Yekta Güngör Özden

Yekta Güngör Özden (born 1932) is a Turkish judge, and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey.

Biography

He was born in Niksar, a town in Tokat province of Turkey, in 1932. He was the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey,[1] from May 8, 1991 until May 8, 1995, and from May 25, 1995 until January 1, 1998, when he retired.[2] He also was the head of "Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği" (ADD),[1] a leading Turkish non-governmental organization, that has organized Republic Protests, a peaceful mass rally of more than 300,000 people, in Ankara, on April 14–15, 2007.

Recently, he was implicated in the Ergenekon scandal, for allegedly being a CIA agent.[3] The journalist who made the accusation, Zihni Çakır, has been detained on charges of acquiring state secrets and fraudulent bankruptcy.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Yekta Güngör Özden: 184 yeter". Zaman (in Turkish). 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Anayasa Mahkemesi Emekli Başkanları" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Ergenekon Investigation Takes In The Journalist Zihni Çakır". Bianet. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-07-21.

References

Court offices
Preceded by
Necdet Darıcıoğlu		 President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
May 8, 1991–January 1, 1998 		Succeeded by
Ahmet Necdet Sezer