THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION SYSTEM IN TURKEY: A PROMISING EXPERIENCE (Türkiye’de Bireysel Başvuru Sisteminin Kurulması: Başarı Vaad Eden Bir Tecrübe)

The establishment of individual application (constitutional complaint) system to the Constitutional Court has been a ground breaking development in Turkey in the field of protection of human rights. Although the institution has been discussed since 1960s, the most concrete and important steps were achieved by constitutional amendments of 2010 approved by public referendum. Two years of preparation period was foreseen by the Constitution for receiving individual applications by the Court.In this article, it is aimed to furnish information and shed light on the extensive preparations made in the main fields relating to the Turkish Constitutional Court’s structure, powers, functioning and administrative issues