TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat TÜMAY ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Feyzan ÖZBAY ¦
Res. Asst. Dr. Sezen KAMA IŞIK ¦ Res. Asst. Mustafa Gökhan ERTİN
27
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE 1982 CONSTITUTION
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat TÜMAY ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Feyzan ÖZBAY ¦
Res. Asst. Dr. Sezen KAMA IŞIK ¦ Res. Asst. Mustafa Gökhan ERTİN
53
TURKISH ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Asst. Prof. Dr. Halil ALTINDAĞ ¦ Asst. Prof. Dr. Ömer Faruk EROL ¦
TURKISH ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
Asst. Prof. Dr. Halil ALTINDAĞ ¦ Res. Asst. İ. Esra DÜLGER SUCU ¦
TURKISH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hakan HAKERİ ¦ Asst. Prof. Dr. Derya TEKİN ¦
Res. Asst. Dr. Melik KARTAL ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Kübra TUNÇ
109
Res. Asst. Emine Sevcan ARTUN ¦ Res. Asst. Ahmet Emrah GEÇER ¦
Res. Asst. Dr. Arzu KALYON
193
Res. Asst. Dr. Arzu KALYON ¦ Res. Asst. Ahmet Emrah GEÇER ¦
Res. Asst. Emine Sevcan ARTUN
225
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tülay YILDIRIM MAT ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Miray AZAKLI KÖSE
237
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW–OTHER ISSUES OF
TURKEY’S LEGAL POSITION IN RELATED MATTERS
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tülay YILDIRIM MAT ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Miray AZAKLI KÖSE ¦
Res. Asst. Merve İSPİRLİ ARMAĞAN
265
Asst. Prof. Dr. Saliha OKUR GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU ¦ Res. Asst. Mücahid SEÇGİN ¦
Res. Asst. Seval KILIÇ
299
Asst. Prof. Dr. Saliha OKUR GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU ¦ Res. Asst. Mücahid SEÇGİN ¦
Res. Asst. Seval KILIÇ
315
TURKISH PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND
TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat TÜMAY ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Feyzan ÖZBAY ¦
Res. Asst. Dr. Sezen KAMA IŞIK ¦ Res. Asst. Mustafa Gökhan ERTİN
27
SECTION II: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE TURKISH CONSTITUTIONALIST MOVEMENT
28
SECTION III: THE LEGISLATURE
31
I. Composition of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
31
A. Eligibility Criteria d to Become a Deputy
32
B. Parliamentary Privileges
33
II. Functions and Powers of the GNAT
34
B. Parliamentary Oversight
35
SECTION IV: THE EXECUTIVE
36
I. Elements of the Executive
36
B. Vice Presidents and Ministers
39
C. Presidential Decrees
40
III. Before 2017 Amendments
40
B. Prime Minister (PM)
41
C. Council of Ministers (CoM)
41
A. Privileges and Immunities
43
B. Ministerial Liability
43
1. Political Liability
44
SECTION V: THE JUDICIARY
45
IV. Organization of the Judiciary
45
A. Judicial (Civil and Criminal) Courts
45
B. Administrative Courts and Tax Courts
46
D. Turkish Constitutional Court
47
V. Judicial Independence
49
A. Independence of Judges
49
C. Principle of Natural Judge
50
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE 1982 CONSTITUTION
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat TÜMAY ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Feyzan ÖZBAY ¦
Res. Asst. Dr. Sezen KAMA IŞIK ¦ Res. Asst. Mustafa Gökhan ERTİN
53
I. General Constitutional Framework
53
II. Limitations to Fundamental Rights
55
III. Suspension of Basic Rights and Freedoms
57
IV. Individual Application to the Constitutional Court
59
TURKISH ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Asst. Prof. Dr. Halil ALTINDAĞ ¦ Asst. Prof. Dr. Ömer Faruk EROL ¦
I. Turkish Administrative Organization
67
A. Central Administration
68
1. President of the Republic
68
1. Territorial Decentralization (Local Administrations)
70
a. Special Provincial Administration (İl Özel İdaresi)
71
aa. General Provincial Council (İl Genel Meclisi)
72
bb. Provincial Executive Committee (İl Encümeni)
72
b. Municipality (Belediye)
72
aa. Municipal Council (Belediye Meclisi)
73
bb. Municipal Executive Committee (Belediye Encümeni)
74
cc. The Mayor (Belediye Başkanı)
74
c. Metropolitan Municipality (Büyükşehir Belediyesi)
74
d. Village Administration (Köy İdaresi)
75
2. Decentralization Based on Services
76
a. Institutions of Higher Education (Yüksek Öğretim Kurumları)
76
b. Regulatory and Supervision Agencies (Düzenleyici ve Denetleyici Kurumlar)
76
d. Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı)
77
II. Activities of Administration
77
B. Administrative Police
79
III. Powers of Administration
80
A. Administrative Acts
80
1. Administrative Regulations
80
2. Individual Administrative Acts
81
B. Administrative Contracts
81
C. Administrative Actions
82
D. Law on Public Procurement
82
1. Basic Legislation on Public Procurement
82
2. Procurement Procedures
83
3. Objection to Procurement
85
a. Complaint Application to the Contracting Authority (Şikayet)
85
b. Appeal Application to the Public Procurement Authority (İtirazen Şikayet)
86
E. Administrative Sanctions
86
1. Definition of Administrative Sanction and Primary Legislation
86
2. Basic Principles Regarding Administrative Sanctions
87
3. Judicial Review of Administrative Sanctions
87
TURKISH ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
Asst. Prof. Dr. Halil ALTINDAĞ ¦ Res. Asst. İ. Esra DÜLGER SUCU ¦
II. Organization of Administrative Jurisdiction
91
B. Regional Administrative Courts
93
C. Administrative Courts
93
III. Administrative Litigation
94
A. Action for Annulment
94
B. Action of Full Jurisdiction
95
IV. Suspension of Execution
96
V. Time Limit to File a Case
96
VI. Procedure For Expedited Trial
97
B. Ordinary Legal Remedies
99
C. Extraordinary Legal Remedies
105
1. Renewal of the Trial
105
2. Cassation for the Benefit of Law
106
TURKISH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hakan HAKERİ ¦ Asst. Prof. Dr. Derya TEKİN ¦
Res. Asst. Dr. Melik KARTAL ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Kübra TUNÇ
109
SECTION I: GENERAL PART OF THE PENAL CODE
110
A. Principles of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Policy
110
2. Principle of Legality (in crime and punishment)
110
3. Proportionality Rule
111
4. Respect to Human Dignity
111
5. Equal Protection of Law
111
6. Principle of Culpability
111
7. Individuality of Criminal Responsibility
112
B. Application of Turkish Penal Code
112
1. Application of Turkish Penal Code in respect of Time
112
2. Application of Turkish Penal Code in respect of Location
112
a. Active Personality Principle
113
b. Passive Personality Principle
114
c. Protective Principle
115
d. Representation Principle (İkâme Yargı)
115
e. Universal Jurisdiction Principle
116
g. Extradition of Foreigners
118
3. Application of Criminal Laws regarding Persons
120
a. President of the Republic
121
b. Parliamentary Immunity
121
ba. Absolute immunity (non–accountability)
121
bb. Temporary Immunity (no prosecution without the act of the parliament)
122
c. International jurisdictional immunity
122
d. Some foreign soldiers and civilians and their relatives
123
e. Civil servants/Public officials
123
1. Legal Element of Crime/Typicality (tipiklik)
124
a. Physical (objective) elements – Actus Reus
124
aa. An actomission to act
124
ab. A particular harmresult
126
ac. Causation (causal relation)
126
b. Mental (subjective) elements – Mens Rea
126
ba. Dolus Directus – Criminal Intent
126
bb. Dolus Eventualis – Eventual Intent – Recklessness
127
bc. Advertent (Conscious) and Inadvertent (Unconscious) Negligence
127
bd. The Aggravation of an Offence Due to Its Consequences
128
2. Element of Illegality/Unlawfulness (Lack of a Lawful Cause)
128
a. Executing a Provision (Art. 24/1)
129
b. Executing a Lawful Order (Art. 24/2)
129
c. Self–defence (Art. 25/1)
130
d. Use of a Right (Art. 26/1)
130
e. Consent (Art. 26/2)
130
1. Criminal Capacity (Kusur Yeteneği – İsnat Kabiliyeti)
131
a. Reasons Affecting the Criminal Capacity
131
aa. Age (Art. 31 TPC)
132
ab. Insanity (Art. 32)
132
ac. Deafness and Dumbness (Art. 33)
132
ad. Ephemeral Reasons, Addiction to Alcohol and Drugs (Art. 34)
133
2. Reasons Affecting Culpability
133
a. Unlawful and Binding Order of the Supervisor (Art. 24/2)
133
b. State of Necessity (Art. 25/2)
133
c. Force and Violence, Menace and Threat (Art. 28)
133
d. Expectability in Crimes by Omission
134
e. Unjust provocation (Art. 29)
134
f. Exceeding of Limit in Excusatory Causes
134
h. Other Conditions of the Punishability
135
ha. Objective conditions of punishability (Objektif cezalandırılabilme şartları)
136
hb. Personal Excuses for Impunity and Personal Circumstances Which WithdrawReduce Penalty (Şahsi cezasızlık sebepleri ve cezayı kaldıran veya cezada indirim yapılmasını gerektiren şahsi sebepler)
136
1. Attempt to Commit a Crime
137
2. Voluntary Abandonment (Gönüllü Vazgeçme)
138
3. Effective Remorse (Etkin Pişmanlık)
138
F. Participation in Crimes (İştirak)
139
G. Joinder of Offences (İçtima)
141
1. Joint Offence (Bileşik Suç)
141
2. Successive Offences (Zincirleme Suç)
141
3. Conceptual Aggregation/Joinder of Ideas (Fikri İçtima)
142
1. Suspension of the Sentence of Imprisonment
144
2. Dismissal of an Action and Termination of Punishment
144
SECTION II: SPECIAL PART OF THE PENAL CODE (CRIMES)
145
A. International Offences
146
1. Genocide (Art. 76)
146
2. Offences against Humanity (Art. 77)
147
3. Forming Organized GroupsEngaging in the Management of Such Groups to Commit Genocide and/or Offences against Humanity (Art. 78)
147
4. Unlawful Transfer of Immigrants to a Country (Art. 79)
148
5. Human Trade (Art. 80)
148
B. Offences against Individuals
149
1. Offences against Life
149
a. Voluntary Manslaughter – Intentional Killing/Homicide (Art. 81–83)
149
b. Soliciting Suicide (Art. 84)
150
c. Negligent Homicide (Art. 85)
150
2. Offences of Bodily Harm
151
a. Intentional Injury (Art. 86)
151
3. Offences against Sexual Inviolability
152
a. Sexual Assault (Art. 102) (Cinsel Saldırı)
152
b. Sexual Abuse of Children (Art. 103) (Çocukların Cinsel İstismarı)
154
c. Sexual Intercourse with the Person Who Has Not Attained the Lawful Age (Art. 104)
155
d. Sexual Harassment (Art. 105) (Cinsel Taciz)
156
4. Offences Against Freedom
156
b. Deprivation of Freedom (Art. 109)
157
c. Violation of the Inviolability of Residence (Art. 116)
158
5. Offences Against Honour
158
aa. Aggravating Circumstances
159
ab. Identification of the Victim
160
ac. Proof of Imputation
160
ad. Inviolability of Accusation and Defence
160
af. Insulting on the Ground of an Unjust ActReciprocal Insult
160
6. Offences Against Privacy and Secrecy of Life
161
7. Offences against Property
163
C. Offences Against the Public
164
1. Offences Against Public Health
164
2. Offences Against Public Confidence
165
a. Forgery of Official Document (Art. 204)
165
b. Forgery of Private Document (Art. 207)
166
c. A Mitigating Circumstance for Both Crimes (Art. 211)
166
d. A Special Joinder Rule Regarding Both Crimes (Art. 212)
166
3. Offences Against Public Peace
167
a. Provocation to Commit an Offence (Art. 214)
167
b. Provoking the Public to Hatred, HostilityDenigration (Art. 216)
167
c. Establishing an Organisation for the Purpose of Committing a Crime (Art. 220)
167
d. Effective Remorse for the Offence of Establishing an Organisation for the Purpose of Committing a Crime (Art. 221)
169
D. Offences against Nation and State
170
1. Offences Against the Reliability and Functioning of the Public Administration
170
2. Offences Against the Judicial Bodiesthe Court
172
a. Calumny (Art. 267)
172
b. Non–Notification of Crime (Art. 278)
172
c. Destruction, ConcealingAltering Evidence (Art. 281)
173
3. Offences against the Constitutional Order and its Functioning Violation of the Constitution (Art. 309)
173
SECTION III: TURKISH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
173
A. Principles of Criminal Procedure Law
173
B. General Characteristics of Criminal Justice System in Turkey
175
C. Precautionary Measures
176
D. Stages/Phases of Criminal Procedure in Turkey
177
a. The Duties and Powers of the PPS
178
aa. Internal Structure of the PPS
178
ab. The Justice of the Peace
179
b. Ending the investigation
179
c. Return of the Indictment
181
2. Prosecution (Trial)
182
3. Decision to Delay the Pronouncement of the Judgement
185
4. Legal Remedies: Opposition (İtiraz), Appeal on Facts and Law (İstinaf) and Appeal on Law (Temyiz)
187
a. Opposition (İtiraz)
187
b. Appeal on Facts and Law (İstinaf)
188
c. Appeal on Law (Temyiz)
189
Res. Asst. Emine Sevcan ARTUN ¦ Res. Asst. Ahmet Emrah GEÇER ¦
Res. Asst. Dr. Arzu KALYON
193
SECTION I: TURKISH GENERAL LAW AT NATIONAL LEVEL
193
I. Definition and Sources of Tax Law
193
A. Definition of Tax and Tax Law
193
B. Sources of Tax Law
194
1. Binding Sources of Tax Law
194
c. International Tax Treaties
196
d. Presidential Decrees
197
e. Other Binding Sources
197
2. Non–binding Sources of Tax Law
197
C. The Parties to the Taxation
198
D. General Principles of Tax Law
199
1. Complementary Tax Assessment
201
2. Ex– Officio Tax Assessment
201
3. Statutory Tax Assessment
202
1. Irregularity Misdemeanors
205
2. Tax Loss Misdemeanors
205
2. Breach of Tax Secrecy
206
3. Carrying Out Personal Affairs of Taxpayers
207
IV. Tax Procedure Law
207
B. Administrative Methods For Resolving Tax Disputes
207
1. Conciliation (Uzlaşma)
207
2. Error Correction (Hata Düzeltme)
209
3. Reduction in Tax Loss, Irregularity and Special Irregularity Penalties
210
4. Application to Higher Authorities
210
C. Judicial Tax Dispute Resolution
210
1. Principles of Tax Procedure
211
2. Tax–Related Courts
211
b. Regional Administrative Courts
212
c. The Council of State
213
3. Tax Trial Procedure
214
V. Tax Enforcement Law
216
B. Compulsory Execution Proceeding
216
C. Measures of Conservation
217
2. Request for a Guarantee
217
3. Precautionary Accrual (İhtiyati Tahakkuk)
218
4. Precautionary Attachment (İhtiyati Haciz)
218
5. Nullity Proceedings
219
SECTION II: GENERAL TAX LAW AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
219
I. International Tax Law
219
B. States’ Jurisdiction to Tax
220
C. Legal Nature of International Tax Treaties in Turkish Law
221
D. Notion of Double Taxation
221
E. Issue of Double Non–Taxation: Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance
222
Res. Asst. Dr. Arzu KALYON ¦ Res. Asst. Ahmet Emrah GEÇER ¦
Res. Asst. Emine Sevcan ARTUN
225
SECTION I: DIRECT TAXES
225
A. Income Tax for Real Persons
225
2. Agricultural Income
226
4. Income from Self–employment
227
5. Earnings from Security Capital
227
6. Earnings from Immovable Property
227
7. Any Other Income and Earning
227
1. Thin Capitalization
229
3. Tax – Free Corporate Restructurings
230
SECTION II: INDIRECT TAXES
231
C. Motor Vehicles Tax
233
D. Banking and Insurance Transaction Tax (BITT)
233
F. Inheritance and Gift Tax
233
H. Special Communication Tax
234
K. Special Consumption Tax
234
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tülay YILDIRIM MAT ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Miray AZAKLI KÖSE
237
SECTION I: USE OF FORCE BY STATES
237
I. Prohibition on the Use of Force
237
II. Right of Self–Defense
239
III. Scope of Self–Defense
240
IV. AnticipatoryPre–Emptive Self–Defense
242
V. Collective Self–Defense
243
VI. Humanitarian Intervention
243
VII. Responsibility to Protect
245
VIII. Use of Force Under Chapter VII of the Charter
245
SECTION II: INTERNATIONAL LAW OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY
247
I. Source of Responsibility: The Internationally Wrongful Act of A State
248
A. Attribution of Conduct to A State
249
B. Breach of an International Obligation
250
C. Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness
250
4. Force–majeure and Distress
251
II. Consequences of an Internationally Wrongful Act
252
III. Serious Breaches of Obligations Under Peremptory Norms
254
SECTION III: SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
255
B. Customary International Law
256
C. General Principles of Law
258
III. Secondary Sources
258
A. Judicial Decisions
258
A. Resolutions of International and Regional Organizations
259
C. International Law Commission
260
D. Peremptory Norms (Jus Cogens)
260
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW–OTHER ISSUES OF
TURKEY’S LEGAL POSITION IN RELATED MATTERS
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tülay YILDIRIM MAT ¦ Res. Asst. Dr. Miray AZAKLI KÖSE ¦
Res. Asst. Merve İSPİRLİ ARMAĞAN
265
SECTION I: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
265
II. History and Role of International Organizations
266
III. Legal Personality
267
IV. TURKEY’S MEMBERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
268
A. United Nations (UN)
268
C. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
270
SECTION II: MAIN ACTORS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: STATES
271
1. Right of Self–Determination
273
C. Political Authority
273
II. Protection of Sovereignty
275
A. Main Principle; Non–Intervention
275
1. Exceptions to the Non–Intervention Principle
276
b. Responsibility to Protect
277
III. States’ Jurisdictional Immunity
277
IV. State Borders; Turkey
277
SECTION III: REFUGEE CRISIS; ASYLUM PROCESS IN TURKEY
278
II. Key legal document related to refugees; 1951 Geneva Convention
279
III. Refugee status in Turkish Legal System
279
SECTION IV: LAW OF THE SEA
281
II. Major Maritime Zones
282
A. Baselines and Internal Waters
282
E. Exclusive Economic Zone
285
G. The Deep Seabed Area
288
H. Straits and Archipelagos
288
III. The Law of Turkish Territorial Sea
289
1. Territorial Sovereignty
290
2. Right of Innocent Passage
290
B. The Legal Regime on Turkish Straits
291
3. The Jurisdiction of the Coastal State Over Foreign Vessels
294
4. The Frozen Conflict Between Turkey and Greece
295
Asst. Prof. Dr. Saliha OKUR GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU ¦ Res. Asst. Mücahid SEÇGİN ¦ Res. Asst. Seval KILIÇ
299
II. The Asian Hun Empire
300
V. Structure and Functioning of the Turkic States in the Pre–Islamic Period
303
B. Kurultay (Congress)
306
C. Viziers and Other State Officials
307
VII. Judicial Structure and Civil Procedure Law
309
IX. Law of Succession
312
Asst. Prof. Dr. Saliha OKUR GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU ¦ Res. Asst. Mücahid SEÇGİN ¦
Res. Asst. Seval KILIÇ
315
I. Historical Background
315
C. Ijma(Consensus of Opinion)
318
D. Qiyas (Deductive Analogy)
319
III. Historical Periods of Islamic Law
320
A. The Period of the Prophet
320
B. The Period of Rightly Guided Caliphs (First Four Caliphs) and Companions
321
C. The Period of Tabi’in (Successors of the Companions)
322
D. The Period of Schools (Madhab)
323
3. The Shafi’i School
324
4. The Hanbali School
325
E. The Period of Taqlid (Imitation)
325
F. Legislation Period
326
IV. Legal Structure of the Ottoman Empire
326
B. Relation of Sharia and Sultanic Law
327
C. Judicial Structure
328
b. Community Courts (Cemaat Mahkemeleri – For Non–Muslims)
330
D. Legislation of the Ottoman Law
333
4. Legal Codes (Kanunnâmeler)
335
5. Records of Sharia Courts
336
V. Legal Structure of the Ottoman Empire After the Era of Tanzimat
336
1. Role of Western Countries
337
2. Commercial, Economical and Social Changes and Legal Reasons
337
3. Necessity for Reforms
338
D. Reforms in Public Law
340
1. Constitutional Law
340
2. Administrative Law
341
E. Reforms in Private Law
344
1. Mecelle–i Ahkâm–i Adliyye (Civil Code of the Ottoman Empire)
344
2. Ottoman Family Law Decree
345
F. Reforms in Judicial Structure
347
TURKISH PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND
SECTION I: NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
355
I. Nature of Philosophy of Law
355
II. Importance of Philosophy of Law
356
A. Theoretical Importance of Philosophy of Law
356
B. Practical Importance of Philosophy of Law
357
SECTION II: MAIN IDEOLOGIES WHICH DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
357
I. Theories Embodied by Moral Content of Law
358
II. Theories Embodied by Normativity of Law
358
III. Theories Embodied by Social Facts Determining Law
359