Within the scope of “Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the Court of Cassation”  jointly carried out by the Court of Cassation and the Council of Europe, the second of the symposium on “Reasoned Judgments in the High Courts of Appeal” was held online.  

In his speech at the Symposium, President of the Court of Cassation Mr. Mehmet AKARCA stated that the workload of the Court of Cassation has decreased rapidly as a result of the activation of the Regional Courts of Appeal and that the Court of Cassation continues to carry out important reforms in terms of reinforcing the title of case-law court, especially for reasoned decisions.  

Stating that the implementation of the Court of Cassation Case-Law Dissemination Strategy is also among the priority issues, Mr. Akarca said, “As a result of the studies carried out with this understanding, we are entering a period in which we will fulfill our duty of ensuring the unity of case law in accordance with the educative role of the High Courts”.

The information and experiences shared in these symposiums on comparative law will constitute an important reference point for the Court of Cassation to fulfill its educator role in the field of justice more effectively.

The event, which was conducted in two sessions was attended by Chief Public Prosecutor Mr Bekir ŞAHİN, the Heads of Chambers of the Court of Cassation, Members, Rapporteur Judges and Prosecutors, European Court of Human Rights National Judge of Türkiye Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saadet YÜKSEL, Head of the Council of Europe Programme Office in Ankara Cristian URSE, Member of the Ireland Supreme Court Paul MCDERMOTT,  Chief Justice of the Ohio State Supreme Court Maureen O’CONNOR, Vice President of National Center for State Courts of the USA Jeffrey APPERSON and Michael BUENGER, Professor of Law at Nottingham University Prof. Dr. Paul ROBERTS and expert lawyers from the European Court of Human Rights