Mehmet Gün

Founder of Gun+Partners law firm, Chairman of Better Justice Association, Vice Chairman of TURKONFED

How genuine is Erdoğan’s discourse on a new and civil constitution?

The rhetoric of a “new and civil constitution” and “liberation from the coup constitution,” frequently voiced by ministers appointed by…

2 months ago

CHP leader echoes predecessor: Erdoğan ineligible for another presidential term

Özgür Özel, the Chairperson of the Republican People's Party (CHP), proposed renewing the elections in November 2025 or the spring…

2 months ago

So-called judicial reform and half-baked strategy documents

While not a single iota of what the AK Party intends with its rhetoric of a "new and civil constitution"…

3 months ago

Key challenges to ethical business in Türkiye

Humans have to live as a society in solidarity with others for survival, security, and continuation of the species. Equity…

5 months ago

Türkiye’s economic woes reflect defects in rule of law and judiciary

On one hand the accelerating race for the local elections on March 31st seems more like a competition to get…

8 months ago

The Can Atalay Case: the quake in Turkey’s rule of law

The game played at the highest levels of the state has come to the end long expected of it. After…

9 months ago

Does Erdoğan target re-election or elimination of small parties?

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's suggestion to lower the presidential election threshold from 50+1 percent to 40+1 percent and to make it…

11 months ago

Turkish top court disowned the right to trial in reasonable time

Turkiye's Constitutional Court (AYM) announced in the Official Gazette on October 10, 2023 in its Keser Altıntaş decision that it…

1 year ago

Will Erdoğan force a constitution within the political space he emptied?

Could the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who failed to crack open the “once in a century window of…

1 year ago

Erdogan had bureaucrats draft a constitution, unbeknownst to us all

On the 12th of September at the Legal Policies Council workshop at the Ulucanlar Prison Museum, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…

1 year ago