With respect to this legal framework, the Venice Commission refers to its previous relevant opinions, in particular the Opinion on the Provisions of the Emergency Decree-Law N° 674 of 1 September 2016 which concern the exercise of Local Democracy in Turkey and the Opinion on the Emergency Decree Laws Nos. 667-676 adopted following the failed coup attempt of 15 July 2016. The main concerns expressed therein with respect to international and national standards which are relevant for the present opinion are summarised below. As far as conformity with the Constitution of Turkey is concerned, the rapporteurs were informed that the Constitutional Court has rejected appeals against several emergency decree laws (No. 667, 668, 669, 670 and 671) and stated that it was not competent to decide on the constitutionality of such decree laws. Following the adoption of their provisions by Parliament, norm review by the Court would in principle be possible but no such application has been made to date with respect to the amendments to Article 45 of the Municipality Law.