[ANALYSIS] An All-Powerful President Without Checks and Balances Polyxeni Vairami 02/07/2018 Following the constitutional amendment in 2017, the very first presidential and parliamentary election was held on 24 June 2018 by means of a snap election, which secured Erdogan the presidency and his party AK... Read More...
[OPINION] Decree Laws as a means of Revival of the “Civil Death” in Turkey İhsan Gumus 28/07/2017 By IHSAN GUMUS Hunger strike Nuriye G. (academic) and Semih Ö. (teacher) are just two of the victims fired by the decree laws introduced under the state of emergency. Although it remains highly uncert... Read More...
Wives of three jailed judges spoke to German journalist: “Our husbands buried alive since the coup attempt” PPJ 21/07/2017 Three brave women made an interview with Von Frank Nordhausen from a German News Paper. The interview was in German. Justice House Platform for Turkey translated it in English by helping Google Translate. &... Read More...
[OPINION] Arrests of Judges and Prosecutors in Turkey and Violation of the Principle of in Flagrante Delicto? MELIS TON 23/06/2017 By MELIS TON According to Article 88/1 of the Law on Judges and Prosecutors No. 2802, “Except for offences caught red handed (in flagrante delicto) which are subject to the jurisdiction of assi... Read More...
Judiciary Quashed by “Civilian Coup” MELIS TON 20/06/2017 By MELIS TON The 19th paragraph of the Constitutional Court's decision dated 26/7/2017 and numbered 2016/49158 has stated that more than 4500 judges prosecutors have been dismissed... Read More...
28 pct decrease in Turkey’s academic research output due to post-coup purge: report PPJ 18/06/2017 The number of research outputs by Turkey-based academics decreased by 28 percent year-on-year in 2017, according to a recent report. Freedom for Academia, a London-based online platform that aims to help... Read More...