In 1974, Tuğcu graduated from Institute of Public Administration of Turkey and the Middle East (Turkish: Türkiye ve Ortadoğu Amme İdaresi Enstitüsü - TODAİE) in Ankara.
In 1992, Tülay Tuğcu was elected member of Turkish Council of State and started serving at the sixth department.
On 22 December 1999 Tuğcu was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer among three candidates determined by the General Assembly of State Council.
Tuğcu holds two theses in "Extradition of Criminals" and "The Use of Approval Rights of Administration by High Officials" and a translation in "Productivity".
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