ANKARA — As Ankara basks in its newfound popularity amid the Ukraine crisis, a report by the human rights watchdog Amnesty International held up a mirror this week to Turkey’s Achilles’ heel: democratic backsliding and a politicized judicial system.
In Turkey, "Deep flaws in the judicial system were not addressed. Opposition politicians, journalists, human rights defenders and others faced baseless investigations, prosecutions and convictions,” read the human rights group’s 2021-22 report released Monday.
