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The Grand National Assembly of Turkiye
Law Section
Law Section provides information for MPs in support of their parliamentary duties and also replies to international requests for information on subjects related to law.
Experts
Currently, there are eight legislative specialists working at the Law Section. Five of them have undergraduate degree in law and three have political science background. In addition, four legislative specialists in the Law Section hold master’s degree (MA or LLM).
Subject Areas
- Constitutional Law
- Constitutions of the Republic of Turkey (1924, 1961, 1982)
- General Principles of Constitutions
- Constitution-Making Process
- Amendment of Constitutions
- Constitutional Judiciary
- Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
- Constitutional Rights
- Legislative Process
- Deputy Status (Oath, Immunities, Incompatibilities, Obligations, Termination of Office)
- The Judicial System
- Principles of the Judicial System
- Independence of Courts
- Council of Judges and Prosecutors
- Judicial Organization
- High Courts
- Lawyers and Notaries
- Law of Persons
- Real and Legal Persons (Personality, Protection of Personality, Personal Status Registry, Capacity to Act and Have Rights)
- Residence
- Name
- Associations, Foundations
- Family Law
- Engagement, Marriage (Termination of Marriage, Divorce, Property Regimes etc.)
- Adoption, Custody, Guardianship
- Kinship
- Property Law
- Ownership, Possession, Land Registry, Legal Transactions Regarding Movements and Real Estate
- Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law
- Crimes Committed Against Persons (Crimes Against Life, Bodily Integrity, Sexual Immunity, Freedom)
- Crimes Against Property and Honour
- Crimes Against Society, Public Peace and the State
- Subjects of Criminal Proceedings (Powers They Have and Their Relations with Each Other)
- Criminal Proceedings (Protection Measures, Investigation and Prosecution Stages)
- Legal Situation of Prisons and Convictions
- Legal Remedies
- Forensic Medicine
- Civil Procedure Law
- Trial (Duty and Authority, Litigation, Investigation, Evidence, Trial Procedures, Judgment)
- Legal Remedies
- Arbitration
- International Law
- Foreigners Law
- Conflict of Laws (Disputes Including Foreign Elements)
- Immovable Acquisition by Foreigners
- International Procedural Law
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Jurisdiction
- International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, etc.
- Environmental and Health Law
- Legal Regulation and Criminal Liability
- Sports Law
- Legal regulations
- Disciplinary Provisions
- Arbitration
- Doping
- Legal and Criminal Liability
- Land and Forest Law
- Land Ownership, Heritage
- State Power of Forests and Forest Lawsuits
- Human Rights Law
- Classification of Human Rights
- Protection of Human Rights in terms of International Agreements and Conventions
- Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights
- Women and Law
- Preventing Violence Against Women Through Law
- Gender Sensitivity in Law and Judiciary
