The principle of justification is very important in terms of administrative action. This importance arises primarily from the close relationship between the rule of law principle and the principle of justification. The prin- ciple of justification is also an element that directs the relationship between the administration and the individual. The principle of justification brings the administration closer to the rule of law and removes the individual from being a subject before the administration. Even this result alone carries the principle of reason to a different place among other principles of administrative procedure. At this point, the question of whether there is a legal regulation of the principle of justification arises. There is no general or specific legal regulation on administrative procedure in Turkish administrative law. Essentially, without the need for a legal regulation, the rule of law principle in Article 2 of the 1982 Constitution can be accepted as the legal basis of the principle of justification. Considering that the principle of justification is a result and necessity of the rule of law, this result will actually be inevitable. On the other hand, the principle of justification has a consequence of limiting the discretion of the administration, which is also related to the rule of law and a result of the rule of law.
State of Law, Administrative Action, Principle of Justification, Obligation of Justification.
