
Yeni Yol Group Deputy Chairman Selçuk Özdağ brought to the Parliament the allegations of "privilege" of the President of Ankara No. 2 Bar Association in the appointment of judges and prosecutors.
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The statements of Ankara No. 2 Bar Association President Gökhan Ağdemir in a television program were brought to the political agenda.
In his parliamentary question submitted to the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey with the request of the Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek to answer, Yeni Yol Group Deputy Chairman Selçuk Özdağ drew attention to the "confessional" words used by Ankara No. 2 Bar Association President Gökhan Ağdemir in a television program he attended.
Özdağ stated that in Ağdemir's statement, "The Ministry gave us a privilege, we appointed 70 bar association member lawyers as judges and prosecutors within two years." He emphasized that "It is an indispensable requirement of the rule of law that the processes of selection, admission and appointment of judges and prosecutors be carried out in accordance with the Constitution, relevant legislation, merit and equality principles."
"WHAT APPLICATION IS THE PRIVILEGE BASED ON?"
Özdağ asked Minister Akın Gürlek the following questions on the subject:
"Do you and your Ministry have information about the statement made by Gökhan Ağdemir, the President of Ankara No. 2 Bar Association, in which he stated that 70 lawyers who are members of their bar association have become judges and prosecutors in two years and that the Ministry of Justice has granted a privilege to their bar association?
How many lawyers registered to Ankara Bar Association No. 2 were accepted to the profession of judge or prosecutor during the two-year period stated in the statement?
Is bar association membership used as a criterion in the selection and recruitment of candidate judges and prosecutors? If not, on what practice is the expression of privilege expressed in the statement based?
Has your Ministry initiated any review or investigation in order to investigate whether there is a practice contrary to the legislation or a difference against other candidates in the processes regarding the admission of lawyers registered to Ankara Bar Association No. 2 to the profession of judge and prosecutor? If it is started, what is the result?
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