Current Outlook of Turkey’s Judiciary System

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Current Outlook of Turkey’s Judiciary System
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the ceremony marking the opening of the new judicial year.
20 January 2015 18:00 23/02/17 10:01:33 PM GMT
Speakers
VENUE
  • Houses of Parliament
  • Committee Room 4a, London SW1A 0PW

Turkey Institute would like to invite you to discuss the current outlook of Turkey’s judiciary system concerning the arguments around the separation of power, constitutional reform, freedom of expression and fundamental rights of Alevi community and Kurdish people.

Turkey is a significant partner of the UK, both politically and economically. Last month PM Cameron paid a two-day visit to Turkey underlying this point and promising greater cooperation in all areas including the sharing of intelligence. With problems in the Middle East and with relations with Russia, an increasingly authoritarian Turkey dismissive of freedom of expression and the rule of law cannot be in the interest of the UK. Neither can these developments be good for Turkey’s ever-dwindling prospects of joining the EU.

Speakers Biography

Lord Balfe of Dulwich

Conservative Party politician

The Lord Balfe of Dulwich is an active member of the House of Lords accepting the Conservative Party whip. He has a detailed knowledge of Turkey and its political life built up over 20 years of membership of the EP-Turkey joint Parliamentary Committee

Prof. Istar Gozaydin

Dogus University

Istar Gozaydin is a well-known professor of Law and Politics. She is the Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at Dogus University, Istanbul. She studied at the New York University School of Law and Georgetown University International Law Institute, and holds an LLD degree from the Istanbul University.

Prof. Levent Koker

Faculty of Law, Atilum University

He is currently a member of the Faculty of Law in Atilum University. He has published many books, all in Turkish, including Modernization, Kemalism and Democracy (2009), Two Different Conceptions of Politics (2008), and Democracy, Critique and Turkey (2008).

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