EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICIES AND ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS VISITS ISTANBUL BAR ASSOCIATION

Jaana Temmler from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighborhood Policies and Enlargement Negotiations paid a visit to the President of Istanbul Bar Association Atty. Mehmet Durakoğlu at 15.30 on February 17, 2020.

Earthquake in the judiciary in the aftermath of the failed coup attmept of July 15, state of emergency and the governmental decrees, independence and impartiality of the judicary in Turkey, Judicial Reform Strategy Document and Turkey-EU relations were among the topics discussed during the meeting. Durakoğlu asked for any contribution for Chapters 23 and 24 to be opened for Turkey in the accession negotiations, as this would help democratization of Turkey and the required structural reforms to be made.