Judicial independence and rule of law
Notable reports and publications released by NGOs, experts, governments or international organizations on the problems related to the independence and impartiality of Turkey's justice system, respect of rule of law and fair trial principles
Opinion on July 2020 amendments to the attorneyship law (multiple bar associations law)
October 2020 - Venice Commission
Available in: English
Impunity in Turkey Today
September 2020 - Yves Haeck & Emre Turkut, Turkey Tribunal
Available in: English
Turkey: End detention of lawyers held for representing clients, says ICJ
September 2020 - International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Available in: English
The İstanbul Bar Association statement on the mass detention of lawyers
September 2020 - İstanbul Bar Association
Available in: Turkish
NYC Bar Association Marks Lawyers' Day in Turkey, Decries Treatment of Legal Professionals
April 2020 - New York City Bar Association
Available in: English
The Judiciary in Turkey: Inefficient and Under Political Control
April 2020 - The Arrested Lawyers Initiative & Human Rights Defenders (HRD)
Available in: English
The Turkish Judiciary's Violations of Human Rights Guarantees
January 2020 - Ali Yıldız & Leighann Spencer (Verfassungsblog)
Available in: English
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Does the Tr. Constitutional Court Provide Effective Remedies for Human Rights Violations?
December 2019 - Ali Yıldız, IACL-AIDC Blog
Available in: English
Access to Justice in Turkey? A Review of the State of Emergency Inquiry Commission
October 2019 - Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project
Available in: English
Report on the non-impartiality and non-independence of the Turkish criminal justice system
August 2019 - Human Rights Defenders (HRD)
Available in: Turkish
The Collapse of the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Turkey
June 2019 - The Human Rights Foundation
Available in: English
Solidarity with Turkish lawyers - Basic report
January 2019 - European Democratic Lawyers (AED)
Available in: English
Failure of Strasbourg Against Turkish Encounter
December 2018 - Platform for Peace and Justice (PPJ)
Available in: English
Turkish Criminal Peace Judgeships
September 2018 - Platform for Peace and Justice (PPJ)
Available in: English
Non-Independence and Non-Impartiality of the Turkish Judiciary
March 2018 - Platform for Peace and Justice (PPJ)
Available in English: the original report (2017) / the updated report (2018)
CoE's Perspectives on the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Turkey
February 2018 - Platform for Peace and Justice (PPJ)
Available in: English
Erdoğan's Rule by Royal Decree: Turkey's Contempt for the Rule of Law
September 2017 - Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF)
Available in: English
Turkey's Descent Into Arbitrariness: The End of Rule of Law
April 2017 - Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF)
Available in: English
Opinion on the Amendments to the Constitution (Adoption of the presidential system)
March 2017 - Venice Commission
Available in: English
Turkey: the Judicial System in Peril
June 2016 - International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Available in: English
Venice Commission Declaration on Interference with Judicial Independence in Turkey
June 2015 - Venice Commission
Available in: English