About Kadir Özkaya
Born 1963. Kadir Özkaya is a Turkish jurist and statesperson.
Kadir Özkaya (born 12 August 1963) is the President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey.
Biography He served as rapporteur of the Constitutional Court between 2005 and 2011 and as a member of the Council of State between 2011 and 2014. He was elected as a member of the Constitutional Court by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan among the three candidates nominated by the General Assembly of the Council of State on 18 December 2014, and took office on 22 December 2014. At the meeting held by the General Assembly of the Constitutional Court on 12 March 2020, he was elected as the deputy president and second section president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey and started his duty on 4 April 2020.
He was elected as the president of the Constitutional Court on 21 March 2024. Özkaya officially began his duty on 20 April 2024.
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Who is Kadir Özkaya?
Turkish judge and statesperson (born 1963)
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Kadir Özkaya was born on 12 August 1963 in Tarsus.
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Kadir Özkaya is a jurist and statesperson.
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Kadir Özkaya is Turkish.
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