Turkey’s top court confronts Erdoğan’s government on judicial independence

In what is seen as an escalation of the locking of horns between the judiciary and the government over judicial independence, the Constitutional Court announced on Friday it partially annulled a highly controversial law to restructure the HSYK, which went into effect in February after being approved by the president.

The Constitutional Court announced on Friday it partially annulled a highly controversial law to restructure the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), which went into effect in February after being approved by the president.

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