The power struggle between the government and the Constitutional Court in Turkey continues: Only the judges declared the blocking of Twitter and YouTube illegal. Now the court tilts parts of Erdogan’s Justice Reform.

The Turkish Constitutional Court wants to limit the influence of government on the judiciary. The judges have tilted important parts of a recently adopted by Erdogan Cabinet reform.

Thus, the judge declared a clause invalid, who gave the Ministry of Justice in Turkey far-reaching control over the appointment of prosecutors and judges.

The decision refers to a modification of the supervisory body HSYK, which is responsible for disciplinary control as well as for the appointment and dismissal of judges and prosecutors. After becoming aware of allegations of corruption against the government in December, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had the reform of the HSYK driven to take action against suspected government opponents in the judiciary can.

Judgment in Turkey:Government retains influence on training of judges

The reform would have strengthened the powers of the Minister of Justice in HSYK what critics denounced as a violation of the separation of powers. The Constitutional Court declared these new powers the government is now unconstitutional.

In a second decision, the court canceled the powers of the Communications Authority BTK in safeguarding and confidentiality of private data.
In contrast, the government’s control over the judiciary Academy remains. This policy has more impact on the future training of judges.

Just last week, the court had annulled the decision taken by the government blocking access to the short message service Twitter. In contrast, the authorities refuse, despite two court rulings so far persistently, the lock on the YouTube video platform lift again.

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