Council of Judges and Prosecutors

Why the word "supreme" was removed from the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) in the constitutional amendments, I could not receive an answer from anybody.

Could it be a reflection of the ruling party's mentality of regarding only the "elected" as superior? If so, then we have to start worrying.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has commented on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's possible return to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), saying that "this longing has to end." 

Before being elected as president in 2014, Erdoğan was the leader of the AKP.

The headline in one of the pro-government newspapers on April 3 was "A fully independent HSYK will elevate justice." The HSYK is the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors. Representatives of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) claim that approval of the constitutional changes in the April 16 referendum will elevate Turkey in several aspects, including justice. 

Debates on the constitutional amendments have started in parliament. Surveys have shown that 36 percent of citizens who will vote in a possible referendum have "no information" about the constitutional change. The rate of those who say they have "very little" knowledge is 28 percent and those who say they have "a little" knowledge total 14 percent.