Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors

Turkish Justice Minister Kenan ?pek has said the election process of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) members is wrong and needs to be changed. 

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. 

Turkey's top judicial body has dismissed from the profession four prosecutors and one judge, who had been involved in the country's biggest-ever corruption investigation in December 2013.

Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an slammed the main opposition parties on April 28 over their ?lack of support for the government in the struggle against the parallel state,? the same day as Turkey?s high judiciary board allowed the prosecution against two judges who demanded the release of 76 suspects allegedly working for U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.

Turkey?s justice minister has announced that the country?s top judicial body has decided to investigate judges and prosecutors who allegedly formed a ?parallel power? within the judiciary as an extension of the ?Parallel State Structure Terror Organization/Pro-Fetullah Terror Organization? (Fetullahç? Terör Örgütü).

The Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has decided that prosecutors Celal Kara and Mahir Akta?, who conducted the Dec. 17 and 25, 2013, investigations, and judge Süleyman Karaçöl should be tried.

Turkey's highest judicial board has opened the way for the trial of two prosecutors and one judge responsible for the massive corruption probe of December 2013.

The 2nd Chamber of the Supreme Judges and Prosecutors Board (HSYK) gave permission for the trial of prosecutors Celal Kara and Muammer Akka? and judge Süleyman Karaçöl.

The balance of power at Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals is like a chess game played on a shifting platform. Five candidates are running for office in the elections scheduled to be held today, but understanding the situation in the chamber is impossible without taking a closer look at the back story.

What was the balance of power in the Supreme Court of Appeals before 2010?

Trust in the judiciary is at its lowest level in Turkey today, but the country's judicial body will be better in future after recent elections also resulted in leftist and Kemalist judges joining the body, according to a high-ranking ruling party member.