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TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminar Series - 7. Prof. Gylfason: "High-Inflation Countries Need Detailed Constitutions." Professor Thorvaldur Gylfason, member of the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly, stated that the new constitution-making process in Iceland had been initiated with the “pots-and-pans revolution” after the economic crash of 2008.
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24/01/2012   ANKARA – On Tuesday, January 24, 2012, a meeting titled “Making a New Constitution: The Case of Iceland” was held at TEPAV in the context of the Constitution Experts Seminar Series. The seventh meeting of the series hosted Thorvaldur Gylf [More]
The Constitution Platform Revives Reviving after the acceleration of efforts to make a new constitution in the TGNA, the Constitution Platform is to hold provincial meetings with broad participation.
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26/12/2011   ANKARA – The Constitution Platform established in 2007 under the leadership of the TOBB and with the participation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) is rallying. The Platform will search for “common sense” for the constitution-makin [More]
TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminar Series - 6/ Lessons from Europe for Judicial Independence … Italian Political Scientist Prof. Carlo Guarnieri shares some lessons from Europe on judicial independence at TEPAV.
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27/05/2011   ANKARA - The sixth meeting of the TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminar Series was held on Friday, May 27, 2011 with the participation of Political Scientist Prof. Carlo Guarnieri of University of Bologna.  Guarnieri assessed the structure of jud [More]
TEPAV Constitution Experts Seminar Series –5/Arato: “If you do not get the AKP and the CHP to agree, the consensus will not be sufficient.” Speaking at TEPAV, American Political Scientist Arato stated that the minimum precondition for consensus in Turkey was the agreement of the AKP and the CHP, the absence of which will bring a deadlock.
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17/05/2011 ANKARA - American Political Scientist Prof. Andrew Arato maintained that constitutional consensus in Turkey cannot be defined as a certain number and said: "That number will be sufficient consensus when it includes a sufficient part of the Turkish [More]
TEPAV: “With this Constitution, Presidential Elections will Bring Crisis” It is assessed that, it is quite unlikely that a president who won more than 50% of the votes and a prime minister who won 35-40% of the votes can coexist without causing crises.
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19/04/2011   ANKARA - TEPAV stated that presidential elections will cause a crisis unless the constitution is amended and said: "It is quite unlikely that a president who won more than 50% of the votes and a prime minister who won 35-40% of the votes can c [More]
TEPAV: “Institutional Design must be Prioritized in Constitution Debates” TEPAV stated that if institutional design is prioritized over constitutional values or human rights, over-politicization, polarization and eventually the blockage of the process will be prevented to a certain degree.
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12/04/2011 ANKARA- TEPAV stated that prioritizing institutional design in constitution debates might enable a more fruitful constitution making process and said: "When institutional design is prioritized over constitutional values or human rights, over-poli [More]
Social Demand Grows for a New Constitution 68 percent of the participants stated the need for a new constitution, poll conducted by TEPAV in collaboration with the A&G Research Company reveals.
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02/03/2011 ANKARA - Public opinion polls reveal that the social demand for a new constitution is growing. According to two public opinion polls conducted for TEPAV in 2008 and 2011, the ratio of respondents who declared that a new constitution is needed incre [More]
TEPAV EU Institute Director Eralp: “EU Adopts Tougher Discourse on Cyprus” In her assessment regarding the European Parliament's motion for resolution on Turkey, Eralp emphasized that the discourse on Cyprus became tougher and the weakness of the checks and balances system in Turkey   was stressed for the first time.
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14/02/2011 ANKARA- TEPAV EU Institute Director Nilgün Arısan Eralp emphasized that the European Parliament's motion for resolution on Turkey "adopted a tougher discourse on Cyprus and for the first time an EU institution stressed the weakness of the 'chec [More]
TEPAV: “Unmissable Opportunity to Solve the Constitutional Problem” Assoc. Prof. Levent Gönenç said: "A well-designed constitution making process, which should be evaluated in the light of Prime Minister Erdoğan's quoted statement, can turn out to be a new and unmissable opportunity for Turkey to solve its constitutional problem."
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25/01/2011 ANKARA- Assoc. Prof. Levent Gönenç of Ankara University Faculty of Law, taking departure from Prime Minister Erdoğan's recent statement on the constitution making process, assessed that a constitution making process to be designed with the parti [More]
South Africa advices Turkey: “Use Your Strong City Power on Creating Provincial Government” Philip Van Ryneveld who has been involved in the constitution making studies of South Africa in the middle 1990's advice Turkey to ensure localization and to create strong city government in the meeting of TEPAV.
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03/12/2010 ANKARA - Philip Van Ryneveld who became an advisor on decentralization to the African National Congress (ANC) during the constitutional negotiations distinguished with the ethnicity and decentralization issues said that he is optimistic about Sou [More]