Abstract
The article titled “Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in Turkey and the Turkish Constitutional Court” illustrates the influence of the European human rights standards in Turkey. First, the article examines the key features of the fundamental rights and freedoms regime under the 1982 Constitution. Second, it discusses the Turkish Constitutional Court’s approach on fundamental rights and freedoms within the framework of the decisions on some of the specific issues that have proven controversial in Turkey, i.e. “gender equality”, “freedoms of political parties”, “social rights” and “emergency-law decrees”. This article reveals that the European human rights documents and the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights are indispensable elements for Turkish legislation and the Constitutional Court, even though it seems that sometimes they do not fully embrace the principles. Accordingly, the Turkish case suggests the “Convergence of Fundamental Rights in Europe”.
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