"New chairman takes reins of Istanbul Bar
Prior to and following the Istanbul Bar Association election, Ümit Kocasakal was at pains to assure everybody that he would not permit politics to enter the organization and he would see that the bar stood by law and justice without being close to any political party. The new chairman says he was supported in large part by the younger members of whom he sees as believing in the Republic, a secular state and the principles of Atatürk"
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