In this article, law no 2911 on the right of public meeting and demonstration, which dates back to the Ottoman law, is examined for consistency with the 1982 Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The law is inconsistent with the ECHR and the Constitution not only for its treatment of children and foreigners, but also on account of its categorically spatial and temporal prohibitions. On the other hand, the perception of the condition of ‘notice’ as a strict ‘allowance’ in practice, the uncertainty of the legal nature of press releases, and excessive interventions of the law enforcement and the judiciary violate this freedom. When the persons who carry out the violation are ‘political’, there is no effective investigation. As in many other areas, demonstrations which are considered as an act of terrorism deepen the current problem as a result of the ‘Enemy Criminal Law’. In this article, abandoning the special law on the freedom of assembly is proposed as well as reform of both the administration and the judiciary in accordance with the requirements of a democratic social order.