Constitutional Court rules right of access to court violated in reinstatement lawsuit

The Constitutional Court ruled that the procedural dismissal of a reinstatement lawsuit due to a strict interpretation of the mediation report violated the right of access to a court. The unanimous ruling was published in the Official Gazette.

Applicant U.Ö.’s case had been dismissed on procedural grounds after the employer’s appeal following the Izmir 11th Labour Court’s reinstatement ruling. The Constitutional Court said the mediation minutes had been interpreted with excessive formalism.

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