Ankara Bar Association

In a major shift in the resolution of defamation offenses on social media, a new judicial reform envisages to only impose fines, closing off the litigation process, daily Hürriyet has reported.

A protester holds a feminist flag during a demonstration on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 6 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

Turkey's top administrative court monitors the legality of decisions made by administrative courts. Its decisions must be respected by the government.

Ankara Bar Association chair Erinç Sağkan has been elected the new president of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB), defeating Metin Feyzioğlu.

Kemal Vuraldogan, a former legal counsellor to the Ankara Bar Association and a lawyer in Ankara, said Erdogan's demands for changes to their election systems had nothing to do with current dispute between the Bar Association and the religious authorities.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) mulls making an arrangement in the election system for professional chambers, primarily for bar associations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday evening that he supports Ali Erbas, the head of Directorate of Religious Affairs, Diyanet, over his statements condemning homosexuality.

Erdogan also slammed the Ankara Bar Association, a lawyers' group, for accusing Erbas of inciting hatred.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has shown support to the head of the country's top religious body who stirred controversy after claiming that homosexuality and fornication were the "causes" of diseases.

The Ankara Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against a police officer who was caught on camera groping a woman at a protest while detaining her.

The Ankara Bar Association has called for Binali Yıldırım's resignation as parliamentary speaker over his candidacy to run for mayor of Istanbul, saying his nomination breaches the constitution as it obligates the speaker of the Turkish Parliament to remain impartial.

Only a handful of people in judicial circles and the media criticized Constitutional Court head Zühtü Arslan for bowing before President Tayyip Erdoğan out of respect during Turkey's Victory Day celebrations on Aug. 30.