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15 February 2018 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Provisions Proposing Amendment to the Electricity Market and Certain Laws

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 28 December 2017, dismissed the requests for annulment of:

* Additional Article 1 § 2 of Law no. 2804 on the General Directorate of Mineral Search and Exploration;

* Additional Article 1 which was added to Law no. 2690 on the Turkish Atomic Energy Autho…

07 February 2018 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Blocking Access to Internet Due to Obscenity

The Constitutional Court annulled Article 8 § 4 of the Law dated 4 May 2007 and no. 5651, which enables the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (“the TCP”) to order blocking access to internet broadcasts constituting the offence of obscenity, finding that it violated Articles 13, 22 and 26 o…

07 February 2018 Wednesday

Press Release of the Decision on Certain Provisions Concerning Turkey Wealth Fund

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 18 January 2018, the requests for annulment of the phrases “…by the Council of Ministers…” in Article 4 § 1 (b) and “the Law on the Court of Accounts dated 3 December 2010 and numbered 6085,…” in Article 8 § 5 of the Law no. 6741 on the Establ…

17 January 2018 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Provision Banning Staff of the Presidency of Religious Affairs from Engagin…

The Constitutional Court rejected the requests for annulment of Article 25 of the Law on the Establishment and Duties of the Presidency of Religious Affairs numbered 633 and dated 22 June 1965, which sets out that all staff holding office in the Presidency of Religious Affairs cannot perform the act…

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Rule Regulating the Pecuniary Rights of Staff Appointed or Reappointed to t…

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 15.11.2017 (file no. E.2016/133), the requests for annulment regarding the definition “Water canal is a waterway created artificially by the development plan decision and through which transportation is provided by marine vehicles” added follo…

05 January 2018 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Certain Provisions of the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 28/9/2017, held in its judgment on the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations numbered 2911 (file no. E.2014/101) to dismiss the requests for annulment regarding

1. the clause, included in the first sentence of the second paragraph of Article 6, “…determine…

05 January 2018 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Rule Regulating That a Person Can Not Perform the Presidency of the Same Ex…

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its plenary meeting on 12.7.2017, the request for the annulment of the second sentence of article 6 § 3 of the law no 5910 dated 08.06.2009 on the Foundation and Duties of the Turkish Exporters Assembly and the Exporters’ Associations.

05 January 2018 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Provision Barring Tax Payers to File a Lawsuit Against the Declared Tax Bas…

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its session dated 12.7.2017, the request for the annulment of the first sentence of Article 378 § 2 of the law no 213 dated 04.01.1961 on the tax procedure law.

12 April 2017 Wednesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Appointments and Assignments to the Institutions Affiliated to the Central Orga…

The Constitutional Court, at its session dated15 March 2017, rejected the requests for the annulment of the phrase of “…the institutions that have been directly affiliated to the central organization of the Ministry upon the Minister’s approval…”  in Article 37 § 9 of the Decree Law no. 652 (the Dec…

02 March 2017 Thursday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Allocation of Covert Appropriation to the Budget of the Presidency

The Constitutional Court dismissed, at its plenary meeting on 18 January 2017, the requests for annulment of the phrase “the Presidency” in Article 24 § 1 of Law no. 5018 that enables the allocation of covert appropriation to the budget of the Presidency, and annulment of Article 24 § 4 which requir…

13 January 2017 Friday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on the Provision Excluding Incomes of the Personal Property From the Property Acqu…

The Constitutional Court rejected, at its plenary meeting of 14 December 2016, the requests for annulment of Article 219 § 2 (4) of the Turkish Civil Code which considers incomes of personal properties as an acquired property in the regime of participation in acquired property.

03 January 2017 Tuesday

Press Release Concerning the Decision on Insult Against the President of the Republic

The Constitutional Court rejected, at its plenary meeting of 14 December 2016, the requests for annulment of Article 299, which sets out the offence of insulting the President of the Republic, of the Turkish Criminal Code no. 5237 and dated 26 September 2004.