Haşim Kılıç
Haşim Kılıç (pronounced [haʃim ˈkɯɫɯtʃ]; born 13 March 1950, in Çiçekdağı, Kırşehir) was a high-ranked judge and the President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from October 22, 2007 until February 10th, 2015.
Kılıç was born in Hacı Hasanlı village of Çiçekdağı district of the Kırşehir Province in Turkey. In 1968 he attended Eskişehir Academy of Economics and Commerce and graduated in 1972. Between 1974 and 1985, he served as a financial auditor at the Court of Auditors of Turkey, which is a high judicial body according to the Constitution of Turkey. He was elected as a member of the Board of the Court of Auditors of Turkey, a position he held five years long.
On December 7, 1990, he was appointed as a judge of the Constitutional Court by Turgut Özal, then President of the Republic of Turkey. On December 7, 1999 and December 7, 2003, he was elected twice as the deputy president of the court. On February 10th, 2015, he announced his retirement, a month ahead of schedule, after a series of public confrontations between himself and top government officials. He was succeeded by Zühtü Arslan.[1]
He is married to Gönül Kılıç. The couple has four children.[2]
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| Preceded by | President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey October 22, 2007 - February 10, 2015 |
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