Strong increase in complaints about Turkey at court

The European Court of Human Rights receives a lot of complaints about Turkey.

In two of these cases the court decided already that the complainants to turn to the Constitutional Court in Ankara. Following these decisions, the number of complaints has fallen sharply. But Raimondi fears that the number will increase again as the Turkish court not easily handle the large number of complaints about arrests and dismissals. If the Turkish court declares itself not competent, all business again go to the ECHR. 'The court in Strasbourg will be flooded with tens of thousands of cases,' said Raimondi.