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Turkish parliament to pass bar associations law

Turkish parliament to pass bar associations law
Turkish parliament to pass bar associations law

Turkey’s parliament adopted a law on changing the structure of bar associations, a move that lawyers argue will further undermine judicial independence in a country where they say the judiciary is already in disarray, Reuters writes.

The legislation allows multiple bar associations to be formed in each province, in place of the current system where each province has a single association, diluting the institutions’ power.

A lawmaker Cahit Ozkan, AK Party, was the initiator of the law. According to him, the law was needed because bar associations were no longer able to function properly following a 13-fold increase in the number of lawyers in Turkey since the previous law came into effect.

Opponents say it will strengthen small provincial bars at the expense of the large associations in the main cities. The larger associations currently predominate and are frequently critical of the government.

The law was passed with 251 votes in favor in the 600-seat parliament, with only 417 MPs voting.

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