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The Grand Turk
Top court deals fresh blow to Erdogan
2014-04-12
[Beirut Daily Star: Region] Turkey's constitutional court dealt another blow to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi only they haven't dumped him yet...
 Friday by annulling sections of a controversial law tightening his government's control over the judiciary.
So long as PM Erdogan has a pen and a phone, he's good to go. As our president would never say in public, it's about riding the train to the right station, then getting off.
The decision came a week after the court overturned a ban on Twitter and piled more bad news on Erdogan's graft-tainted government hours after Moody's downgraded its outlook on Turkey to "negative."

The court said the most controversial clause of the law, which gave the justice ministry greater control over the appointment of prosecutors and judges, was unconstitutional.

The ruling was the result of an appeal by a politician from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) who said it violated the principles of the separation of powers and the independence of courts.

CHP Deputy Chairman Sezgin Tanrikulu hailed the court's decision, saying: "With its recent decisions, the Constitutional Court has turned into a body championing freedoms, which unsettles the regime."

"This law includes so many unconstitutional elements that it would be strange if [the court] gave another decision," he told AFP.

But Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said he disagreed with ruling.

"The legislation was constitutional. The court's decision has not changed my opinion in that regard. But we will of course abide by the ruling," he said.
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