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Turkey’s chief justice says top court’s workload is as heavy as that of ECtHR
Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan has complained about the growing workload of Turkey's Constitutional Court, saying the court has as many applications as as the...
Most applicants sought right to a fair trial at top court in 2021, chief justice says
More than 73 percent of the people who applied to Turkey’s Constitutional Court in 2021 claiming they had been subjected to rights violations sought...
Kavala’s participation in 2013 Gezi protests not a crime, Turkey’s chief justice says
Zühtü
Arslan, the chief judge of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, has said he does not
believe philanthropist Osman Kavala’s participation in the 2013 Gezi Park
protests alone can...
Chief justice says not implementing top court’s rulings out of the question
At a meeting attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan said the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the...
HDP deputies refuse to leave top court after unsatisfactory explanation about arrested colleagues
Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who visited Turkey's Constitutional Court (AYM) early on Tuesday to discuss HDP deputies under arrest refused to leave...
Top court president visits Erdoğan amid referendum crisis
Amid a political crisis concerning the results of a referendum on an executive presidency held on Sunday, the president of Turkey's Constitutional Court, Zühtü...
Top court head: Justice does not require everyone be treated equally in every situation
The president of Turkey's Constitutional Court, Zühtü Arslan, has said justice does not necessarily require that everyone in society be treated equally in every...
Constitutional Court receives over 40,000 individual petitions since coup attempt
The president of Turkey’s Constitutional Court said on Monday that a record number of individual petitions have been received by the court, with more...