The Turkish Constitutional Courts verdict annulling the Parliaments amendments to Articles 10 and 42 of the Constitution disregards popular will, legalizes arbitrary restrictions on the right to equal access to education, and erodes the separation of powers by permitting itself to act outside of the legal order. The emergence of a new precedent of judicial activism is now the biggest threat to the future of Turkish democracy. Turkey cannot afford an unaccountable judiciary exercising substantial powers of governance through judicialization of politics. The Parliament must reassert its authority and reconfigure the Courts competences and composition to bring it into line with liberal-democratic principles as part of a comprehensive constitut...
This dissertation examines the role of the social struggles and alliances in shaping the Constitutio...
Temel hak ve özgürlüklerin somutlaşmış hali olan ve normlar hiyerarşisinde üst norm konumunda buluna...
Although Turkey has largely maintained the constitutional tradition inherited from the Ottomans, and...
On 11 January 2018, Turkish constitutionalism entered a new phase of decay. This phase was not trigg...
Authoritarian regimes create and empower courts in anticipation of various regime-supporting functio...
On November 8th, the 3rd Criminal Chamber of Turkey's Court of Cassation, the nation's apex court fo...
Last week, the Turkish Constitutional Court delivered two decisions on the constitutional complaints...
This article traces the evolution of judicial self-government practices (JSG) in Turkey and argues t...
This dissertation is about the political rights in the Turkish Constitutional system. It critically ...
In the last twenty years, the making of constitutions has gained considerable momentum in countries ...
A big part of rights violations arise from the neglect (omission) and/or intentional actions of gove...
Although it has not been constitutionally empowered to do so, the Turkish Constitutional Court has e...
Constitutional amendments in September 2010 restructured the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) by i...
According to recent statements made to a journalist by the President Hasim Kilic of the Turkish Cons...
The term “freedom of expression” is quite broad and holistic. It includes, within its ambit, not onl...
This dissertation examines the role of the social struggles and alliances in shaping the Constitutio...
Temel hak ve özgürlüklerin somutlaşmış hali olan ve normlar hiyerarşisinde üst norm konumunda buluna...
Although Turkey has largely maintained the constitutional tradition inherited from the Ottomans, and...
On 11 January 2018, Turkish constitutionalism entered a new phase of decay. This phase was not trigg...
Authoritarian regimes create and empower courts in anticipation of various regime-supporting functio...
On November 8th, the 3rd Criminal Chamber of Turkey's Court of Cassation, the nation's apex court fo...
Last week, the Turkish Constitutional Court delivered two decisions on the constitutional complaints...
This article traces the evolution of judicial self-government practices (JSG) in Turkey and argues t...
This dissertation is about the political rights in the Turkish Constitutional system. It critically ...
In the last twenty years, the making of constitutions has gained considerable momentum in countries ...
A big part of rights violations arise from the neglect (omission) and/or intentional actions of gove...
Although it has not been constitutionally empowered to do so, the Turkish Constitutional Court has e...
Constitutional amendments in September 2010 restructured the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) by i...
According to recent statements made to a journalist by the President Hasim Kilic of the Turkish Cons...
The term “freedom of expression” is quite broad and holistic. It includes, within its ambit, not onl...
This dissertation examines the role of the social struggles and alliances in shaping the Constitutio...
Temel hak ve özgürlüklerin somutlaşmış hali olan ve normlar hiyerarşisinde üst norm konumunda buluna...
Although Turkey has largely maintained the constitutional tradition inherited from the Ottomans, and...