Özet:

Lawsuits on the closure of political parties have long been on the agenda of the country in Turkey in the 1990s. In this process, the Constitutional Court decided to close down on more than ten political parties. The Refah Party was closed in 1998 by the Constitutional Court on the grounds that it was the focus of activities against the secular order. As a result of the application made to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) within the scope of this decision, the court decision did not qualify as contrary to the contract on the grounds that it was in line with the scope of freedom of association and maintained a benefit equivalent to freedom of association. This decision made by ECHR was important in terms of the closure of a party which had extensive support and was largely organized for that period in Turkey. In the study, the limits of the freedom of political parties and especially the dimension of freedom of religion and conscience of the Welfare Party closure decision given by the ECHR was examined.

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