The 1924 Constitution and the protection of fundamental rights

La Costituzione del 1924 e la tutela dei diritti fondamentali

Abstract

This study aims to set forth the understanding of democracy and the regime of the rights and freedoms of the Constitution of 1924. Also the problems related to the implementation of the Constitution will be examined. In this context, the development of fundamental rights and freedoms under the Ottoman-Turkish Constitutionalism and its effects to the Constitution of 1924 will be examined. The understanding of democracy and the intellectual and philosophic foundations that the Constitution of 1924 based on will be discussed. Besides, the extent of the fundamental rights - especially comparing the other constitutions of the same historical period - will be discussed. In this sense, the lack of social rights will be set forth. The effectiveness of the fundamental rights and the problems raising from the constitution and its implementation on the effective protection of fundamental rights will be studied.