Referendum results will impact Turkish judiciary

The Globe and Mail: “With a double victory in Sunday’s constitutional referendum, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is poised to make sweeping changes in his officially secular, but predominantly Muslim country. The package of changes was supported by 58 per cent of the 39 million people who voted, paving the way for the government to appoint a large number of high-court judges more in tune with the government’s Islamic tendencies . . .  the government can, in short order, usher in a panel of judges that are likely to approve legislation extending religious practices and policies in the country.”