Can Atalay

Erdoğan’s AKP faces new test: The Can Atalay case and Abbas visitErdoğan’s AKP faces new test: The Can Atalay case and Abbas visit

Erdoğan’s AKP faces new test: The Can Atalay case and Abbas visit

Another test of pluralist democracy and rule of law within President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) will…

9 months ago
The Can Atalay Case: the quake in Turkey’s rule of lawThe Can Atalay Case: the quake in Turkey’s rule of law

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…

1 year ago
Imprisoned lawmaker Atalay’s parliamentary seat was revokedImprisoned lawmaker Atalay’s parliamentary seat was revoked

Imprisoned lawmaker Atalay’s parliamentary seat was revoked

Imprisoned Turkish Worker's Party (TİP) lawmaker Can Atalay's parliamentary seat was revoked in the Turkish Grand National Assembly fueling further…

1 year ago
Erdoğan’s political risk: Will the parliament approve Sweden’s NATO bid without F-16sErdoğan’s political risk: Will the parliament approve Sweden’s NATO bid without F-16s

Erdoğan’s political risk: Will the parliament approve Sweden’s NATO bid without F-16s

President Tayyip Erdoğan is on the verge of one of the most difficult decisions of his political life. He has…

1 year ago
Legal standoff: Turkish courts lock horns over release of lawmaker AtalayLegal standoff: Turkish courts lock horns over release of lawmaker Atalay

Legal standoff: Turkish courts lock horns over release of lawmaker Atalay

The legal proceedings surrounding the imprisonment of Can Atalay, a lawmaker from the Turkish Worker’s Party (TİP), have escalated into…

1 year ago
Judicial tension for Atalay: Istanbul court resists the top court againJudicial tension for Atalay: Istanbul court resists the top court again

Judicial tension for Atalay: Istanbul court resists the top court again

The judicial tension increased in Türkiye as Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court resisted once again the Constitutional Court's explicit order…

1 year ago
Supreme Court defies Constitutional Court: Turkish judiciary in crisisSupreme Court defies Constitutional Court: Turkish judiciary in crisis

Supreme Court defies Constitutional Court: Turkish judiciary in crisis

The Third Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Türkiye rejected complying with the Constitutional Court’s decision to release imprisoned…

1 year ago
Top court ruled imprisoned lawmaker to be released: will he be?Top court ruled imprisoned lawmaker to be released: will he be?

Top court ruled imprisoned lawmaker to be released: will he be?

The Constitutional Court (AYM) ruled that the rights of  Can Atalay, who was elected as Turkish Labor Party (TİP) Hatay…

2 years ago
Gezi Trial: Crumbling Turkish judiciary, Erdoğan’s unrelenting angerGezi Trial: Crumbling Turkish judiciary, Erdoğan’s unrelenting anger

Gezi Trial: Crumbling Turkish judiciary, Erdoğan’s unrelenting anger

The main factor keeping Osman Kavala and the Gezi Trial prisoners in jail is not the law. It is not…

2 years ago