Turkish Judicial Reforms Reflect New Power Struggle
11/07/2012
A judicial reform package passed on 2 July was a product of the power struggle between the prime minister and the Gulen movement at least as much as an attempt to improve the Turkish judicial system.
Turkish deputy prime minister Be ir Atalay yesterday (10 July) said that as many as 10,000 prisoners could be released under judicial reforms passed earlier in the month. These would not include Kurdish members of parliament jailed over alleged relationships with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and critics argue that the package has less to do with addressing weaknesses in the Turkish judicial system and more to do with a power struggle between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the powerful Gulen movement.
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