Bar Associations Call for General Assembly After Ceremony at Presidential Complex

*Feyzioğlu and Erdoğan at the ceremony (Photo: AA)

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Bar associations of Antalya, İstanbul and Ankara have called the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) to hold a general assembly to "re-evaluation of the chairpersonship of Metin Feyzioğlu."

İstanbul Bar Association yesterday (September 4) announced it will hold a delegate meeting on calling for a general assembly at the TBB.

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Antalya Bar Association Chair Polat Balkan said they welcome the decision of İstanbul Bar as they were the first to call for a general assembly.

Ankara Bar Association today joined the two associations, saying in a statement that they decide to call on the TBB for an extraordinary general assembly.

The judicial year opening ceremony on September 2 was held at the Presidential Complex. While many bar associations including İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Diyarbakır protested the ceremony because of its place, TBB Chair Feyzioğlu attended and made a speech. (RT/VK)