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Verdict of ECHR on Former Member of CC Alparslan Altan on 16 April 2019 Judicial Review of its Decision [1]
INTRODUCTION On April 16, 2019, ECHR held an individual application lodged by the former member of the Constitutional Court (CC), Alparslan Altan, and decided that there had been two violations of the right…
Nuri Sungur
THE OHAL COMMISSION AS A DELAYING TACTIC
Introduction The Commission on Examination of the State of Emergency Procedures (the Commission) was established with Legislative Decree No. 685, published on the Official Gazette on 23 January 2017. The decree in…
Aziz Kamil Can
Putschist Journalists
It has been more than two years since the July 15 coup attempt. However, the “operation plan” which exists in every military coup or coup attempt throughout the history, has not showed up.…
Aziz Kamil Can
HYPOCRISY OF TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND THE ECtHR
As seen in most of the totalitarian regimes, Turkey has also been abondened to a one-man rule. Transformation to the current situation from a country which was the strongest candidate to the European…
Aziz Kamil Can
PASSPORT UNLAWFULNESS AND THE DESPERATES SAILING TO DEATH
When many children lost their lives in the capsized boat tragedies in Aegean Sea, one of the pro-government pool media columnists criticized and accused the victims of the crackdown on the Gulen Movement.…
Weiser NİCHT
Noah’s Pudding: Taste in the Unification of Differences*
Ashura: Democratic Social Order of the Foods When I thought the developments in the Middle East region, somehow Ashura (Noah’s Pudding) came to my mind. As is known, Ashura is well-known desert and…
Burak Kahraman
Ultimate Aim, Knowledge and Willing in Armed Terrorist Organization
Ultimate Aim Armed terrorist organization in terms of criminal law is regulated in the Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC). According to this article, armed organizations are the organizations established “with…
Weiser NİCHT
BYLOCK: ENSLAVEMENT OF FREEDOMS IN TURKEY*
Since attempted coup in Turkey dated July 15, 2016, government and judicial institutions continue a relentless witch hunt against opposition. Number of dismissed officials from the public sector exceeded hundreds of thousands long…
Weiser NİCHT
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUPREME COURTS UNDER THE SHADOW OF PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS*
Rulings of the Supreme Courts inappropriate A few days ago, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declared the appeal of Selahattin Encu & others’ (Appeal No: 49976/16, dated 17/05/2018) for Roboski Massacre,…
Aziz Kamil Can
PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT CAMPAIGN /PROPAGANDA OF (TURKISH PRO-GOVERNMENT) MEDIA ABOUT THE ECHR RULINGS
Nowadays, in Turkey where every kind of human rights violation is observed, the pro-government media, known as “Havuz Medyasi” in Turkish, literally “the pool media”, has been undertaking a well-organized campaign of perception…
Cem Aydın
Disproportionate Decisions of Intemperate Judges
Every profession has an artistic value. Art is all methods describing and expressing an emotion, a design, a beauty or similar things. A member of a profession proves his/her success and competence through…
Burak Kahraman
BEING A WOMAN OR A CHILD IN PRISON
The July 15 coup attempt remains shrouded in mystery. High-ranking political, military and intelligence officials who should be held accountable for the act are kept away from committees and courts, and the members…
Aziz Kamil Can
Judicial scope of social media communication networks
In parallel with technological developments, new crime types and and new protection mechanisms have emerged. Most important part of these developments was social media communication networks. Today, millions of people are connected to…
Levent DERYA
THE CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES FILED IN RELATION TO TERROR CRIMES
For some time now, the press has been publishing news about some state institutions, filing compensation cases for physical damages occurred in their buildings, because of the July 15 events. While even…
Barış Sağlar
UNLAWFULNESS OF ONE-STYLE PRISON CLOTHING
In Turkey, with the KHKs (governmental decrees) with No. 695 and 696 issued on 24 December 2017 as part of the procedures applied under OHAL (State of Emergency), it is ordered that…
Aziz Kamil Can
THE STATE OF ESPIONAGE
It was the days when the only political “Party” of a country, having literally lost the “Justice” in its name, and focused only and solely on its own personal “Development”, has destroyed all…
Aziz Kamil Can
A CRIPPLED JUSTICE SYSTEM
The Rule of Law Index for the year 2017 that is prepared by the World Justice Project (WJP) to evaluate judiciary systems of countries in the world, is released. Turkey’s score in “2017…
Aziz Kamil Can
CAN EFFECTIVE REMORSE PROVIDE INNOCENCE or IS IT AN INSTRUMENT OF ENTRAPMENT?
The power holders, governing our country in recent years, are perpetrating an unlawfulness that can very rarely be seen on earth, while committing a genocide which outstrips even the witch-hunts of the…
Burak Kahraman
LIVES GONE TO SEED IN PRISON
I do not want to be misunderstood. The ‘gone to seed’ in the title does not mean deteriorating, perishing or ending. On the contrary, I allude to existence. I am talking about a…
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DID THE TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT GAINED REDEMPTION WITH ITS ALTAN AND ŞAHİN DECREES?
The General Assembly of the Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM) has gathered on 11 January 2018 and, finally, issued their verdict on individual applications of Mehmet Hasan Altan (with Application No. 2016/23672) and Şahin Alpay (with…
