- Tülay Tuğcu
Tülay Tuğcu (born
June 12 ,1942 ) is a Turkish formerjudge . She was the President of the Constitutional Court (Supreme Court) ofTurkey , Chief Justice of Turkey. She retired onJune 12 2007 . [ [http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/410782.asp?cp1=1 Tülay Tuğcu emekli oldu ] ]Biography
She was born in
Ankara and attended TED College for primary and high school. In 1961, she enrolled inAnkara University Faculty of Law and graduated in 1965. After working as alawyer for 4 years, she successfully passed the exams required to start working at the Council of State (Danıştay) as assistant to Council of State.In 1974, she graduated from Institute of "
Public Administration of Turkey and theMiddle East " (Türkiye ve Ortadoğu Amme İdaresi Enstitüsü - TODAİE) in Ankara.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
Turkish Council of State and started serving at the Sixth Department. After 3 years, she was transferred to the Tenth Department of Council of State and continued serving there.On
December 22 ,1999 , she was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court by PresidentAhmet Necdet Sezer among three candidates determined by the General Assembly of State Council.Thereafter, she was elected President of the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes on
January 6 ,2004 and as Chief of the Supreme Court onJuly 25 ,2005 consequently.Other facts and information
Tülay 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
* [http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/pazar/3784018.asp Nur Batur's interview with Tuğcu]
External links
* [http://www.anayasa.gov.tr Official Page of Turkish Constitutional Court] tr icon
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