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Speaking at an event held at Koç University, President of the Constitutional Court Zühtü Arslan stated, "A constitutional state accepts diversity of interpretation but does not allow interpretation to lead to chaos," and "The authority to interpret the Constitution as final and binding belongs to the Constitutional Court."

Constitutional Court President Zühtü Arslan spoke at the swearing-in ceremony attended by Erdoğan: "You may not like or agree with the decisions of the Constitutional Court, but compliance with these decisions is a constitutional obligation."

As the top court's president responded to Minister Soylu's previous remarks, accusing him of "misleading the public," the minister said the Constiutional Court was acting "like a branch of the ECtHR."