Turkey's Council of State annuls controversial regulation lifting investigation secrecy

Turkey's Council of State annuls controversial regulation lifting investigation secrecy

ANKARA

The Ankara Bar Association challenged the regulation in the Council of State.

Turkey’s Council of State has annulled a new controversial regulation on judicial police, obliging those carrying out investigations to inform superiors.

The regulation was issued amid a graft scandal and increased concerns among lawyers that the government was interventing in the judiciary.

The Ankara Bar Association had filed a lawsuit at the Council of State against the regulation. 

The Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) also slammed the regulation, declaring it unconstitutional and a contradiction of the principle of the separation of powers.