Kadir Özkaya
{{Short description|19th President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey}}
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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.{{Cite web |title=Danıştay Üyeliklerine Seçme Kararı |url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2011/03/20110311-3.htm|language=tr}}
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,{{cite web |access-date=21 March 2024 |title=Anayasa Mahkeme Üyeliğine Seçme Kararı |url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2014/12/20141219M1-1.htm |work=www.resmigazete.gov.tr|language=tr}} 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 and started his duty on 4 April 2020.
He was elected as the president of the Constitutional Court on 21 March 2024. Özkaya began his duty on 20 April 2024.{{cite web |access-date=21 March 2024 |date=21 March 2024 |language=tr |title=Anayasa Mahkemesi'ne yeni başkan seçilecek |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/anayasa-mahkemesine-yeni-baskan-secilecek-845686.html |work=www.trthaber.com}}
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