Mehmet Yüzgeç

Turkey's top judicial body has dismissed two judges who were arrested for ordering the release of 76 suspects thought to have links to the "Fetullahist Terrorist Organization" (FETÖ), as well as two other judges who released three police officers that were detained on charges of illegal wiretapping.

Former prosecutor Zekeriya Öz has sought political asylum from Germany following an arrest warrant issued for him after he headed Turkey?s biggest corruption investigation involving the sons of four former ministers in 2013, daily Sözcü reported.

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul's Bak?rköy district asked the Justice Ministry on Aug. 19 to request Interpol issue a red notice to arrest two former prosecutors wanted for attempting to overthrow the government.

A Turkish prosecutor who handled probes into alleged coup cases in Turkey has fled with a colleague to Germany via Georgia and Armenia after learning of an upcoming arrest warrant issued in his name, daily Hürriyet reported on Aug. 14. 

A controversial prosecutor who led probes into alleged coup attempts has fled to Armenia with a colleague after an arrest warrant was issued regarding both judicial figures, the governor of Artvin province has announced. 

A controversial prosecutor who led probes into alleged coup attempts has fled to Georgia with a colleague after an arrest warrant has been issued on both judiciary figures for attempting to overthrow the Turkish government with the corruption investigations of 2013.

A controversial prosecutor who led probes into alleged coup attempts will be put on trial for attempting to overthrow the Turkish government with the corruption investigations of 2013.

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe has expressed concerns over "serious interference with the independence of the judiciary in Turkey" which it had found to be apparent in several cases, referring to immediate and direct actions Turkey's High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) took against judges and prosecutors on account of their decisions.

A prosecutor who was recently dismissed from the profession after being involved in the huge corruption investigation of December 2013 has said Turkey?s top judicial body has become a threat to the impartiality of the judiciary. 

The two leaders of the opposition parties continued their rallies on May 13, during which they slammed the government?s policies on both local and national issues.