Turkey's top appeals court files complaint against constitutional court judges

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Celebrating Wild Caraway: Taste of Nova Scotia's Restaurant of the Year | SaltWireANKARA - Turkey's top appeals court took the unprecedented step of filing a criminal complaint against members of the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, over a disagreement on the case of imprisoned parliamentarian Can Atalay, a court document showed.

Both the government and opposition political parties expressed concern following the complaint. The hashtags"Constitutional Crisis","Constitutional Court", and"Court of Cassation" dominated social media platform X. Atalay, 47, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in April 2022 after being convicted of trying to overthrow the government by organising the nationwide Gezi Park protests in 2013 along with Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala and six others.

The main opposition CHP Leader, Ozgur Ozel, called for an urgent meeting of his party in response to the court complaint, calling it"an attempt at overthrowing the constitutional order."

 

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