Constitutional Court

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Turkey guilty in the case of retired commander Levent Bekta?, who complained he had failed to obtain notice of the public prosecutor?s opinion during his criminal proceedings.

The Anatolia Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on June 9 appealed a rule of the Supreme Court that suggested the release of seven defendants, including the former general Çetin Do?an, in the Balyoz coup case. 

The Liberals will challenge at the Constitutional Court (CCR) the Senate's vote on Social Democrat Senator Dan Sova's immunity, National Liberal Party (PNL) First Vice President Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu announced on Monday.

The Liberals claim a new vote has not been necessary and ask for the reinterpretation of the first vote in Sova's case.

The hatred of women (misogyny) has always been here. It did not start 12 years ago. But it did escalate with the conservative administration. And it has reached its peak with the latest verdict of the Constitutional Court. 

Several prosecutors associations in Serbia asked the Constitutional Court on June 3 to review the rulebook on the election of new prosecutors.

They voice concerns that the future elections leave room for abuses and could postpone the opening of chapters 23 and 24, the key chapters in the membership negotiations with the EU.

Romanian lawmakers on Tuesday again rejected the detention request of prosecutors from the Anti-Corruption Department, DNA, in the case of a former transport minister, Dan Sova.

There were 72 votes against the request and 66 in favour.

The upper chamber, the Senate, vetoed the same request on March 25 but a Constitutional Court ruling made it repeat the voting procedure.

President Klaus Iohannis says that when it comes to the rule of law, it is increasingly difficult to work with the current Parliament and with the current majority.

Terrible things are happening in this country. Yes, we all know that for a time, actually for a long time, there has been ongoing misogyny.

We hear about it, we see it and we experience it. 

Some 28 people working at Turkey?s top science body and top telecommunications authority illegally eavesdropped encrypted phones of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and a number of other officials without court order, the Ankara Chief Prosecutor?s Office has stated in an indictment.

Turkey's Constitutional Court has legalized the right to be religiously married without obtaining a civil marriage, sparking debate over the decision's impact on women and children.

The ruling has drawn stern criticism from all sides, including lawyers, ruling party representatives, and opposition deputies.