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Constitutional Court Of Turkey
The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( tr, , sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for constitutional review in Turkey. It "examines the constitutionality, in respect of both form and substance, of laws, decrees having the force of law, and the Rules of Procedure of the Turkish Grand National Assembly" (Article 148/1 of the Turkish Constitution). If necessary, it also functions as the Supreme Criminal Court ( tr, Yüce Divan) to hear any cases raised about the President, Vice President, members of the Cabinet, or judges of the high courts. In addition to those functions, it examines individual applications on the grounds that one of the fundamental rights and freedoms within the scope of the European Convention on Human Rights which are guaranteed by the Constitution has been violated by public authorities (Article 148/3 of the Turkish Constitution). The Court is the seat of the Center for Training and Human Resources Development of the Association of Asian Con ...
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Constitution Of Turkey
The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası), also known as the Constitution of 1982, is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government and sets out the principles and rules of the state's conduct along with its responsibilities in regards to its citizens. The constitution also establishes the rights and responsibilities of the latter while setting the guidelines for the delegation and exercise of sovereignty that belongs to the Turkish people. The constitution was ratified on 7 November 1982. It replaced the earlier Constitution of 1961. The constitution was amended nineteen times, three of them through a referendum: 2007, 2010, 2017, one of them partly through referendum: 1987. As of April 2016, 113 of the 177 articles of the Constitution of 1982 were amended overall. History The first constitution of the Ottoman Empire was adopted in 1876 and revised in 1908. Since its founding, the modern Turkis ...
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Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman province with the same name (25 BC–7th century), the city is very old, with various Hattian, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archeological sites. The Ottomans made the city the capital first of the Anatolia Eyalet (1393 – late 15th century) and then the Angora Vilayet (1867–1922). The historical center of Ankara is a rocky hill rising over the left bank of the Ankara River, a tributary of the Sakarya River. The hill remains crowned by the ruins of Ankara Castle. Although few of its outworks have survived, the ...
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Turkish Council Of State
The Council of State ( tr, Danıştay) is the highest administrative court in the Republic of Turkey and is located in Ankara. Its role and tasks are prescribed by the Constitution of Turkey within the articles on the supreme courts. According to Article 155 of the Turkish Constitution (1982), "The Council of State is the last instance for reviewing decisions and judgements given by administrative courts and which are not referred by law to other administrative courts. It shall also be the first and last instance for dealing with specific cases prescribed by law. The Council of State shall try administrative cases, give its opinion within two months of time on draft legislation, the conditions and the contracts under which concessions are granted concerning public services which are submitted by the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, examine draft regulations, settle administrative disputes and discharge other duties as prescribed by law. Three-fourths of the members of t ...
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Muammer Topal
Muammar (also spelled Ma'mar, Muamer or Muammer, ar, معمر) is a masculine given name of Arabic origin meaning "long-lived". People with the name include: Ma'mar * Ma'mar ibn Rashid, eighth-century hadith scholar * Ma’mar ibn ul-Muthanna, early Muslim scholar of Arabic philology * Jamil ibn Ma'mar, classical Arabic love poet Moammar * Moammar Rana, Pakistani actor Muamer * Muamer Abdulrab, Qatari footballer * Muamer Adžem, Bosnian professional footballer * Muamer Avdić, Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer * Muamer Bačevac, Serbian politicians * Muamer Aissa Barsham, Qatari athlete * Muamer Hukić, German professional boxer * Muamer Salibašić, Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer * Muamer Svraka, Bosnian professional footballer * Muamer Tanković, Swedish professional footballer * Muamer Taletović, Bosnian retired basketball player * Muamer Vugdalič, Slovenian footballer * Muamer Zukorlić, Serbian politician Muammar * Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), former Libyan le ...
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Kenan Yaşar
Kenan (also spelled Qenan, Kaynan or Cainan) (; ar, كِنَاْنْ, Keynān; grc-x-biblical, Καϊνάμ, Kaïnám) is an Antediluvian patriarch first mentioned in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. In scriptures According to Genesis 5:9–14, Kenan was a son of Enosh and a grandson of Seth. Born when Enosh was 90 years old, Kenan fathered Mahalalel when he was 70 years old. Other sons and daughters were born to Kenan before he died at 910 years of age (when Noah was aged 179 as per the Masoretic chronology). According to the Book of Jubilees, Kenan's mother was Noam, wife and sister of Enosh; and Kenan's wife, Mualeleth, was his sister. He is also mentioned in the Genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:36–37. Family tree The following family tree has been constructed from a variety of biblical and extra-biblical sources: In Islam Kenan is mentioned in Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primaril ...
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Court Of Accounts (Turkey)
The Court of Accounts ( tr, Sayıştay) is the supreme governmental accounting body of Turkey responsible of the comptrolling of the public accounts and the auditing of the accountancy of the political parties, in accordance with the Constitution. The Court of Accounts has roots going back to the Ottoman Empire. Şahin İpek states that "When the supreme audit institutions emerged in the west, Ottoman Court of Accounts was established in 1862 under the name of ''Divan''-''i Ali''-''i Muhasebat'' within the framework of the reform movements, referred to as “''Islahat Hareketleri''” in the Ottoman Empire". The Court of Accounts (TCA) website states that the court "carries out regularity (financial and compliance) and performance audits. Financial audits consist of an evaluation and an opinion on the accuracy of public administrative bodies' financial reports and statements, and whether or not those bodies' financial decisions and transactions and any programs and activities ar ...
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Engin Yıldırım
Engin Yıldırım (born 1966 in Üsküdar) is a Turkish professor of Labor Economics and the vice-president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey. Early life Engin Yıldırım completed his high school education in 1983 in Beylerbeyi High School. He graduated from the department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations at Istanbul University in 1987. Yıldırım received his BA from Warwick Business School at University of Warwick in 1989, and PhD from Faculty of Economics and Social Studies, Department of Sociology at University of Manchester in 1994. Sakarya University Years Yıldırım was a Faculty Member in Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Sakarya University between 1994 and 2010. Following his associate professorship in 1997, he became a full professor in 2002 at Sakarya University. Between 2003 and 2010, he served as the dean of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. During this period, Yildirim opened the department of Human Resources M ...
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001, leading it to election victories in 2002, 2007, and 2011 general elections before being required to stand down upon his election as president in 2014. He later returned to the AKP leadership in 2017 following the constitutional referendum that year. Coming from an Islamist political background and self-describing as a conservative democrat, he has promoted socially conservative and populist policies during his administration. Following the 1994 local elections, Erdoğan was elected mayor of Istanbul as the candidate of the Islamist Welfare Party. He was later stripped of his position, banned from political office, and imprisoned for four months for inciting relig ...
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Council Of State (Turkey)
The Council of State ( tr, Danıştay) is the highest administrative court in the Republic of Turkey and is located in Ankara. Its role and tasks are prescribed by the Constitution of Turkey within the articles on the supreme courts. According to Article 155 of the Turkish Constitution (1982), "The Council of State is the last instance for reviewing decisions and judgements given by administrative courts and which are not referred by law to other administrative courts. It shall also be the first and last instance for dealing with specific cases prescribed by law. The Council of State shall try administrative cases, give its opinion within two months of time on draft legislation, the conditions and the contracts under which concessions are granted concerning public services which are submitted by the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, examine draft regulations, settle administrative disputes and discharge other duties as prescribed by law. Three-fourths of the members of t ...
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Abdullah Gül
Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey, in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Advisory Panel for the President of the Islamic Development Bank. Advocating staunch Islamist political views during his university years, Gül became a Member of Parliament for Kayseri in 1991 and was re-elected in 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2007. Initially a member of the Islamist Welfare Party, Gül joined the Virtue Party in 1998 after the former was banned for anti-secular activities. When the party split into hardline Islamist and modernist factions in 2000, Gül joined fellow party member Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in advocating the need for reform and moderation. He ran against serving leader Recai Kutan for the Virtue Party leadership a ...
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