Please click on the topics listed below to watch presentations made in the regional round table meeting on “Emerging issues in the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court” organized on 26-27 February 2018 in Bursa within the Joint Project on “Supporting the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court of Turkey”. You can also watch the opening and closing speeches.
*Videos are available only in Turkish
Opening speeches
Sait GÜRLEK, Chief Prosecutor of Bursa Court of Appeals
Abdulkadir ŞAHİN, President of Bursa Court of Appeals
Burhan ÜSTÜN, Vice President of the Constitutional Court
General information on individual application to the Constitutional Court
Murat AZAKLI, Deputy Secretary General, Constitutional Court
General assessment of the individual application
Prof İzzet ÖZGENÇ, Gazi University, Faculty of Law
First Session: Right to defence (right to legal assistance) within the context of the right to fair trial
Dr. Akif YILDIRIM, Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Hakan TOPALOĞLU, Attorney at law, Balıkesir Bar Association
Assistant Prof Gökçen TANER, Ankara University, Faculty of Law
Second Session: Principles on equality of arms and adversarial trial within the context of the right to fair trial and the right to person’s liberty and security
Aydın ŞİMŞEK, Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Murat ÖZDEMİR, Attorney at law, Bursa Bar Association
Prof İzzet ÖZGENÇ, Gazi University, Faculty of Law
Third Session: Right to a fair hearing within the context of the right to fair trial and the right to person’s liberty and security (Right to a reasoned judgment)
Dr. Hüseyin TURAN, Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Şule ALBAYRAK, Judge, 2nd Criminal Court of Peace of Bursa
Assistant Prof Tolga ŞİRİN, Marmara University, Faculty of Law
Fourth session: Protection of dignity and honour within the context of freedom of expression
Dr. Yunus HEPER, Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Murat ÖKSÜZ, Prosecutor, Court of Cassation Office of Chief Public Prosecutor
Zehra Tunçer BARDAKÇI, Reporter Judge, General Assembly of Civil Chambers
Fifth Session: Obligation of effective investigation within the context of right to life and prohibition of torture and ill-treatment
Hüseyin MECEK, Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Mustafa Tarık ŞENTUNA, Judge, Çanakkale
Prof Osman DOĞRU, Marmara University, Faculty of Law
Closing speeches