Mass Denaturalization via KHK 680 Art 75 (Post-2016)

Eligibility Summary

Mass Denaturalization via KHK 680 Art 75 (Post-2016).

• Per F-008, the ACTUAL substantive statutory hook for the post-2016 mass denaturalization wave is KHK 680 of 2 January 2017 Article 75 (Resmî Gazete 6 January 2017 No. 29940; EIF 06.01.2017) — which AMENDED Article 29 of Law 5901, adding grounds for citizenship deprivation. KHK 670 of 15 August 2016 (RG 17.08.2016 No. 29804) is the operational/SoE-framework decree-law establishing the (KHK 670 EIF 17.08.2016; KHK 680 Art 75 EIF 06.01.2017 (RG 29940); KHK 685 OHAL Komisyonu establishment EIF 23.01.2017 (RG 29957); KHK 700 Art 188 EIF 09.07.2018; KHK 701 EIF 08.07.2018; Law 7072/2018 ratification of KHK 680 EIF 08.03.2018 (RG 30354); Law 7075/2018 codification of OHAL Komisyonu EIF 01.02.2018; SoE declared 21.07.2016, ended 19.07.2018; Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye GC judgment 26.09.2023)
• Per AYM Genel Kurul (Plenary Assembly) decisions in Onur Can Taştan (B. No: 2018/32475) — VIOLATION FOUND — and Yağmur Erşan (B. No: 2018/36451) — NO VIOLATION — both decided 27 October 2021, the Constitutional Court reviewed passport-cancellation measures under Decree-Law 667 / Law 6749 Article 5 (companion administrative-measure to Art 29 denaturalization). HOLDING: passport cancellation without (Onur Can Taştan + Yağmur Erşan AYM GK decisions 27.10.2021; Mehmet Hasan Altan AYM GK foundational precedent 11.01.2018 (RG 30306); Law 6749 ratification of KHK 667 EIF 02.11.2016)
• Turkey is a party to BOTH the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (acceded 26 March 2015 per UN Treaty Collection V-3) AND the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (acceded 26 March 2015 per UN Treaty Collection V-4 — Turkey ratified BOTH conventions on same date). Article 8(1) of the 1961 Convention obligates States Party NOT to deprive a person of nationality (1954 Statelessness Convention EIF 06.06.1960; Turkey accession 26.03.2015; 1961 Reduction of Statelessness Convention EIF 13.12.1975; Turkey accession 26.03.2015; both continuously in force for Turkey since 2015; predates KHK 670 of 17.08.2016 and KHK 680 of 06.01.2017)
• ECtHR Pişkin v. Turkey (Application no. 33399/18, Second Section judgment of 15 December 2020) found Art 6§1 ECHR violation in a Decree-Law dismissal case — establishing the Court's review pattern for KHK-era administrative-measures challenges. Combined with ECtHR Köksal v. Turkey (Application no. 70478/16, decision of 6 June 2017 — inadmissibility for failure to exhaust the OHAL Komisyonu pathway (Köksal v. Türkiye inadmissibility decision 06.06.2017; Mehmet Hasan Altan + Şahin Alpay 20.03.2018; Pişkin v. Türkiye 15.12.2020; Baş v. Türkiye 03.03.2020; Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye GC 26.09.2023; exhaustion-architecture continuously developing 2017-2026)
• ECtHR Mecit and Others v. Türkiye (Application no. 69884/17, Second Section Committee, judgment of 12 December 2023) and Kurt and Others v. Türkiye (Application no. 29715/19, Second Section Committee, judgment of 24 September 2024) — the post-Yalçınkaya pattern judgments — apply the GC reasoning to specific KHK-era dismissal cases, finding Art 7 + Art 6§1 + Art 11 violations in cohorts of FETÖ-des (K2 v. UK inadmissibility decision 07.02.2017; Ghoumid v. France judgment 25.06.2020; Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye GC 26.09.2023; Mecit and Others v. Türkiye 12.12.2023; Kurt and Others v. Türkiye 24.09.2024)

Operative Framework

Primary Statute: Law 5901 of 29 May 2009 (Türk Vatandaşlığı Kanunu) — Resmî Gazete No. 27256 of 12 Jun 2009; EIF 12 Jun 2009 per Art 47 Implementing Regulation: Yönetmelik 2010/139 of 6 Apr 2010 (RG 27544) Constitutional Basis: 1982 Anayasa Madde 66 (as amended by Law 4709/2001 Art 23 — gender-equality amendment) Authority: Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü (NVİ) — under İçişleri Bakanlığı CES-02 Statutory Hook: KHK 680 of 6 Jan 2017 Art 75 (adding Art 29(2) to Law 5901; TCK 302-315 trigger; 3-month return-home default) — NOT 'KHK 670/701' ( F-008)

Operative Period: 2009-06-12 → present

• [T1]: KHK 680 — Decree-Law Amending Article 29 of Law 5901 (State of Emergency context)
• [T1]: KHK 670 — Decree-Law on Measures Required Under State of Emergency (mass denaturalization framework)
• [T1]: KHK 700 — Decree-Law on Adaptation to Constitutional Reform (2017 Executive Presidency Transition)
• [T1]: Law No. 7072 Ratifying State-of-Emergency Decree-Laws Including KHK 680
• [T1]: A.S. başvurusu (Application of A.S.) — landmark AYM nationality individual application
• [T1]: Pişkin v. Turkey
• [T1]: Köksal v. Turkey (decision on inadmissibility)
• [T1]: Baş v. Turkey
• [T1]: Onur Can Taştan başvurusu + Yağmur Erşan başvurusu — AYM Genel Kurul on passport cancellation under Decree-Law 667
• [T1]: AYM Genel Kurul on Law 7150 + Laws 6749/6756/6757/7070/7074 OHAL conversion statutes — multiple iptal/red decisions