Content tagged with Constitutional Court

Constitutional Court rejected Garo Paylan’s appeal for reverse
Constitutional Court rejected Garo Paylan’s appeal for reverse
Garo Paylan appealed to the Constitutional Court, demanding the reverse of the punishment that he was subjected because he said “genocide” in the parliament. The Court rejected the demand.
28 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
HDP appeals to ECHR for arrested co-chairs
HDP appeals to ECHR for arrested co-chairs
HDP appealed to European Court of Human Rights for its arrested co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ. The ground of the application is the violation of right to free election and the fact that Turkish Constitutional Court doesn't carry out any examination.
20 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
Political oppression to the Constitutional Court
Political oppression to the Constitutional Court
After the Constitutional Court decided that the rights of Erdem Gül and Can Dündar are violated, President Erdoğan said, “I don't obey and respect to that decision.” With this statement, Chief Judge of the Constitutional Court Zühtü Arslan became the focus of debates. Today, he made a statement: “Constitutional Court's decisions are binding to everyone. Disapproval or appreciation of anybody doesn't mean anything to the court.”
1 March 2016 Haber Merkezi
HDP carries the curfews to the Constitutional Court
HDP carries the curfews to the Constitutional Court
Democratic People’s Party (HDP) carried the curfews to the Constitutional Court. In the application, it is demanded that an injunction is taken against the arbitrary curfews with no legal ground.
14 December 2015 Gözde Kazaz
Constitutional Court rejects Nişanyan appeal
Constitutional Court rejects Nişanyan appeal
The appeal to the Constitutional Court regarding Sevan Nişanyan’s cases for opposition to the Code of Protection of Cultural and Natural Properties for which he received long term prison sentences has been rejected. The next legal step is the ECHR.
2 April 2015 Emre Can Dağlıoğlu
Cilicia Catholicosate demands its historical centre back
Cilicia Catholicosate demands its historical centre back
The Cilicia Catholicosate in Antelias, Lebanon, one of the two major churches of the Armenian Apostolic Church, will officially demand the return its properties in Sis (Kozan)
26 September 2014