Another test of pluralist democracy and rule of law within President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) will take place next week. The test is on August 14-15. The Turkish parliament, currently on summer recess, will convene extraordinarily on August 15 to host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Following the assassination of Hamas leader
Imprisoned Turkish Worker’s Party (TİP) lawmaker Can Atalay’s parliamentary seat was revoked in the Turkish Grand National Assembly fueling further legal crisis in the country over the case. On January 30th, the Grand National Assembly Speaker’s Office read the verdict regarding Can Atalay, who was sentenced to 18 years in the Gezi Park Trial, revoking
The legal proceedings surrounding the imprisonment of Can Atalay, a lawmaker from the Turkish Worker’s Party (TİP), have escalated into an acute crisis within the Turkish higher judiciary. On January 3, the 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals once again resisted the Constitutional Court’s directive to release Atalay from prison, accusing it of