Constitutional Court member Kenan Yaşar deletes 'Ants are very jealous of the elephant' post

As the crisis between the Constitutional Court and the Court of Cassation continues, Constitutional Court member Kenan Yaşar has removed his social media post stating, 'Ants are very jealous of the elephant.'

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Constitutional Court member Kenan Yaşar deletes 'Ants are very jealous of the elephant' post

While discussions continue regarding the Court of Cassation's refusal to recognize the Constitutional Court's (AYM) ruling on rights violations concerning imprisoned Gezi detainee and TİP Hatay MP Can Atalay, a social media post by Constitutional Court member Kenan Yaşar had become a trending topic.

Constitutional Court member Yaşar had made the following post on his personal X (Twitter) account:

“Ants are very jealous of the elephant. They would say, ‘If it is alive, we are alive too; if it is big, we are big too.’ One day, as the elephant was passing by, the ants jumped onto the elephant's back. The elephant shook itself, they all fell to the ground, only one remained. The ants on the ground started chanting for the ant on the elephant's back - Crush it! Crush it!”

HE REMOVED HIS TRENDING POST

This post became a trending topic while the judicial crisis was ongoing. After claims emerged that the post in question was a reference to the Court of Cassation, Constitutional Court member Yaşar removed the post.

‘PRISONERS ARE JUDGING, JUDGES ARE NOW PRISONERS’

Following the Court of Cassation's comment that the Constitutional Court's ruling on Can Atalay had 'no legal value,' Yaşar had shared the following lines by Nurullah Genç the previous day:

“Blood fell on the whitest point of the map. The sword of justice broke; the shield fell. Prisoners are judging; judges are now prisoners. It is as if a volcano has fallen on the foundation of rights.”