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A two-thirds majority is required in the first ballot; if this majority is not reached, the absolute majority of MP´s is required in the second ballot and. Failing this, a runoff election among the two candidates with the greatest number of votes will determine the winner. Ultimately, therefore, the
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review (respectively, before and after enactment), and it can invalidate whole laws or governmental decrees and prevent their application in future cases. Challenges to a law must be made within the first two months of its promulgation. The court decides over the parliamentary immunity of the members
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To qualify for appointments as a member of the Court, professors, senior administrative officers, and attorneys-at-law are required to be over the age of 40 and to have completed their higher education or to have served at least 15 years as teaching staff of institutions of higher education or to
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The Constitutional Court had previously ordered the release of Atalay, asserting that his imprisonment infringed upon his rights to security, liberty, and the right to be elected. However the Court of Cassation annulled this decision, instructing lower courts not to abide by it. Furthermore, the
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and vice presidents from among its regular members for a renewable term of four years by secret ballot and by an absolute majority of their members. The members of the Constitutional Court are not allowed to assume other official and private functions, apart from their main functions.
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Decision no. 2001–332, dated 18.07.2001: The Court, in response to applications made by regular courts, ruled that some parts of the Amnesty Law passed by the parliament were unconstitutional, which resulted in a minor expansion in the scope of the proposed
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The first decision the court gave is dated September 5, 1962, which was published on the Official Gazette on October 3, 1962. It was about a direct petition by a certain İnaç Tureren for the annulment of an article of the Law of Criminal Procedure
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did not violate the separation of religion and state and did not close it, but noted that it had become "a center for anti-secular activities" and cut the state's funding of the party's activities by 50%.
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violated Articles 68 and 69 of the Constitution and the Political Parties Law. "The party became a focal point for terrorism against the indivisible integrity of the state.", stated
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and the Constitutional Court when the Court of Cassation intervened to overturn a ruling by the Constitutional Court regarding the release of an imprisoned member of the
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appeals court called for a criminal investigation into the Constitutional Court members, alleging that their ruling constituted a violation of
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on May 27, 1960, supported limitation and control of the parliamentary power in the face of abuses of parliamentary majority by the
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three (at least two of whom being lawyers) members from a list of three candidates for each vacant position nominated by the
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Part Four, Section Two of the Constitution establishes the Constitutional Court that rules on the constitutionality of
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have actually worked at least 21 years in public service or to have practiced as a lawyer for at least 21 years.
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The articles of the constitution regulating the structure of the court were slightly amended in 1971 and 1973.
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among professors of law, economy or political sciences, who are themselves not members of the council, and
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The Constitutional Court of Turkey was established on April 25, 1962, according to the provisions of the
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two members from a list of three candidates for each vacant position nominated by the Court of Accounts (
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Although the constitution of 1961 was annulled by the military regime that came into the power with the
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According to Article 146 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court is composed of fifteen members.
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Tecimer, Cem: "Why the Turkish Constitutional Court’s Knowledge Decision is No Reason to Celebrate"
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called this action a "judicial coup attempt". Additionally, certain executives within the ruling
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one member from a list of three candidates for each vacant position nominated by the heads of
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of September 12, 1980, the court went on operating. It currently operates according to the
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of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and has the authority to ban political parties.
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three members from a list of three candidates for each vacant position nominated by the
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The Court is the seat of the Center for Training and Human Resources Development of the
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criticised the Court of Cassation's ruling. The new leader of the main opposition
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have rejected the idea of judicial review, pushing for parliamentary superiority.
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Decision no. 1989–12, dated 07.03.1989: The Court, in response to then president
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dominant political force in parliament will decide by relative majority.
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The Constitutional Court of Turkey: Between Legal and Political Reasoning.
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Silvia von Steinsdorff, Ece Göztepe, Maria Haimerl, and Felix Petersen.
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Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions
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before whom an exception of unconstitutionality has been raised by a
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Decision no. 2001–2, dated 21.06.2001: The Court ruled to close the
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Decision no. 1998–1, dated 16.01.1998: The Court ruled to close the
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Decision no. 1994–2, dated 16.06.1994: The Court ruled to close the
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Highest legal body for constitutional review in Turkey
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