Erdoğan Teziç (1936 – 23 April 2017) was a Turkish academic in constitutional law.

Early life

He was born in

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. He graduated from

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in 1955 and Law school of

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in 1959. He traveled to

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for doctorate studies. During his youth, he was a volleyball player. He played in

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and he also participated in the matches of the

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. In 1958, he was the captain of Turkish team in the European championship held in

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. During his years in Paris he also played in

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. In his later years he served in the law office of

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University years

After his years in Paris he became an academic at Istanbul University. But after the

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, he was dismissed from the university. In 1974, he returned and in 1980 he became a full professor in

Constitutional Law Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in ...

. After 1993 he continued in

Galatasaray University Galatasaray University (, ) is a public university established in Istanbul, Turkey in 1992, following an agreement signed in the presence of President François Mitterrand of France and President Turgut Özal of Turkey during a ceremony at Gala ...

. In 2000, he was elected as the rector of Galatasaray University. Between 2003 and 2007 he was appointed as the chairman of Council of Higher Education. Teziç died of heart failure on 23 April 2017. He was buried at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery following a memorial ceremony at Galatasaray University and the religious funeral at

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Awards

In 2004 he was awarded order of merit by Turkish president

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. In the same year he received a

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award (''Commandeur'' rank) from France, but returned it. He was also awarded

Docteur Honoris Causa An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hono ...

from

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. In 2005 Varna University in

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named him

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Books

His published books are the following:
/ref> # 1967: ''Seçim Sistemleri'' ("Electoral systems") # 1972: ''Türkiye'de 1961 Anayasasına göre Kanun Kavramı'' ("Law concept in Turkey according to 1961 Turkish constitution") # 1975: ''Kıbrıs Sorunu'' ("Cyprus Issue") # 1976: ''Siyasi Partiler'' ("Political Parties") # 1980: ''Türk Parlamento Hukukunun Kaynakları ve İlgili Anayasa Mahkemesi Kararları'' ("Turkish Parliamentary Law and the related decisions of the Constitutional court") # 1998: ''Anayasa Hukuku'' ("Constitutional law")

References

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