The case of Turkey presents unique opportunities to expand the theoretical horizons of research on the “legal complex”. This paper explores factors behind the growth of off-the-bench activism by judges and prosecutors between 1980 and 2010 and identifies three stages: the collusion between the military and high courts from the 1980 coup until 2005; the increasing politicization and polarization of the legal complex in 2005–2010; and the restructuring of the judiciary in the wake of the 2010 constitutional referendum. Attention is paid to how individual professionals and judicial organizations shape political and judicial processes, but also to the effects of the government’s quest to eliminate political rivals and rearrange the balance of p...
The article deals with the phenomenon of the dependence of the judicial branch from the political a...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015Why would a country's top law professors support a mil...
Turkey is not a typical authoritarian or democratic regime. For much of the past six decades Turkey ...
Authoritarian regimes create and empower courts in anticipation of various regime-supporting functio...
This dissertation examines the role of the social struggles and alliances in shaping the Constitutio...
This article traces the evolution of judicial self-government practices (JSG) in Turkey and argues t...
Many scholars have asserted that in countries where one political party dominates the political sphe...
Constitutional amendments in September 2010 restructured the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) by i...
This study examines the interaction between Justice and Development Party governments and the consti...
Political upheaval in Turkey since 2013 alongside stalled negotiation talks with regard to EU member...
During the past two decades, scholars have noted a global expansion of judicial power and court-led ...
The Turkish Constitutional Courts verdict annulling the Parliaments amendments to Articles 10 and 42...
The position of judiciary in politics is an important area of discussion for both legal and politica...
(in English): This bachelor thesis focuses on the judicial process with Turkish civil society activi...
Judicial reform has been part and parcel of democratization process among countries preparing for Eu...
The article deals with the phenomenon of the dependence of the judicial branch from the political a...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015Why would a country's top law professors support a mil...
Turkey is not a typical authoritarian or democratic regime. For much of the past six decades Turkey ...
Authoritarian regimes create and empower courts in anticipation of various regime-supporting functio...
This dissertation examines the role of the social struggles and alliances in shaping the Constitutio...
This article traces the evolution of judicial self-government practices (JSG) in Turkey and argues t...
Many scholars have asserted that in countries where one political party dominates the political sphe...
Constitutional amendments in September 2010 restructured the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) by i...
This study examines the interaction between Justice and Development Party governments and the consti...
Political upheaval in Turkey since 2013 alongside stalled negotiation talks with regard to EU member...
During the past two decades, scholars have noted a global expansion of judicial power and court-led ...
The Turkish Constitutional Courts verdict annulling the Parliaments amendments to Articles 10 and 42...
The position of judiciary in politics is an important area of discussion for both legal and politica...
(in English): This bachelor thesis focuses on the judicial process with Turkish civil society activi...
Judicial reform has been part and parcel of democratization process among countries preparing for Eu...
The article deals with the phenomenon of the dependence of the judicial branch from the political a...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015Why would a country's top law professors support a mil...
Turkey is not a typical authoritarian or democratic regime. For much of the past six decades Turkey ...