Keywords: Constitution Making
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.
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
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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."
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
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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.
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
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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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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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