Keywords: Constitution Platform
Evaluation Note / PhD. Levent Gönenç 2010 Proposed Constitutional Amendments to the 1982 Constitution of Turkey
14/09/2010
The current constitution of Turkey, which was adopted by a nationwide referendum on 7 November 1982, has been amended sixteen times since its inception. Nine of these amendments were implemented under the rule of the Justice and Development Party (
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TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminar Series – 4 Prof. Dr. Preuss: "Constitutional Court has the authority to check constitutional amendment proposals"
27/07/2010
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Preuss from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin was at TEPAV to deliver a seminar on the challenges and the key considerations in the constitution-making process. In his speech, Preuss maintained that Constitutional Court has
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Third Constitution Meeting at TEPAV Today's panel has the theme 'Constitutions, Citizenship and Coexistence'. The seminar on Tuesday will be about 'Constitution Making: Constitutional Design, Challenges, Considerations'.
26/07/2010
ANKARA- Third and fourth events of the TEPAV Constitutional Experts Seminar Series will be held today and on Tuesday.
The theme of the panel to be carried out today is 'Constitutions, Citizenship and Coexistence'. At the panel, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pr
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TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminar Series - 3 Ulrich Preuss, Mithat Sancar and Mesut Yeğen spoke at TEPAV.
26/07/2010
In the third seminar of the TEPAV Constitutional Experts Seminar Series, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Preuss, Prof. Dr. Mithat Sancar and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mesut Yeğen talked about coexistence, citizenship and the integrating role of constitutions.
Prof. Dr.
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TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminar Series –2/'Legislative-Executive Relations, Government Systems and Turkey' Panel Second event in TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminars held.
19/07/2010
ANKARA- The second seminar of the TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminar Series was held on July 19, 2010 in Ankara with the theme 'Legislative-Executive Relations, Government Systems and Turkey'.
The panel, where alternative government systems in the
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TEPAV Constitution Studies -1: Checks and Balances on Political Power and Constitutions... Decisions of supreme courts are a matter of debate in numerous countries from USA to Russia.
21/06/2010
ANKARA- Debates around the Constitutional Court, one of the top priority agenda items recently, are not unique to Turkey. "Frictions" between the ruling parties and supreme courts surface in other countries of the world as well. Similar debates fir
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The Constitution Platform: A Brief Background Note
30/04/2010
TEPAV has been acting as the secretariat of the "Constitution Platform", which advocates civil society dialogue for a new, democratic and pluralistic constitution to be drafted through a participatory process. You can find a brief background note
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Constitution Platform reinitiated for Social Consultation to Launch a New Constitution
09/04/2010
ANKARA- The JCC Constitution Platform Initiative Group, which includes TOBB, TİSK, TÜRK-İŞ, HAK-İŞ, T.KAMU-SEN, TESK and TZOB held a joint press conference today to announce the re-launch of the Constitution Platform to revive social consulta
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