Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law 5th Constitution Writing Competition

Topic: Closure of Political Parties

Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law students are writing new rules on the closure of political parties, which were included in the government's constitutional amendment package but fell because they did not receive enough votes!

Political parties, which are indispensable elements of democratic life, may engage in acts contrary to democracy. In World War II, the world clearly saw what kind of disaster political parties that came to power through democratic means and later abolished democracy could cause.

What measures should we take today to prevent such a disaster from happening again? Can political parties be closed? If so, under what conditions? What are the relevant criteria of Constitutional Courts, the European Court of Human Rights and the Venice Commission?

The competition, in which 5 teams will defend the drafts they have prepared to amend the constitutional provisions on the closure of political parties and the audience will also be able to influence the results with their votes, will be held on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 at 16:30 in the B CONF Hall of Bahçeşehir University's Beşiktaş Campus.