Chief Justice Kilic: "Nobody benefits from escalating tension"

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Hasim Kilic yesterday met with members of the media in his office. Calling for calm from all sides involved in and responsible for recent domestic political tension, he added that everyone � every individual, every institution, including the governing party and the opposition � has a role to play in this. "There is a duty which the opposition as well as the ruling party should fulfill," he said. "Nobody would benefit from escalating societal tension. We should fulfill our responsibilities of living together. I don't have any concerns as long as the institutions work. Our problems will be solved within the framework of the law." Kilic added that no one should feel concern or fear as long as Turkey's institutions continue to work as they should.