Venice Commission

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.

Following a non-inspection decision of the Constitutional Court, the state of emergency has been functioning without "checks and balances." 

The other day, on Feb. 8, 4,464 people, of whom 330 are academics, were expelled from public work. 

A constitutional law professor, İbrahim Kaboğlu, has been expelled from university too. 

STRASBOURG - An 18-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will be in Serbia on April 22-25 to observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections in the country, the PACE said in a release on Tuesday.