The election for Turkey's Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), which will determine the main and substitute members of HSYK and the fate of the Gülen Movement within the judiciary, ended at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
While the votes are still being counted, members of the Unity in the Judiciary Platform (Yargıda Birlik Platformu) stated that the platform is leading in the voting.
Ahmet Berberoğlu, an independent candidate who is allegedly supported by the controversial Gülen Movement, is the only elected candidate which the Gülen Movement supports. Other
All eyes have turned to one of the key elections in the judiciary following the Dec. 17 and Dec. 25 operations, which are believed to have been orchestrated by the Gülen Movement to topple the government, with the help of the Gülen Movement's members within the judiciary.
The government describes the movement as a "national threat," while state institutions take steps to halt Gülenist infiltration
