Constitutional Court of Turkey

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constitutional court court of last resort judicial body

The Constitutional Court of Turkey is the country's highest judicial body for constitutional review, empowered to dissolve political parties and annul laws that violate the constitution.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Court of Turkey canonical	11
Anayasa Mahkemesi	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
applies	European Convention on Human Rights in its individual application decisions ⓘ
appointmentBy	Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ President of Turkey ⓘ
bindingForce	its decisions are binding on legislative, executive and judicial organs ⓘ
canAnnul	decrees having force of law ⓘ laws ⓘ rules of procedure of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
canDissolve	political parties ⓘ
composition	judges appointed from among high court judges, senior bureaucrats, lawyers and academics ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Turkey (1961) ⓘ surface form: 1961 Constitution of Turkey
function	abstract review of constitutionality of laws ⓘ adjudication of disputes on competence between state organs ⓘ concrete review of constitutionality via individual applications or referrals ⓘ examination of individual applications for human rights violations after exhaustion of ordinary remedies ⓘ review of parliamentary rules of procedure ⓘ review of presidential decrees for constitutionality where applicable ⓘ
headquarters	Ankara ⓘ
influencedBy	Constitutional Council of France ⓘ surface form: French Constitutional Council Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ surface form: German Federal Constitutional Court
jurisdiction	Turkey ⓘ surface form: Republic of Turkey
language	Turkish ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Turkey (1982) ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Turkey
location	Ankara ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	tr ⓘ
oversees	constitutionality of political party statutes and programs ⓘ
power	act as the Supreme Criminal Tribunal for certain high officials under some constitutional frameworks ⓘ annul laws that violate the Constitution of Turkey ⓘ ban individual politicians from political activity ⓘ dissolve political parties ⓘ review constitutional amendments for procedural conformity ⓘ try the President of Turkey for high treason under earlier constitutions ⓘ
relatedTo	Council of Judges and Prosecutors of Turkey ⓘ Council of State of Turkey ⓘ Court of Cassation of Turkey ⓘ Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
role	highest judicial body for constitutional review in Turkey ⓘ
shortName	Constitutional Court of Turkey self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anayasa Mahkemesi
subjectArea	constitutional law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ
subjectOf	party closure cases in Turkey ⓘ
typeOfReview	a posteriori review in some cases ⓘ a priori review in some cases ⓘ
website	official website of the Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Welfare Party → bannedBy → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

Constitution of the Republic of Turkey → establishes → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

Ahmet Necdet Sezer → memberOf → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

Constitutional Court of Turkey → shortName → Constitutional Court of Turkey self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anayasa Mahkemesi

Constitution of Turkey (1961) → established → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

National Salvation Party → bannedBy → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

Constitution of Turkey (1982) → establishes → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

National Order Party → bannedBy → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

Çankaya → contains → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

judiciary of Turkey → hasBranch → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

judiciary of Turkey → highestConstitutionalCourt → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ

Council of State of Turkey → coequalWith → Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ