# Osman Can

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'''Osman Can''' is a Law Professor and Reporting Judge at the [Constitutional Court of Turkey](/source/Constitutional_Court_of_Turkey).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-198071-8-taboo-breaking-jurist-osman-can-judiciary-cannot-be-supra-political.html|title=Taboo-breaking jurist Osman Can: Judiciary cannot be supra political|publisher=Today's Zaman|accessdate=2 October 2010}}</ref> He holds a PhD from the [University of Cologne](/source/University_of_Cologne), [Germany](/source/Germany).

==Biography==
In 2009, Can received a call from [TOBB University of Economics and Technology](/source/TOBB_University_of_Economics_and_Technology) in [Ankara](/source/Ankara). Previously, he had served as an Assistant Lecturer for constitutional law at the [University of Erzincan](/source/Erzincan_University) (2000 to 2002). Since 2002, he also worked as a Reporting Judge at the Turkish Constitutional Court dealing with cases concerning prohibitions on political parties, fundamental rights and constitutional amendments. In 2002, he founded the German-Turkish Forum of Public Law (Deutsch-Türkisches Staatsrechtlerforum) and has subsequently acted as Head of the Turkish section.

In 2010, he was selected as Jurist of the Year in [Turkey](/source/Turkey).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-207691-100-democrat-judiciary-head-osman-can-selected-as-jurist-of-the-year.html|title=Democrat Judiciary head Osman Can selected as Jurist of the Year|publisher=Today's Zaman|accessdate=2 October 2010}}</ref>

On 26 September 2012, following the invitation of the former leader of [Justice and Development Party](/source/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Turkey)) (AKP), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he became a member of AKP and subsequently has been elected to the board of the party.

He entered into the parliament after the general elections which was held on 7 June 2015, but he has not been nominated for the following snap election which took place 5 months after on 1 November 2015.

==Bibliography==

Osman Can's publications include:
* ''The Turkish Constitutional Court as a Defender of the Raison d'Etat'', in ''Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity'', eds. Rainer Grote and Tilmann Röder (OUP 2011)
* ''Der Schutz staatlicher Ehre und religiöser Gefühle und die Unabhängigkeit der Justiz'' (with Otto Depenheuer and Ilyas Dogan, 2008)
* ''Auf dem Weg zu gemeinsamen europäischen Grundrechtsstandards'' (with Otto Depenheuer and Ilyas Dogan, 2007)
* ''Die Schranken der Meinungsäußerungsfreiheit nach türkischem Verfassungsrecht'' (Shaker Verlag, 2001)

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