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Türkiye
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1257/2025 - Türkiye - Opinion on the impact of the prolonged pre-trial detention of opposition mayors on the exercise of local democratic governance
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1196/2024 - Türkiye - Opinion on the composition of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors and the procedure for the election of its members
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1102/2022 - Türkiye - Urgent joint opinion on the draft amendments to the Penal Code regarding the provision on “false or misleading information"
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1084/2022 - Türkiye - Joint opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on the amendments to the electoral legislation by Law No. 7393 of 31 March 2022
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1028/2021 - Turkey - Opinion on the compatibility with international human rights standards of Law no. 7262 on the Prevention of Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction recently passed by Turkey’s National Assembly, amending, inter alia, the Law on Associations (No. 2860)
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991/2020 - Turkey - Opinion on the July 2020 amendments to the attorneyship Law of 1969
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979/2019 - Turkey - Opinion on the replacement of elected candidates and mayors
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926/2018 - Turkey - Opinion on the amendments to the electoral legislation and related "harmonisation laws" adopted in March and April 2018
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888/2017 - Turkey - Opinion on the Provisions of the Emergency Decree law N°674 of 1 September 2016 which concern the exercise of Local Democracy in Turkey
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875/2017 - Opinion on the amendments to the Constitution adopted by the Grand National Assembly on 21 January 2017 and to be submitted to a national referendum on 16 April 2017
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872/2016 - Turkey - Opinion on Measures provided in the recent emergency Decree-Laws with respect to Freedom of the Media
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865/2016 - Turkey - Opinion on Emergency Decree Laws N°s667-676 adopted following the failed coup of 15 July 2016
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858/2016 - Turkey - Suspension of the second paragraph of Article 83 of the Constitution of Turkey (Parliamentary inviolability)
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857/2016 - Opinion on the restructuring of the Court of Cassation and Council of State and on constitutional aspects of the appointments of the members of high judicial bodies of Turkey
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852/2016 - Turkey - Opinion on the duties, competences and functioning of the criminal peace judgeships
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842/2016 - Turkey - Opinion on the Legal framework governing curfews
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831/2015 - Turkey - Opinion on Articles 216, 299, 301 and 314 of the Penal Code
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805/2015 - Turkey - Law N° 5651 on Regulation of Publications on the Internet and combating Crimes committed by means of such Publications ("The Internet Law")
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612/2011 - Opinion on the law on the establishment and rules of procedure of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
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610/2011 - Opinion on the Draft Law on Judges and Prosecutors of Turkey
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600/2010 - Opinion on the Draft Law on the High Council for judges and Prosecutors
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535/2009 - Opinion on the Legal Status of Religious Communities in Turkey and the Right of the Orthodox Patricarchate of Istanbul to use the adjective "Ecumenical”
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489/2008 - Opinion on the Constitutional and Legal Provisions relevant to the Prohibition of Political Parties in Turkey
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296/2004 - Opinion on the Draft Constitutional Amendments with regard to the Constitutional Court of Turkey
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