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 5-6 November 2018 in Adana 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
Michael Ingledow, Head of Ankara Programme Office, Council of Europe
Filiz Saraç, Member of the Executive Board, Union of Turkish Bar Associations
Hakan Kuzu, President of Adana Court of Appeals
Sabri Beytorun, Chief Public Prosecutor of Adana Court of Appeals
Kadir Özkaya, Member of the Constitutional Court
General information on individual application to the Constitutional Court
Ayhan Kılıç, Chief Rapporteur for Sections, Constitutional Court
Overview of the judgments of the Constitutional Court under the light of the case laws of the ECtHR and the concept of legal remedy complaintGeneral assessment of the individual application
Zeynep Ucar Tagney, Senior Lawyer, ECtHR
First Session: Right to a fair hearing within the context of the right to a fair trial (Right to a reasoned judgment, the right to witness, the right to legal assistance)
Zehra Gayretli, Assistant Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Dr İhsan Baştürk, Member of 19th Criminal Chamber, Court of Cassation
Attorney Ekrem Dönmez, President of Hatay Bar Association
Second Session: Obligation of effective investigation within the context of right to life and prohibition of torture and ill-treatment
Hüseyin Kaya, Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Berrin Aksoyak, Member of 7th Criminal Chamber, Court of Cassation
Dr Erkan Duymaz, İstanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences
Third Session: Reasoned judgment within the context of the right to person’s liberty and security
Ömer Mencik, Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Kıvanç Odabaşıoğlu, Member of Adana Court of Appeals
Associate Prof Tolga Şirin, Marmara University, Faculty of Law
Fourth 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
Hüseyin Turan, Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Attorney Bilgin Yeşilboğaz, President of Mersin Bar Association
Dr Serdar Talas, İstanbul University, Faculty of Law
Fifth Session: Protection of dignity and honour within the context of freedom of expression
Derya Atakul, Assistant Rapporteur, Constitutional Court
Murat Öksüz, Public Prosecutor, Court of Cassation
Vahit Baltacı, President of Chamber, Adana Court of Appeals
Closing remarks
