Compensation for Unlawful Practices related to Administrative Detention of Foreigners in Turkey

This paper analyzes the evolution of the case law in Turkey concerning compensation of unlawful practices of administrative detention. Such cases happen when implementation of administrative detention is unlawful in terms of right to personal liberty and security, or when the administrative detentio...

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Main Author: Gamze Ovacık
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2021-06-01
Series:Public and Private International Law Bulletin
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/5A4067C090B0435CBA4E04E92F22C904
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description This paper analyzes the evolution of the case law in Turkey concerning compensation of unlawful practices of administrative detention. Such cases happen when implementation of administrative detention is unlawful in terms of right to personal liberty and security, or when the administrative detention conditions are against human dignity. The paper follows an empirical and analytical method as the analysis is built on the decisions of the Turkish Constitutional Court (“CC”) in individual applications and on the judgments by local courts. Accordingly, as explained in the first section, in the first phase of CC’s decisions, the lack of a special compensation mechanism for unlawful practices of administrative detention was recognized and compensation was granted in favor of the applicants. Second section of the paper analyzes the landmark decision of CC where it changed its case law and required exhaustion of administrative full remedy action for compensation claims related to administrative detention. Building on this background, in the last two sections of the paper first, it is assessed whether administrative full remedy action is an effective legal remedy with respect to compensating unlawful administrative detention practices and second, a critical analysis is offered on CC’s approach to the claims of compensation in the light of its landmark decision.
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spelling doaj-art-1560e84f390841c793c2cc75f6328e8f2025-08-20T02:16:01ZengIstanbul University PressPublic and Private International Law Bulletin2667-41142021-06-01411416210.26650/ppil.2021.41.1.803246123456Compensation for Unlawful Practices related to Administrative Detention of Foreigners in TurkeyGamze Ovacık0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3665-1097Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeThis paper analyzes the evolution of the case law in Turkey concerning compensation of unlawful practices of administrative detention. Such cases happen when implementation of administrative detention is unlawful in terms of right to personal liberty and security, or when the administrative detention conditions are against human dignity. The paper follows an empirical and analytical method as the analysis is built on the decisions of the Turkish Constitutional Court (“CC”) in individual applications and on the judgments by local courts. Accordingly, as explained in the first section, in the first phase of CC’s decisions, the lack of a special compensation mechanism for unlawful practices of administrative detention was recognized and compensation was granted in favor of the applicants. Second section of the paper analyzes the landmark decision of CC where it changed its case law and required exhaustion of administrative full remedy action for compensation claims related to administrative detention. Building on this background, in the last two sections of the paper first, it is assessed whether administrative full remedy action is an effective legal remedy with respect to compensating unlawful administrative detention practices and second, a critical analysis is offered on CC’s approach to the claims of compensation in the light of its landmark decision.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/5A4067C090B0435CBA4E04E92F22C904administrative detentionimmigration detentiondetention conditionsunlawful detentioncompensation for detention
spellingShingle Gamze Ovacık
Compensation for Unlawful Practices related to Administrative Detention of Foreigners in Turkey
Public and Private International Law Bulletin
administrative detention
immigration detention
detention conditions
unlawful detention
compensation for detention
title Compensation for Unlawful Practices related to Administrative Detention of Foreigners in Turkey
title_full Compensation for Unlawful Practices related to Administrative Detention of Foreigners in Turkey
title_fullStr Compensation for Unlawful Practices related to Administrative Detention of Foreigners in Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Compensation for Unlawful Practices related to Administrative Detention of Foreigners in Turkey
title_short Compensation for Unlawful Practices related to Administrative Detention of Foreigners in Turkey
title_sort compensation for unlawful practices related to administrative detention of foreigners in turkey
topic administrative detention
immigration detention
detention conditions
unlawful detention
compensation for detention
url https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/5A4067C090B0435CBA4E04E92F22C904
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