The plan, promised in recent months as part of a series of legal and economic reforms, would also improve the judiciary system, Erdogan said at the presidential palace in Ankara. As part of a nine-point plan, Erdogan outlined measures to improve the judicial system in areas including nationalisation of land and the trial of minors, to steps to ensure a speedy trial and ease business conditions. The court, whose rulings are legally binding, says such detentions violate human rights and only serve to limit pluralism and political debate. Erdogan added on Tuesday that a committee would be set up to observe human rights conditions in prisons and that a human rights report on Turkey would be published annually. Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu Ali Kucukgocmen; Writing by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Dominic EvansIMAGE: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a meeting with EU Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium March 9, 2020.

Source: Egypt Independent March 02, 2021 12:33 UTC