Constitutional Court Partially Annulled Cimer Decree

dated June 3, 2022 In the Official Gazette With the Presidential Decree No. 101 published, a new provision was added to the Presidential Decree on the Organization of the Directorate of Communications. This provision “(3) The working procedures and principles of the Presidential Communication Center (CIMER), which was established to easily convey requests, opinions and suggestions regarding the activities of public institutions and organizations and to have them evaluated and answered by the relevant public institutions and organizations, are determined by the regulation to be issued by the President.” It was like. The Constitutional Court annulled this provision.

BİMER was replaced by CİMER

Since 2006 BİMER has been replaced by He left it to CİMER and citizens could apply through CIMER. According to the statement of the Directorate of Communications, the total number of applications made last year was 7 million 650 thousand.

The Constitutional Court decided on the request for annulment of CBK No. 101. In the decision of the Constitutional Court, for the right to petition Law No. 3071 on the Exercise of the Right to Petition‘s right to information Right to Information Law No. 4982He stated that it was.

In the second sentence of the seventeenth paragraph of Article 104 of the Constitution, the court also emphasized that the fundamental rights, personal rights and duties in the First and Second Chapters of the Second Part of the Constitution and the political rights and duties in the Fourth Chapter cannot be regulated by the CBK. It canceled the entire CBK No.

The decision published in the Official Gazette, from the date of publication 9 months later will come into force. In this process, if there is no regulation by the legislative and executive bodies, the CİMER platform will not be able to be used partially.