Turkish Council of State

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The Turkish Council of State is the highest administrative court in the Republic of Turkey and is based in Ankara. Its role is protected by the Constitution of Turkey.

On May 3, 2006, Sumru Çörtoğlu was elected as the new chief judge of the Council of State after winning the 68th round of voting.[1]

[edit] 2006 Shootings

On 17 May 2006, Alparslan Arslan, a gunman made his way into the Council of State building and subsequently shot dead one judge and injured four others. One of the wounded judges had been criticized for ruling against teachers wearing Muslim head scarves. It turned out that this target was purposefully selected to give a 'religious' nature to this provocation. Initially it was also claimed that the attacker shouted God is Great before the firing [2], but this turned out to be unsubstantiated.