 President Abdullah Gül (L) next to Deputy PM Bülent Arınç speaks to reporters at Ankara's Esenboğa Airport. AA photo |
Turkey is in need of a judicial reform with modernized laws that befit the country, the country’s president said Monday.
“I’ve been saying from the start that Turkey needs a judicial reform and everyone agrees,” said President Abdullah Gül, told reporters at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport prior to his flight to Yemen.
The comment came following a question on the president’s thoughts about the recent fight between the judiciary and government after Article 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code, or CMK, was put into effect, limiting arrest periods and releasing suspects.
The needed judiciary reforms include “speeding up the judiciary process, modernizing laws and meeting the needs of judges and prosecutors.”
The number of those under arrest and awaiting trial is more than the number of those convicted, Gül said, calling for a speedy solution and adding that the present situation did not “befit Turkey.”
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also spoke to the press prior to his trip to Qatar and Kuwait.
“There is an approach of placing the judiciary’s heavy burden on the political wing. But this subject is not related to the political mechanism at all,” said Erdoğan.
“A politician’s job is known, there are even clauses in the Constitution against interfering with the judiciary,” Erdoğan said.
He said work on the Appeals Courts was complete and that the next step was to appoint staff to positions.
Parliamentary Speaker Mehmet Ali Şahin also spoke on the matter during a visit to the Parliament Reporters’ Association, or PRA, on Monday, saying people’s conscience had to be eased following the release of criminals.
“I’m not trying to blame anyone, but our people will not tolerate excuses,” Şahin said, adding that everyone should do their job without error and that it pained him to see something as important as the judiciary becoming a subject of such argument.
"No proposal has made it to Parliament on the matter yet, and even then the problem cannot be solved immediately,” he said.
Meanwhile, Gül also commented on the recent furor following his meeting with student representatives, to which the Bilkent University student council president showed up in a Jaguar with a private driver.
"The students pick the student council presidents. It could be someone with a Jaguar or someone on a scholarship," Gül said, pointing out that the status of the student did not concern him and that he focused on the students’ issues as conveyed through their elected representatives.
“I’ve been saying from the start that Turkey needs a judicial reform and everyone agrees,” said President Abdullah Gül, told reporters at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport prior to his flight to Yemen.
The comment came following a question on the president’s thoughts about the recent fight between the judiciary and government after Article 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code, or CMK, was put into effect, limiting arrest periods and releasing suspects.
The needed judiciary reforms include “speeding up the judiciary process, modernizing laws and meeting the needs of judges and prosecutors.”
The number of those under arrest and awaiting trial is more than the number of those convicted, Gül said, calling for a speedy solution and adding that the present situation did not “befit Turkey.”
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also spoke to the press prior to his trip to Qatar and Kuwait.
“There is an approach of placing the judiciary’s heavy burden on the political wing. But this subject is not related to the political mechanism at all,” said Erdoğan.
“A politician’s job is known, there are even clauses in the Constitution against interfering with the judiciary,” Erdoğan said.
He said work on the Appeals Courts was complete and that the next step was to appoint staff to positions.
Parliamentary Speaker Mehmet Ali Şahin also spoke on the matter during a visit to the Parliament Reporters’ Association, or PRA, on Monday, saying people’s conscience had to be eased following the release of criminals.
“I’m not trying to blame anyone, but our people will not tolerate excuses,” Şahin said, adding that everyone should do their job without error and that it pained him to see something as important as the judiciary becoming a subject of such argument.
"No proposal has made it to Parliament on the matter yet, and even then the problem cannot be solved immediately,” he said.
Meanwhile, Gül also commented on the recent furor following his meeting with student representatives, to which the Bilkent University student council president showed up in a Jaguar with a private driver.
"The students pick the student council presidents. It could be someone with a Jaguar or someone on a scholarship," Gül said, pointing out that the status of the student did not concern him and that he focused on the students’ issues as conveyed through their elected representatives.
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