Chief justice defends prosecutor from criticism

Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Judge Hasan Gerceker yesterday defended Chief Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya, who has faced criticism for his indictment seeking the closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Rather than politicizing law, the government must show that law should stand above politics, he said. Saying that the independent judiciary benefits everyone, he added that wherever it is lacking, basic rights and freedoms cannot be protected.