New HSK members have been determined

The election held in the TBMM for the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has concluded.

In the General Assembly, an election was held for the 5 vacant seats in the HSK. In the second round of voting, 363 deputies cast their votes, and no blank or invalid votes were recorded.

The votes received by the candidates in the second round are as follows:

Candidate list for the first seat to be selected from among Court of Cassation members:

Ömer Faruk Aydıner (78)

Fuzuli Aydoğdu (204)

Mustafa Yapıcı (75)

Candidate list for the second seat to be selected from among Court of Cassation members:

İbrahim Temir (133)

Hakan Türkön (25)

Hakan Yüksel (203)

Candidate list for the third seat to be selected from among Court of Cassation members:

Seyfi Han (218)

Şerafettin Saka (42)

Ergün Şahin (102)

Candidate list for the seat to be selected from among Council of State members:

Kemal Açıkgöz (69)

Cengiz Aydemir (74)

Aysel Demirel (219)

Candidate list for the seat to be selected from among faculty members and lawyers:

Hasan Oğuz Altınkaynak (136)

Figen Şaştım (7)

Alişan Tiryaki (217)

Since no candidate received the three-fifths majority of the total number of members stipulated by the Constitution—that is, the votes of 360 deputies—in the second round of voting, the HSK members were determined by TBMM Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş through a drawing of lots between the 2 candidates who received the highest number of votes in the second round.

In the drawing of lots, Fuzuli Aydoğdu, Hakan Yüksel, Seyfi Han, Cengiz Aydemir, and Alişan Tiryaki were elected as the new members of the HSK.

Following the completion of the HSK membership election process, TBMM Speaker Kurtulmuş adjourned the session to reconvene at 14:00.