Metin Feyzioglu

Metin Feyzioğlu has been appointed as Türkiye's new ambassador to Prague, diplomatic sources confirmed on July 27.

Feyzioğlu, who was previously serving as ambassador to the northern part of Nicosia, the capital of the divided island of Cyprus, will be replaced by Deputy Foreign Minister Yasin Ekrem Serim.

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 state of emergency and the decree numbered 696 must be removed immediately as they go against the Turkish Constitution, Turkish Bar Association head Metin Feyzioğlu said on Dec. 27 following an emergency meeting held in Ankara.

Turkish society is divided right down the middle as the country heads to a referendum on April 16 to decide on whether to replace the current parliamentary system with one with an executive presidency. According to the latest polls, half of the voters are on the "yes" front, while the other half is firmly "no," with tensions between the two camps rising every day. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has harshly criticized Turkey's Union of Bar Associations President Metin Feyzioğlu for conducting a referendum campaign abroad and taking a stance against the constitutional changes.

A delegation of the Venice Commission, headed by Honorary President Hanna Suchocka, has arrived in Turkey to hold talks with Turkish authorities on the recent constitutional amendments.  

The visit is conducted within the framework of the preparation of an opinion on the constitutional amendments requested by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has vowed there will be "consequences" for social media users who post in support of terror early on Jan. 2, following the Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul that killed 39 people and wounded 65, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TTB) head Metin Feyzioğlu has said the arrest of Doğan Group Ankara Administrative Representative Barbaros Muratoğlu may have "ignored the rule of law" and was difficult to understand.

The Cyprus issue is not independent of the Syrian issue. But while the imperialist intervention that has dragged Syria and Iraq into civil war and divided both still continues, the Cyprus talks have accelerated.