Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State

Deniz Polat

doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000292

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Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State

Abstract

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

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Deniz Polat This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2014

Submission Date

January 1, 2014

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Number: 45

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000292

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https://izlik.org/JA46JF85RT

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APA

Polat, D. (2014). Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, 45, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000292

AMA

1.Polat D. Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2014;(45):1-22. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000292

Chicago

Polat, Deniz. 2014. “Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, nos. 45: 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000292.

EndNote

Polat D (May 1, 2014) Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 45 1–22.

IEEE

[1]D. Polat, “Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State”, The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 45, pp. 1–22, May 2014, doi: 10.1501/Intrel_0000000292.

ISNAD

Polat, Deniz. “Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 45 (May 1, 2014): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000292.

JAMA

1.Polat D. Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2014;:1–22.

MLA

Polat, Deniz. “Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 45, May 2014, pp. 1-22, doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000292.

Vancouver

1.Deniz Polat. Understanding of the Turkish Constitutional Court Regarding Unitary State. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2014 May 1;(45):1-22. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000292