Constitutional Court Decision No. K: 2025/131 on Political Party Financial Audit (Case E: 2023/12), Dated 25 December 2025

The Turkish Constitutional Court (Anayasa Mahkemesi) issued Decision K: 2025/131 on December 25, 2025, concluding its review of Case E: 2023/12, which concerns the financial audit of a political party. Under Turkish law, particularly the Law on Political Parties No. 2820, the Constitutional Court holds exclusive jurisdiction to audit the income, expenditure, and asset acquisition of registered political parties to ensure compliance with constitutional and statutory financial rules. This decision, filed as a financial audit case in 2023 and resolved in late 2025, examines whether the audited political party's revenues, expenditures, and property acquisitions conform to the constitutional prohibition on receiving foreign funding, the rules on permissible income sources, and limits on campaign and operational spending as prescribed by Law No. 2820 and the Constitutional Court's own procedural regulations. The Court's financial audit determinations can result in findings of compliance, warnings, or — in the most severe cases — referral for dissolution proceedings or forfeiture of state treasury aid if systemic violations are identified. The two-year gap between filing (2023) and decision (2025) suggests a detailed evidentiary review of the party's financial records, likely covering multiple fiscal years. As the full text of the decision is not available in the submitted material, the specific party name, the fiscal years audited, any identified violations, and the operative rulings of the Court cannot be detailed here. The decision will be published in the Official Gazette (Resmî Gazete) as required by Turkish procedural law.

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