The opening of the Court’s judicial year took place on 26 January 2018. To mark the occasion, a seminar was held on the topic The authority of the judiciary, attended by Presidents of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts of the Council of Europe member States and numerous senior judicial figures.

At the solemn hearing that followed the seminar, President Guido Raimondi and Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, addressed an audience of around 350 persons.

On 26 January 2018, İsmail Rüştü Cirit, First President of the Court of Cassation, visited the Court and was received by President Guido Raimondi. Işıl Karakaş, judge elected in respect of Türkiye, and Roderick Liddell, Registrar, also attended the meeting.

Within the scope of "Ethics, Transparency and Trust Project of the Court of Cassation (CoC)", Expert Group Meeting on İstanbul Declaration on Transparency in Judiciary Meeting was held under the Presidency of İsmail Rüştü CİRİT, President of CoC, on October, 20, 2017. In the meeting: A workshop has been carried out with the international experts representing the different legal systems on the Draft Action Plan for the Implementation of The Istanbul Declaration by Nihal Jayawickrama, the Coordinator of the UN-sponsored Judicial Integrity Group, who drafted the Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct.It is envisaged that Draft Action Plan for the Implementation of the İstanbul Declaration will be accepted with the international level of participants in the Summit of High Courts which is scheduled to be organized by Court of Cassation in the next year. 

İstanbul Declaration
The Programme of Expert Group Meeting on İstanbul Declaration on Transparency in Judiciary
Draft Action Plan for the Implementation of the İstanbul Declaration
Biographies of Experts

On 25-29 September 2017 Deputy First President of Court of Cassation, Abdülhalik YILDIZ and accompanying delegation attended "Silk Road International Judicial Cooperation Forum" and events held in the People's Republic of China (Dunhuang and Xi' an).

The members of the CoC evaluated the opinions that were sent by chambers of the CoC and others institutions on "Drafts of Codes of Conduct for the Court of Cassation". In addition, bench members have two days workshop on "Adult Education Techniques"

Public prosecutors evaluated the opinions that were sent by chambers of the CoC and others institutions on "Draft Code of Conduct For Public Prosecutors of the Court of Cassation". In addition, the public prosecutors have two days workshop on "Adult Education Techniques"