Tülay Tuğcu
Tülay Tuğcu | |
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| President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey | |
| In office 25 July 2005 – 12 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Bumin |
| Succeeded by | Haşim Kılıç |
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| Born | 12 June 1942 Ankara, Turkey |
Tülay Tuğcu (born 12 June 1942) is a retired
Biography
Tuğcu was born in
In 1974, she graduated from Institute of "
In 1982, she was appointed to the senior judicial ost of Investigation at First Department of the Council of State, where she served until 1992.
In 1992, Tülay Tuğcu was elected member of
On 22 December 1999 she was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer among three candidates determined by the General Assembly of State Council.
Thereafter, she was elected President of the
Other facts and information
Tuğcu holds two theses in "Extradition of Criminals" and "The Use of Approval Rights of Administration by High Officials" and a translation in "Productivity".
She is married and has two children.
In one of her messages to the public on Supreme Court’s official website, she said:
"... if we want to name the age we are living in, the best can be the "age of communication". In order to be able to adjust to this age, people’s rights to access the information, the sharing of the accessible information and making it common must be provided. Even though it has not been clearly arranged in our constitution, the right to access the information is a "sine qua non" of basic rights and freedom. Without doubt, the internet websites of the public institutions that are equipped with the latest and satisfactory information play a crucial role in managing it."
Notes
References
- (in Turkish) Nur Batur's interview with Tuğcu
External links
- Official Page of Turkish Constitutional Court (in Turkish)
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