Sami Selçuk (born 1937 in
Konya
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,
Turkey
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), is a Turkish
jurist,
professor
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of
law
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at the
Bilkent University
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in
Ankara
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. He is also former First President of
Court of Cassation
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of Turkey. He was graduated from
Ankara University, Law School
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History
Ankara University, Law School, was founded as a pa ...
in 1959 then he began to work as public prosecutor. On July 7, 1999, he elected the First President of
Court of Cassation
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of Turkey. He retired this job on June 15, 2002. He knows
French and
Italian
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languages.
His works
He wrote many books about law especially
Turkish law system.
Sami Selçuk's books
# “Dolandırıcılık”, İstanbul, 1982;
# “Cinayet Mahkemesi Anıları”, (Andre Gide'den Çeviri), Ankara, 1983;
# “Dolandırıcılık Cürmünün Kimi Suçlardan Ayırımı”, Ankara, 1986;
# “Temsili ve Katılımcı Demokrasinin Kökeni”, İstanbul, 1987;
# “Toplumsal Savunma İlkeleri”, (Filippo Gramatica'dan çeviri), 1988;
# “Çürütmeler”, İstanbul, 1990;
# “Önce Dil”, Ankara, 1993;
# “Çek Suçları”, Ankara, 1993;
# “Laiklik”, İstanbul, 1994;
# “Kızlık Bozma Suçu”, Ankara, 1996;
# “Zorba Devletten Hukukun Üstünlüğüne”, Ankara, 1998;
# “Demokrasiye Doğru”, Ankara, 1999;
# “Konuşma”, Ankara, 1999;
# “Özlenen Demokratik Türkiye”, Ankara, 2000;
# “Longing for Democracy”, 2000
References
1937 births
Court of Cassation (Turkey) justices
Academic staff of Bilkent University
Living people
Turkish prosecutors
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