled the first and second sentences of Provisional Article 14 added to the Expropriation Law no. 2942 (file no. 2019/89).

08 April 2021 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Enabling the Closure of Media Outlets Associated with Orga...

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 24 December 2020, found unconstitutional and annulled Article 2 § 4 of Law No. 6755 on the Adoption, with Certain Amendments, of the Decree-Law on Measures to be Taken under the State of Emergency and Making Arrangements regarding Certain Institutions a ...

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16 March 2021 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Precluding the Application of Simplified Trial Procedure i...

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 14 January 2021, found unconstitutional and annulled the phrase “…adjudicated…” included in Provisional Article 5 (d) of the Code of Criminal Procedure no. 5271 in so far as it related to “…simplified trial procedure…”, but dismissed the request for ann ...

03 March 2021 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Decision Annulling the Provision Precluding Workers, Non-members of the Contracting Labour ...

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 30 December 2020, found unconstitutional and annulled the fourth sentence of Article 39 § 4 of the Law no. 6356 on Labour Unions and Collective Labour Agreements (file no. E.2020/57).

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