Supporting the individual application to the Constitutional Court in Turkey
The main objective of the Project is to: contribute to supporting and strengthening of the individual application system to the Turkish Constitutional Court by empowering the judiciary in Turkey in line with the acquis, the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the system of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).
The following outputs and results are expected:
- the rights and freedoms set forth in the Turkish Constitution and the ECHR are better secured at the national level;
- the capacity of the judges, prosecutors and lawyers in Turkey on the individual application mechanism and implementation of fundamental rights protected by the ECHR is increased;
- the co-operation of the Turkish Constitutional Court and the other high courts with their European counterparts is increased; and
- the awareness of the Turkish public on the individual application mechanism to the Constitutional Court and the implementation of fundamental rights is increased.
Project information
- Duration: 45 months and 11 days (18 December 2015 - 30 September 2019)
- Place/ country: Turkey
- Budget: 6 383 228 €
- Funding: European Union and Republic of Turkey financing: 92,7 (EU: 64% / Republic of Turkey 28%) & Council of Europe (7.93%)
Project documentation
Useful links
Publications
Selected Individual Application Judgments of the Constitutional Court
- The right to liberty and security in the individual application - TUR
- Violation Judgments of the Constitutional Court in individual application cases related to the administrative judiciary - TUR
- Individual application judgments related to the criminal judiciary - TUR
- Individual application judgments related to the civil judiciary - TUR
Individual Application Handbooks
- The right to liberty and security - TUR
- Freedom of Expression - TUR
- The right to freedom of assembly and association - TUR
- The right to a fair trial - TUR
- The right to life - TUR
- The right to property - TUR
- The individual application: procedural law - TUR
- The right to respect for private and family life - TUR
Training Modules
- The individual application procedure and admissibility criteria - TUR
- The right to life and the prohibition of torture - TUR
- The right to liberty and security - TUR
- The right to respect for private and family life (criminal limb) - TUR
- The right to respect for private and family life (civil limb) - TUR
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly (criminal limb) - TUR
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association (civil limb) - TUR
- The right to a fair trial (civil limb) - TUR
- The right to property - TUR
Speeches
Effective remedies for human rights in Turkey: international conference marks 7th anniversary of constitutional complaint mechanism
A mechanism inspired by the European Court of Human Rights, the individual application system enables any person in Turkey to lodge a complaint with the Constitutional Court if he or she considers that his or her rights and freedoms have been violated. The European Union, the Council of Europe...
In-service Training Session for Judges and Prosecutors in Trabzon
The twenty-eighth and last in-service training session for judges and prosecutors within the Project "Supporting the individual application to the Constitutional Court in Turkey" was held on 14-16 September 2019 in Trabzon with the participation of 91 judges and prosecutors from first and second...
In-service Training Sessions for Judges and Prosecutors in Various Cities
Three in-service training sessions were organized for judges and prosecutors within SIAC Project in April and May 2019 with the participation of 327 judges and prosecutors from first and second instance courts (Courts of Appeals); thirty three trainer/facilitator judges and prosecutors as well as...
