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Publish date26 Apr 2014 - 10:52
Story Code : 157340

Turkey’s Gul signs disputed bill into law

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has approved a new law that the opposition claims would strengthen the administration’s powers and establish a police state in the country.
Turkey’s Gul signs disputed bill into law


The president’s office said the bill was signed into law by Gul late on Friday after it was sent by the country’s parliament earlier this week.

The law would give the country’s secret service, National Intelligence Organization (MIT), more room for operations and eavesdropping overseas.

The law would authorize the secret service to wiretap phone conversations around the globe.

Turkey’s main opposition party, Republican People's Party (CHP), said it would take the law to the Constitutional Court for annulment.

The government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently been dealing with a number of domestic problems, including accusations of corruption among government officials.

The approval of the new law came after the head of country’s Constitutional Court hit out at Erdogan's "excessive criticism" of the judiciary.

"In a state governed by the rule of law, courts do not work on orders or instructions, and cannot be manipulated by sentiments of friendship or enmity," Judge Hasim Kilic said earlier in the day.

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