Individual application in Turkish law

The individual application mechanism, introduced by the constitutional amendment on 12 September 2010, has the potential to serve as the basis for very important developments in the Turkish law with regard to the rights and freedoms. Although the individual application as a legal remedy began to take effect as from 23.09.2012, the judgments rendered by the Constitutional Court on the individual applications have offered solutions to many problems of legal and social significance thereby, became a source of aspiration to our society. This study aims to present general information on the individual application mechanism in the Turkish law in the context of the provisions of the Constitution and Law Nr. 6216.