The 7th Working Group (WG) meeting for the drafting of a code of judicial ethics took place in Istanbul on 14-15 July 2017 under the Project on “Strengthening Judicial Ethics in Turkey”. The participants included judges, public prosecutors, national academicians, international consultants, and representatives of the Council of Europe and the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (CJP) of Turkey.

During these two days, the WG reviewed and discussed each provision of the Code of Ethics for the Turkish Judiciary for the last time and reached an agreement on the final version of the text of the Code. A presentation on ethics commissions in different Council of Europe member states was introduced.  At the end, the participants also discussed on the next steps for the implementation of the Code.

According to the CJP, it is expected that the Code of Ethics is adopted and presented to the judicial community in September.