 The İzmir Chamber of Coffee Houses and the Council of State argued that it was unconstitutional to explicitly delineate 'coffee houses' as venues where people smoked. DAILY NEWS photo, Hasan ALTINIŞIK |
The Constitutional Court denied on Thursday a request to annul the provision banning smoking in Turkey’s coffee houses.
The majority decision came after the İzmir Chamber of Coffee Houses requested the Council of State to repeal the law.
The chamber asked for the annulment of the provision circulated by the Prime Ministry banning smoking in public areas, including entertainment venues, restaurants and coffee houses.
The İzmir Chamber of Coffee Houses and the Council of State argued that it was unconstitutional to explicitly delineate “coffee houses” as venues where people smoked and appealed to the Constitutional Court to order the delineation be removed from the provision.
In other legal developments, Parliament approved Thursday a bill granting former denim workers suffering silicosis the right to retire from disability.
According to the bill, a monthly retirement pension will be provided by the Social Security Institution to silicosis sufferers who have lost 40 percent of their capacity to work and are not insured.
Patients need to apply to the institution within three months of the bill coming into force and being published in the Official Gazette.
Labor Minister Ömer Dinçer said a monthly pension ranging from 433 to 557 Turkish Liras will be awarded to the silicosis sufferers.
The majority decision came after the İzmir Chamber of Coffee Houses requested the Council of State to repeal the law.
The chamber asked for the annulment of the provision circulated by the Prime Ministry banning smoking in public areas, including entertainment venues, restaurants and coffee houses.
The İzmir Chamber of Coffee Houses and the Council of State argued that it was unconstitutional to explicitly delineate “coffee houses” as venues where people smoked and appealed to the Constitutional Court to order the delineation be removed from the provision.
In other legal developments, Parliament approved Thursday a bill granting former denim workers suffering silicosis the right to retire from disability.
According to the bill, a monthly retirement pension will be provided by the Social Security Institution to silicosis sufferers who have lost 40 percent of their capacity to work and are not insured.
Patients need to apply to the institution within three months of the bill coming into force and being published in the Official Gazette.
Labor Minister Ömer Dinçer said a monthly pension ranging from 433 to 557 Turkish Liras will be awarded to the silicosis sufferers.
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