Former Presidents' Speeches

15 March 2024 Friday
Speech delivered at the International Conference on “Constitutional-Judicial Protection of the Freedom of Thought and Public Expression of Thought” held in Skopje, North Macedonia

14 March 2024 Thursday
Lecture delivered at the International Balkan University

26 February 2024 Monday
Opening Speech, the Conference on "The Future of Constitutional Interpretation: The Dynamics of Constitutional Interpretation and the Constitutional Court" held with the joint initiatives of the Research Centre for Constitutional Justice (AYAM) and Koç University Law School

8 February 2024 Thursday
Opening Address, Swearing-in Ceremony of Justice Mr. Yılmaz Akçil

30 October 2023 Monday
Opening Address, the 6th Regional Meeting on “Violation Judgments on Individual Applications in Civil and Administrative Proceedings and Elimination of the Consequences of Violations”

23 October 2023 Monday
Speech on “Protecting the Rule of Law through Constitutional Review of Presidential Decrees: The Case of Türkiye” delivered at the International Conference organised on the occasion of 14th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo

13 October 2023 Friday
Opening Address, International Conference on the 11th Anniversary of the Individual Application Mechanism in Türkiye

19 September 2023 Tuesday
Closing Remarks, the 11th Summer School of the AACC on “Judicial Independence as a Safeguard of the Right to a Fair Trial”

7 September 2023 Thursday
Speech on “The Conditions for an Effective Constitutional Judiciary: Lessons from the Turkish Experience” delivered at the International Conference organised in Astana on “Constitutional Justice: Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All”

4 September 2023 Monday
Speech delivered at the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2023-2024 of the Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Turkish-Kazakh University

4 July 2023 Tuesday
Speech on "The Individual Application to the Constitutional Court of Türkiye: Recent Developments", delivered at the International Concerence held on the occasion of the 25^th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan

6 June 2023 Tuesday
Speech on “Constitutional Justice in Türkiye” delivered at the Conference organised at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bologna

25 April 2023 Tuesday
Opening Address, Ceremony for the 61st Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Türkiye

3 January 2023 Tuesday
Opening Address, Symposium on Interpretation in the Judgments of the Constitutional Court of Türkiye

23 December 2022 Friday
Opening Address, Inaugural Congress of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Islamic World

17 December 2022 Saturday
Speech, the 133rd Plenary Session of the Venice Commission

23 November 2022 Wednesday
Speech, 6th Congress of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa on “African Constitutional Courts and International Law”

17 October 2022 Monday
Opening Address, Swearing-in Ceremony of Justice Mr. Muhterem İnce

6 October 2022 Thursday
Keynote Speech, the 5th Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (WCCJ)

4 October 2022 Tuesday
Speech, the AACC – CCJA Joint Conference on “Promoting Asian-African Cooperation for the Protection of People’s Fundamental Rights”

23 September 2022 Friday
Opening Address, International Conference on the 10th Anniversary of Individual Application Mechanism in Türkiye

21 September 2022 Wednesday
Opening Address, the 10th Summer School of the AACC on "Interpretation of the Constitution in the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms"

25 April 2022 Monday
Opening Address, Ceremony for the 60th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Türkiye

2 March 2022 Wednesday
Speech delivered at the Symposium on the Monitoring of Penitentiary Institutions in respect of Human Rights and Criminal Justice System

16 February 2022 Wednesday
Opening Address, Swearing-in Ceremony of Justice Mr. Kenan Yaşar

14 February 2022 Monday
Opening Address, Regional Meeting on “Violation Judgments Rendered through Individual Application Mechanism in Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction and Elimination of the Consequences of Violations”

26 November 2021 Friday
Speech delivered at the Online Conference on "Integration of Turkic World" held at Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University

8 November 2021 Monday
Speech delivered at the Symposium on “Presumption of Innocence and Right to Good Reputation” held by the Ministry of Justice

23 September 2021 Thursday
Opening Address, Project on “Supporting the Effective Implementation of Turkish Constitutional Court Judgments in the Field of Fundamental Rights”

16 September 2021 Thursday
Speech delivered at the 2^nd Judicial Conference of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts/Councils and Equivalent Institutions of the OIC Member/Observer States on “Human Rights and Constitutionalism: The Contribution of Judiciary of Muslim Countries”

7 September 2021 Tuesday
Opening Address, the 9th Summer School of the AACC on “Current Problems in Execution of Judgments: Constitutional Justice”

27 August 2021 Friday
**Speech delivered during the International Symposium themed “The Internet Era: The Rule of Law, The Values of Person, The State Independence”**

28 June 2021 Monday
Opening Address, Symposium on the “Right to Respect for Private Life within the scope of Professional Life”

3 May 2021 Monday
The Role of Individual Application in the Protection of Human Rights in Turkey

26 April 2021 Monday
Message by the President on the occasion of the 59th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court

9 February 2021 Tuesday
Opening Address, Swearing-in Ceremony of Justice Mr. İrfan Fidan

20 November 2020 Friday
Opening Address, Academic Program of the 10th International Crime and Punishment Film Festival titled “I Am Innocent”

23 September 2020 Wednesday
Opening Address, the Symposium on the 8th Anniversary of the Adoption of Individual Application on “The Protection of the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in the Age of the Internet”

7 September 2020 Monday
Opening Address, the 8^th Summer School on “Restriction of Human Rights and Freedoms in Health Emergencies: The Example of Covid-19”

9 June 2020 Tuesday
Opening Address, Swearing-in Ceremony of Justice Mr. Basri Bağcı

23 September 2019 Monday
Opening Address, Closing Conference of Joint Project on Supporting the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court in Turkey on “Review and Way Forward for the Individual Application System, Seven Years On”

9 September 2019 Monday
Opening Address, the 7^th Summer School on “Presumption of Innocence”

25 July 2019 Thursday
Opening Address, Swearing-in Ceremony of Justice Mr. Selahaddin Menteş

25 April 2019 Thursday
Opening Address, the 57^th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey, Symposium on “Constitutional Review and Legal Regime of Presidential Decrees”

20 February 2019 Wednesday
Opening Address, Swearing-in Ceremony of Justice Mr. Yıldız Seferinoğlu

14 December 2018 Friday
Opening Address, the 1^st Judicial Conference of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts/Councils of the OIC Member/Observer States on “The Role of Higher Judiciary in Protecting the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights”

19 October 2018 Friday
“The Central Place of Law in the Political Opinion of Alija Izetbegović”, Memorial Conference on the 15^th Death Anniversary of Alija Izetbegović on “Alija Izetbegović and His Understanding of Law and State”

17 September 2018 Monday
Opening Address, the 6^th Summer School on “The Right to Liberty and Security”

25 April 2018 Wednesday
Opening Address, the 56^th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey, International Symposium on “Evaluation of the First Five Years of Individual Application”

30 November 2017 Thursday
“The Role of Constitutional Courts in Upholding the Democratic State of Law: The Case of Turkey”, International Conference on the Occasion of the 25^th Anniversary of the Constitution of Uzbekistan on “Role and Significance of the Constitution in Building Democratic State Governed by Rule of Law”

24 November 2017 Friday
“Individual Access to Constitutional Justice in Turkey”, the 2^nd International Conference by the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa and the Constitutional Council of Algeria on “Individual Access to Constitutional Justice”

18 September 2017 Monday
Opening Address, the 5^th Summer School on “Immigration and Refugee Law”

09 August 2017 Wednesday
“(Re)interpreting Secularism in a Democratic Society: A Cursory View of the Case-Law of the Turkish Constitutional Court”, International Symposium on the Occasion of the 14^th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia on “The Constitutional Courts as the Guardian of Ideology and Democracy in the Pluralistic Society”

30 June 2017 Wednesday
“Upholding Constitutional Principles in a State of Emergency”, the XVII^th Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts

01 June 2017 Friday
Opening Address, the Conference under the Joint Project on Supporting the Individual Application to the Constitutional Court in Turkey on “The Legal Remedy of Intermediate Appeal and the Individual Application before the Constitutional Court”

25 April 2017 Tuesday
Opening Address, the 55^th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey, Institutions Symposium on “Constitutional Courts as Guardians of Fundamental Rights”

07 March 2017 Tuesday
“Xenophobia, Racism and Islamophobia in relation with Migration”, the 4^th International Ombudsman Institutions Symposium on “Migration and Refugees”

05 October 2016 Wednesday
Opening Address, Swearing-in Ceremony of Justices Mr. Recai Akyel and Mr. Yusuf Şevki Hakyemez

18 August 2016 Wednesday
“The 15^th July Coup Attempt and the State of Emergency: A New Challenge for the Constitutional Democracy in Turkey”, the 3^rd Congress of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions

25 April 2016 Monday
Opening Address, the 54^th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey, International Symposium on “The Execution of Judgments Concerning Constitutional Complaints and Their Effects”

16 October 2015 Friday
“Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Challenges”, the Conference by the Council of Europe on “Freedom of Expression: Still a Precondition for Democracy?”

25 August 2015 Tuesday
Opening Address, the 3^rd Summer School on “Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association”

27 April 2015 Monday
Opening Address, the 53^rd Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey, International Symposium on “Assessment of the Judgments on Individual Application - Challenges and Remedies”