Justice with an arsenal is about to explode...

For the sake of freedom, we are all slaves to the law. (Cicero)

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The law must be above everything. (Aristotle)

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Where the power of the law diminishes, the law of the powerful begins to prevail. (Maurice Duverger)

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The law is a tool for protecting the rights and freedoms of minorities in a democracy. (Alfred E. Smith)

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Where the law ends, tyranny begins. (John Locke)

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Where there is no law, the people are a herd. (Goyard Fabre)

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Justice comes first from the state. Because law is the social order of the state. (Aristotle)

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In law, managing the situation (telling people what they want to hear) and relying on superstitions is the heaviest nightmare that prevents nations from awakening. The Turkish nation does not harbor nightmares. (M. Kemal Atatürk)

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The worst of laws is the one that frightens the innocent. (Bidpai)

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The worst of justice is that which is delayed. Even if the verdict is accurate in the end, delayed justice is oppression. (Orhan Ghazi)

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No virtue can be as great as justice. (J. Addison)

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Where the criminal is acquitted, the judge is convicted. (Publilius Syrus) 

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Justice does what the sword cannot. (Suleiman the Magnificent)

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These are some of the aphorisms spoken about justice and law throughout human history.

If I were a judge or a prosecutor...

And if I had an office...

I would hang all of these quotes on the wall!

I would ensure that everyone sees how much I value and respect the concepts of rights, law, and justice, and that no one feels anxious because of the decisions I make.

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Yet, these concepts have become insignificant even for legal professionals.

Nowadays, instead of hanging these aphorisms on their walls, those tasked with dispensing justice on behalf of the state are hanging and displaying their "arsenals."

You have understood who I am talking about:

Oktay Tabur, President of the Izmir Judicial Commission of First Instance...

He is the most authoritative person in our justice system in Izmir...

The gentleman was displaying more than 30 of his weapons, seven of which were long-barreled, on the wall of his office...

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Justice exists so that "there is no need for weapons," but our judge is boasting about his weapons!

The symbol of justice all over the world is the blindfolded Goddess Themis and the scales in her hand.

She is blindfolded because it symbolizes that judges must treat everyone equally.

The scales in her hand signify that all evidence must be evaluated with the precision of a scale...

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This is the scene in AKP's Turkey!

Show this photo to a million people living in various countries around the world and ask, "To whom could these weapons belong?" I bet not even one of them would answer "A judge"...

They would say mafia, police, soldier, or arms dealer, but it would not cross the mind of a single soul that these weapons could belong to a judge.

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Now tell me:

After this photo, what are we going to say to the citizen who seeks their rights through the mafia and weapons instead of the courts?

If a judge does this...

How are we going to blame the citizen?