Turkey's executive branch may consider restructuring or closing constitutional court

By Hamdi Firat Buyuk, 27 October 2020
Flag of Turkey (photo credit: pixabay)
Flag of Turkey (photo credit: pixabay)
A lower court’s rejection of a ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional Court has reignited debate over judicial independence, just as the country’s top court considers a number of high-profile verdicts. [ . . . ] Turkey’s ruling coalition . . . had already made clear its desire to ‘restructure’ the Constitutional Court in the wake of constitutional changes that took force in 2017 and vested executive power in the presidency, held for the past six years by Erdogan.
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