10.03.2026 10:50
Due to the fact that the term of the Deputy President of the Constitutional Court, Hasan Tahsin Gökcan, will end on March 23, 2026, Irfan Fidan was elected as Deputy President in the General Assembly elections.
Due to the expiration of the term of Deputy President of the Constitutional Court Hasan Tahsin Gökcan on March 23, 2026, an election was held today in the General Assembly in accordance with Article 146 of the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey and Article 12 of Law No. 6216 on the Establishment and Trial Procedures of the Constitutional Court.
2 CANDIDATES NOMINATED
In the election held during the General Assembly Meeting of the Court, members Selahattin Menteş and İrfan Fidan were nominated. In the voting, İrfan Fidan was elected as the Deputy President of the Constitutional Court.
WHO IS İRFAN FİDAN?
He was elected as a member of the Court of Cassation from the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
After graduating from Ankara University Faculty of Law, İrfan Fidan started his career as a candidate judge in the Ankara judiciary, serving successively as a public prosecutor in Kayseri Akkışla, Erzurum Aşkale, Zonguldak Çaycuma, Hatay Dörtyol, Istanbul Şişli, and Istanbul.
After being appointed as the authorized public prosecutor under Article 10 of the Anti-Terror Law in 2012, Fidan served as the Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor of Istanbul between January 16, 2015, and July 26, 2016, and continued to serve as the Chief Public Prosecutor of Istanbul until November 27, 2020. On November 27, 2020, he became a member of the Court of Cassation and was elected as a member of the Constitutional Court by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the AKP on January 23, 2021.