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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 ...

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. ...