`1982-constitution` Related Article Results

State Security Courts (SSC) are specially authorized courts established in the Turkish judicial system to try crimes concerning the internal and external security of the state. First established in 1973 with Law No. 1773 during the 1961 Constitution, these courts were abolished in 1976 with the annulment decision of the Constitutional Court, but were reorganized with the 1982 Constitution and operated from 1984 to 2004.Umit Gurkan. “Democracy and the Rule of Law in Turkey: The Example of State S

The September 12, 1980 Coup was a military coup carried out by the command hierarchy of the Turkish Armed Forces at the time. The coup effectively concentrated executive and legislative powers under the National Security Council (NSC), significantly restricting fundamental rights and freedoms under a state of emergency regime. Within this framework, Türkiye’s political structure, legal order, and institutional architecture entered a profound process of restructuring during the first half of the