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Constitutional Court reports over 108,000 individual applications in 2023

Constitutional Court reports over 108,000 individual applications in 2023

Out of nearly 580,000 applications since the introduction of the practice 11 years ago, over 100,000 were filed last year.

19 January 2024

Turkey's Constitutional Court President calls for ‘separation of powers’

Turkey's Constitutional Court President calls for ‘separation of powers’

Marking the 60th anniversary of the top court, Constitutional Court President Zühtü Arslan said that the main duty of courts is to protect justice.

Turkey’s top court president says there is ‘a structural problem with lengthy trials’

Turkey’s top court president says there is ‘a structural problem with lengthy trials’

Constitutional Court President Zühtü Arslan has said that the number of individual applications pending before the top court has neared 90 thousand and nearly 75 percent of them are related to the right to a fair trial.

‘Constitutional Court’s workload is heavier than that of the ECtHR’

COURT PRESIDENT ARSLAN

‘Constitutional Court’s workload is heavier than that of the ECtHR’

Turkey’s Constitutional Court President Zühtü Arslan has announced that only in January 2022, nearly 12 thousand individual applications were submitted to the Constitutional Court, noting that “the workload has taken a dramatic dimension”.

15 February 2022

Journalist Mehmet Güleş’s application rejected by Constitutional Court

Journalist Mehmet Güleş’s application rejected by Constitutional Court

Güleş was sentenced to 9 years, 4 months in prison over his news and social media posts. The Constitutional Court has concluded that his freedom of expression was not violated by this conviction.

28 January 2022

335,324 individual applications to Constitutional Court since 2012

335,324 individual applications to Constitutional Court since 2012

While 89.3 percent of the individual applications finalized by the Constitutional Court were found inadmissible by the top court, 62.5 percent of the 14,911 applications with at least one right violation were about the right to a fair trial.

27 October 2021

‘If his press card not given by Presidency, he is not a journalist’

JUSTICE MINISTRY

‘If his press card not given by Presidency, he is not a journalist’

The Constitutional Court requested the Justice Ministry’s opinion on the arrest of journalist Cemil Uğur, who reported on the two citizens thrown from a helicopter in Van. The Ministry has said, “He is not a press member.”

15 February 2021

Application to Constitutional Court: Enforce ECtHR judgement on Demirtaş

Application to Constitutional Court: Enforce ECtHR judgement on Demirtaş

Mahsuni Karaman, an attorney for jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş, has announced that an individual application has been made to the Constitutional Court regarding his continued imprisonment despite ECtHR rulings of “immediate release.”

25 January 2021

300 thousand individual applications to Constitutional Court in 8 years

300 thousand individual applications to Constitutional Court in 8 years

The right to a fair trial, with 63.3 percent, ranks first when the rulings of right violation are distributed by rights and freedoms. This right violation is followed by property rights with 19.4 percent and right to freedom of expression with 4.2 percent.

18 January 2021

General Assembly of Constitutional Court to review Kavala’s application on December 29

General Assembly of Constitutional Court to review Kavala’s application on December 29

Having reviewed the individual application of Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for 1,150 days, on December 15, the First Chamber of the Constitutional Court previously forwarded his application to the General Assembly of the supreme court.

24 December 2020

Constitutional Court to review Kavala’s application on December 15

Constitutional Court to review Kavala’s application on December 15

Having postponed reviewing the individual application of arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala in September, the Constitutional Court has announced that it will examine his application next Tuesday.

11 December 2020

Constitutional Court receives 100 individual applications for rights violations every day

Constitutional Court receives 100 individual applications for rights violations every day

The Minister of Justice has responded to a parliamentary question by a main opposition party MP.

Constitutional Court President Says They Have 47 Thousand Individual Applications to Conclude

Constitutional Court President Says They Have 47 Thousand Individual Applications to Conclude

President of the Constitutional Court Arslan has said, "Since 2012, over 244 thousand individual applications have been made to the Constitutional Court. Our court concluded 197 thousand of them."

23 September 2019

233 Thousand Individual Applications to Constitutional Court in 7 Years

233 Thousand Individual Applications to Constitutional Court in 7 Years

According to the statistics announced by the Constitutional Court, while 233 thousand individual applications have been made to the court since September 2012, the Court has ruled for “violation of right to a fair trial” the most in these seven years.

Constitutional Court Rules There is No Violation of Rights in Arrest of Altan and Ilıcak

Constitutional Court Rules There is No Violation of Rights in Arrest of Altan and Ilıcak

Announcing its verdict on the individual applications of journalists Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and Ali Bulaç, the Constitutional Court has ruled that there is no violation of rights in arrest of Ilıcak and Altan. The court has accepted the application of Bulaç.