Mandatory Administrative Remedies And The Right to Access to a Court in Civil Procedure Law: An Analysis in the Light of the Jurisprudence of The ECTHR and the Turkish Constitutional Court
Abstract
In the rule of law, the main principle is to resolve legal disputes through the state courts. However, within the framework of its discretionary power, the State may introduce various remedies for various disputes. When the law stipulates that a lawsuit may be brought before a civil court only after the exhaustion of a mandatory administrative remedy, it directly concerns the civil aspect of the right to access to a court. The study’s primary purpose is to examine whether mandatory administrative remedies, often overlooked in civil procedure law, violate the right to access to court and explore ways of ensuring more robust protection of such fundamental right. Compulsory outof-court mechanisms limit the right to access to court, an indispensable element of the right to a fair trial. Both in the ECHR system and in Turkish law, the right to access to court may be limited in accordance with the regime of the limitation of fundamental rights. If the authority is not a tribunal and is not considered a tribunal, a judicial appeal must be available against that decision. In Turkish civil procedure law, there are several procedures having mandatory administrative remedies. In particular, an explicit regulation on the mandatory application to the Social Security Institution is needed to secure the right to access to court. The remedies that prevent or postpone the filing of an enforcement proceeding, as well as a lawsuit by a mandatory administrative remedy, should be very carefully regulated.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Law in Context (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Çağrı Mardin
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0000-0001-5558-4056
Türkiye
Publication Date
January 21, 2026
Submission Date
December 24, 2024
Acceptance Date
September 19, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Number: 77