Recent developments had shown that these circles had failed to accept the independence of the judiciary branch and were trying to create a judiciary branch that took sides with and protected the executive branch, the statement said.
“However, it should be never forgotten that history has never witnessed a state that managed to survive and secure the safety and happiness of their citizens with such a guided judiciary branch,” the statement said.
Systematic attacks targeting the judiciary branch and harming the basic principles of the Republic which had been going on for almost a year had intensified recently, it said.
“These consistent acts delay the real agenda of the society and its problems waiting to be solved,” the statement said.
By making use of the general accord in the society over the need to change certain articles of the constitution, certain circles had introduced a draft aiming to change the whole constitution in line with the directives and desires of a certain political ideology, creating tension.
The statement also made direct reference to the closure case opened against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya, claiming that the prosecutor was being directly targeted.
“The defendants and their supporters have ignored the fact that the indictment was a corporate one, and they attempted to make the Chief Public Prosecutor the subject of reactions and enmity of the people through illogical, unlawful remarks and articles and acts most of which constitute crimes in themselves.”
