Kılıçdaroğlu hits back hard at Court of Cassation President Akarca's remarks on the Constitutional Court

Court of Cassation President Mehmet Akarca, in his statement regarding the TİP MP Can Atalay ruling, used the following expressions: "It is a fact that we have serious and deep differences of opinion stemming from the interpretation of the individual application process, which has been ongoing for about 5-6 years, and the state of the Constitution."

Kılıçdaroğlu responded sharply to Akarca's statement that "it is a fact that we have differences of opinion" in a post on his social media account.

Here is that post by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu:

Court of Cassation President Mehmet Akarca said, "It is a fact that we have deep differences of opinion stemming from the Constitution regarding the Constitutional Court's Can Atalay ruling"...

The President of the Court of Cassation must explain which provision in which article of the Constitution these "deep differences of opinion" stem from!

The first sentence of Article 153 of the Constitution contains a clear provision: "The decisions of the Constitutional Court are final."

The last sentence of the same article states: "The decisions of the Constitutional Court shall be published immediately in the Official Gazette and shall bind the legislative, executive, and judicial organs, the administrative authorities, and natural and legal persons."

Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that these decisions of the Constitutional Court are not final. It does not say that these decisions do not bind the 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation! On the contrary, the Constitution states, without making any distinction between the decisions of the Constitutional Court, that the decisions of the Constitutional Court are final and bind everyone...

In the face of this information, one must ask Court of Cassation President Akarca: What does a difference of opinion stemming from the Constitution mean? From which provision of the Constitution does this difference of opinion stem? Do they have another constitution?

Let me tell you; there is no legal difference of opinion stemming from the Constitution. There is only an instruction given to the judiciary by the Palace not to release Can Atalay, and there are judges who are committing crimes by violating the Constitution within the framework of the instructions given to them!

Therefore, the decisions of the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court and the 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation regarding Can Atalay have no legal basis...

I repeat; we are living through a process where not the law, but Palace laws and desires, similar to the law of the jungle, are being applied.