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Redaktion Richterzeitung, Aktuelle Situation der Justiz in der Türkei, in: «Justice – Justiz – Giustizia» 2016/3 (www.richterzeitung.ch) Die Nachrichten aus der Türkei sind besorgniserregend. Die Situation der Justiz wird von Tag zu Tag schlimmer. Neben der Europäischen Richtervereinigung (European Association of Judges/EAJ) ist deshalb auch die Schweizer Vereinigung der Richterinnen und Richte SVR-ASM – wie viele andere nationale Richtervereinigungen – in der letzten Woche (das Interview wurde am 30. Juli 2016 geführt) aktiv geworden. Die Redaktion von «Justice – Justiz – Giustizia» hat sich darüber mit den Redaktionsmitgliedern Stephan Gass und Thomas Stadelmann unterhalten. Richterzeitung_aktuelle-situation-d_cf0c4bbeb4_de

Juria, Current Situation of the Judiciary in Turkey, in: «Justice – Justiz – Giustizia» 2016/3 (www.richterzeitung.ch) Even before the latest coup attempt, for the last 3–4 years Turkey was moving away from democracy, rule of law, freedom of expression and freedom of the media and losing its vision of EU membership. President Erdoğan gradually took control of all government institutions. To create his single man regime, he wanted to control not only the legislative and administrative power, but also the judiciary, the media, universities and even civil society. Richterzeitung_current-situation-of_726a4b039f_de  

Juria, Report on the illegalities in the criminal investigation regarding judges and prosecutors in Turkey, in: «Justice – Justiz – Giustizia» 2016/3 (www.richterzeitung.ch) The article mentions Constitutional provisions, the Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law which are applicable for criminal investigation, pre-trial detention etc. regarding judges and prosecutors in Turkey. It also mentions the law on judges and prosecutors on the basis of which 2745 judges and prosecutors were arrested. It the article the author shows clearly that the actually still on-going criminal investigation and court procedures after the attempted coup against prosecutors and judges, hence many cases of pre-trial detention, are illegal – even under the assumption that the emergency…

Decision of the 8th of August 2016 of the General Assembly of the Constitutional Court on Removal Measure regarding the Constitutional Court Members Alparslan Altan and Erdal TERCAN  Translation of the decisive part of the Turkish Constitutional Court decision. Previous parts of the decision are only copy-paste of the indictment of the Chief Prosecutor of Ankara. It was difficult to translate it because the expression of the text is very vague and is not depending on facts. As you will see there is no single proof against Alparslan Altan and Erdal TERCAN. These two members strongly deny any connection with any illegal organisation, they want to see concrete information and…

The DECREE of SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 According to this source: the number of dismissals of civil servants at any state institution is 42.881 The President of YARSAV (Turkish Judges Association) Mr. Murat Arslan is also dismissed. Thursday decree also cancelled passports of spouses of all people who have been blamed for being a member of the FETO organization The decree also calls retired judges and prosecutors to duty if they wish. All members of ‘Prison Monitoring Boards’ (Cezaevi Izleme Kurullari) dismissed. New members will be appointed in 10 days. (This is important: These boards monitor the conditions of prisons all over the country. So, why will the government appoint new…