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News
26 Apr
2025

Participation of the Venice Commission in the international Symposium on “the future of Constitutional Justice in the 21st Century” in Istanbul

09 Nov
2023

Obituary - Ergun Özbudun - Former Member of the Venice Commission and Professor of Constitutional Law

Strasbourg
28 May
2023

TÜRKIYE – 2nd round of the presidential election – legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

Ankara
14 May
2023

TÜRKIYE – Presidential and parliamentary elections – legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

Ankara
11-12 Jan
2023

“The future of Human Rights in the 21st Century” - International conference

Ankara
07 Oct
2022

TÜRKIYE - Urgent Joint Opinion on the draft amendments to the Penal Code regarding the provision on “false or misleading information” issued

26-27 Sep
2022

TÜRKIYE - Urgent Joint Opinion on the draft amendments to the Penal Code regarding the provision on “false or misleading information” – online meetings

10 May
2022

TURKEY – forthcoming opinion – country visit

24-28 Apr
2022

TURKEY - Symposium on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Constitutional Court “Interpretation of the constitution in the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms”

01 Apr
2022

PACE – Request for opinion – Turkey

04-05 May
2021

TURKEY – forthcoming opinion – virtual meetings

22 Feb
2021

Request for opinion - PACE / TURKEY

04 Sep
2020

TURKEY – forthcoming opinion – video meetings

05 Jun
2020

TURKEY - Request for opinion by the PACE

06-07 Feb
2020

TURKEY - Opinion on replacement of elected candidates and mayors - country visit

17 Dec
2019

Turkey - Request for opinion - Congress

23-24 Sep
2019

TURKEY – Conference of the Constitutional Court

15-16 Nov
2018

TURKEY – forthcoming opinion – country visit

23-24 Jun
2018

Turkey - Early presidential and parliamentary elections - Legal assistance to the PACE observation mission

13 Jun
2018

Request for opinion – PACE / Turkey – Electoral legislation

25-26 Apr
2018

Turkey – Constitutional Justice

08 Nov
2017

Turkey - CHP leader to meet with the President of the Venice Commission

13 Mar
2017

110th PLENARY: Turkey - Proposed constitutional amendments “dangerous step backwards” for democracy

20-21 Feb
2017

Turkey – forthcoming opinion – country visit

19 Dec
2016

Request for opinion – PACE/Turkey

02 Dec
2016

Turkey - request for an opinion on the measures provided in the recent emergency decree-laws with respect to the freedom of the media.

03-04 Nov
2016

Turkey – State of emergency decrees - Visit of the delegation of the Venice Commission

27 Sep
2016

Request for opinion - PACE - implementation of the state of emergency in Turkey

19 Sep
2016

Turkey – forthcoming opinion – country visit

18 Jul
2016

Turkey - Rule of Law - Statement by President Buquicchio

Strasbourg
22 Jun
2016

Request for opinion - PACE - Turkey

26 May
2016

Request for opinion - Turkey

26-27 Apr
2016

Turkey – forthcoming opinion on the legal framework for the imposition of curfews – visit to the country

25-26 Apr
2016

Turkey - Constitutional Justice

19-20 Apr
2016

Turkey – forthcoming opinion on the "Internet Law" – visit to the country

15 Mar
2016

PACE – Request for opinion – Turkey

13-14 Jan
2016

Turkey - visit - forthcoming opinion

03 Nov
2015

Turkey - 90th anniversary of Ankara University Faculty of Law - International law congress

31-02 Oct-Nov
2015

Turkey - Parliamentary elections - Legal assistance to the observation mission of the PACE

20 Jun
2015

Declaration on Interference with Judicial Independence in Turkey

Strasbourg
05-08 Jun
2015

Turkey - Parliamentary elections - Legal assistance to the observation mission of the PACE

22 Jan
2015

Turkey - Towards a new constitution - Judicial independence, decentralised governance, methodology.

27-28 Nov
2014

Turkey - Individual Application and Protection of Human Rights at national level

28 May
2014

Turkey - President Buquicchio meets Minister of Justice

08-09 May
2014

Turkey – symposium on the rule of law

30 Apr
2014

Turkey - Venice Commission’s President concerned about attacks against Constitutional Court of Turkey

Strasbourg
28-30 Apr
2014

Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions

08 Apr
2014

Turkey – President Buquicchio meets Minister Çavuşoğlu

30 Jan
2014

Turkey - Legal entities of non-Muslims: problems and rights - international conference

14 Jan
2014

Turkey – Legislation on judiciary - Statement by the President of the Venice Commission

27 Nov
2013

Turkey - Conference on Institutionalisation and Sustainability of Democracy

24 Apr
2013

Constitutional Justice - Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions

14-15 Feb
2013

Turkey - EU Joint parliamentary committee

25-26 Apr
2012

Turkey - Constitutional Justice

25-26 Oct
2011

Turkey - Reforms of the judicial system - Symposium

07 Sep
2011

Turkey - Law on the Constitutional Court- forthcoming opinion

05-06 Sep
2011

Istanbul - Conference of the OSCE/ODIHR - Venice Commission Guidelines on Political Party Regulation

30-01 Jun-Jul
2011

Constitutional Justice

09-11 Nov
2009

Visit to Turkey

01-02 Oct
2009

Constitutional Justice - Secretaries General

European Commission for
Democracy through Law

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