Information Note on the Court’s case-law No. 76
June 2005
Ilıcak v. Turkey (dec.) - 15394/02
Decision 30.6.2005 [Section III]
Article 3 of Protocol No. 1
Choice of the legislature
Members of Parliament deposed of their parliamentary mandate: admissible
In April 1999 the applicant, who belonged to the political party Fazilet Partisi, was returned as member of parliament to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. In May 1999 she accompanied the MP Merve Kavakci, who took the oath in the National Assembly wearing an Islamic headscarf. On pronouncing the dissolution of the party in June 2001, the Constitutional Court decided to strip the applicant of her MP status, pursuant to Article 84 of the Constitution, and prohibited her from founding, joining or leading another political party for a period of five years.
Admissible under Articles 10 and 11 and Articles 1 and 3 of Protocol No. 1.
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