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DOI :10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006   IUP :10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006    Full Text (PDF)

The 1921 Constitution and Beyond: Any Inspiration After 100 Years?

Nilay AratAslı Topukçu

The 1921 Constitution has mostly been considered as a unique piece of legal document in Turkish Legal History with regard to the time it was written, the conditions under it was created, the necessity it touched and the era it changed. The 1921 Constitution had been assessed by scholars, bureaucrats, politicians and lawyers in different times from distinct perspectives. It has got special attention lately as regards to the discussions on constitution-making processes. Even after 100 years, many of its features inspire today’s constitutional discussions as the 1921 Constitution touches even today’s sociological, political and legal needs. In this context, this paper aims to assess the 1921 Constitution first by pointing out the unique features; then, gives try to answer a question posed whether the 1921 Constitution is a constitution itself, or not. This trial is done under the double constitution period discussions and by pulling out the deficiencies of the 1921 Constitution. Subsequently, the box of inspirational touches of the 1921 Constitution to 100 years beyond is opened. In that sense, it has been found that the understanding of sovereignty that brings it down to its origin “earth/humankind”, the idea of local democracy and the vision on fundamental rights and freedoms that open the door to modern understanding of rights on this part of the world, could be drawn/inherited for today’s constitutional making processes.

DOI :10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006   IUP :10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006    Full Text (PDF)

1921 Anayasası ve İlerisi: 100 Yılın Ardından Esinlenmeler Mümkün Mü?

Nilay AratAslı Topukçu

1921 Anayasası, Türk hukuk tarihinde çoğunlukla özgün bir hukuki belge olarak kabul edilmiştir. Yazıldığı dönem, içinde bulunduğu koşullar, dokunduğu ihtiyaç ve değiştirdiği çağ itibariyle bu özgün niteliği ön plana çıkmıştır. 1921 Anayasası, bilim insanları, bürokratlar, politikacılar ve hukukçular tarafından farklı zamanlarda farklı açılardan değerlendirilmiştir. Son zamanlarda anayasa yapım süreçlerine ilişkin tartışmalarda özel bir ilgi görmektedir. Yüz yıl sonra bile birçok özelliği günümüzün sosyolojik, siyasi ve hukuki ihtiyaçlarına dokunduğu için günümüz anayasa tartışmalarına da ilham vermektedir. Bu bağlamda bu çalışma, öncelikle 1921 Anayasası’nın kendine has özelliklerine dikkat çekmekte ve ardından 1921 Anayasası’nın bir anayasa olarak değerlendirilip değerlendirilemeyeceği sorusunu cevaplamaya çalışmaktadır. Bu değerlendirme, iki anayasalı dönem tartışmaları çerçevesinde ve 1921 Anayasası’nın eksikliklerinden yola çıkılarak yapılmaktadır. Ardından 1921 Anayasası’nın yüz yıl sonrasına ilham veren özellikleri üzerinde durulmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, millet egemenliği anlayışının, yerel demokrasi fikrinin ve bu konuda çağdaş hak anlayışına kapı açan temel hak ve özgürlükler vizyonunun ortaya çıktığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu kapsamda 1921 Anayasası’na özgü bazı niteliklerin günümüz anayasa yapım süreçleri için esinlenebilir olduğu tespitleri ortaya konmuştur.


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Arat, N., & Topukçu, A. (2022). The 1921 Constitution and Beyond: Any Inspiration After 100 Years?. Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul, 0(71), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006


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Arat N, Topukçu A. The 1921 Constitution and Beyond: Any Inspiration After 100 Years?. Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul. 2022;0(71):27-39. https://doi.org/10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006


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Arat, N.; Topukçu, A. The 1921 Constitution and Beyond: Any Inspiration After 100 Years?. Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul, [Publisher Location], v. 0, n. 71, p. 27-39, 2022.


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Arat, Nilay, and Aslı Topukçu. 2022. “The 1921 Constitution and Beyond: Any Inspiration After 100 Years?.” Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul 0, no. 71: 27-39. https://doi.org/10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006


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Arat N, Topukçu A. The 1921 Constitution and Beyond: Any Inspiration After 100 Years?. Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul [Internet]. 6 Dec. 2024 [cited 6 Dec. 2024];0(71):27-39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006 doi: 10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006


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Arat, Nilay - Topukçu, Aslı. The 1921 Constitution and Beyond: Any Inspiration After 100 Years?”. Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul 0/71 (Dec. 2024): 27-39. https://doi.org/10.26650/annales.2022.71.0006



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Submitted18.09.2022
Accepted30.10.2022
Published Online19.12.2022

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