TY  - JOUR
T1  - Understanding of the Turkish  Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary  State
TT  - Understanding of the Turkish  Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary  State
AU  - Polat, Deniz
PY  - 2014
DA  - May
DO  - 10.1501/Intrel_0000000292
JF  - The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations
PB  - Ankara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 0544-1943
SP  - 1
EP  - 22
IS  - 45
LA  - en
AB  - The jurisprudence of the Turkish Constitutional Court on the concept of the unitary state has been a controversial issue in Turkey for a long time. The 1982 Constitution does not refer to the concept of „unitary‟ or „unitary state‟. Instead, it refers to the principle of the „indivisible integrity of the state with its territory and nation‟ in many articles. The Turkish Constitutional Court interprets this principle of the territorial and national integrity of the state in a manner to protect the unitary nature of the state as well. Since the references to the principle of the unitary state may frequently be seen in political party dissolution cases and some other annulment actions, these cases will be the scope of this article. Accordingly, the understanding of the Court regarding this issue will be considered within the principles that set forth by the European Court of Human Rights, the Venice Commission, and the European Charter of Local Self-Government
KW  - Understanding of the Turkish
KW  - Constitutional Court
KW  - Unitary  State
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000292
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/844897
ER  -