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Engin Yıldırım

Constitutional Court of Turkey
Engin Yıldırım
The Odyssey of the Turkish Constitutional Court into the World of Individual Application
October 1, 2016
Since the introduction of the individual application as a constitutional remedy, the Turkish Constitutional Court, which traditionally dealt with constitutional review of laws, constitutional amendments and political party dissolution cases, has embarked on the road towards transforming itself into a more effective rights adjudication body. It should be, however, kept in mind that this remedy is not, in and of itself, a magic panacea that will address Turkey’s ingrained human rights problems.

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