Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced that with the HSK's 16 September decision, service points and point rankings will be the basic criterion in judge and prosecutor assignments, and the east-west distinction will be removed. The new system will take effect with the 2027 Annual Decree.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said under the new system, promotion and inspection results and merit indicators will be reflected in scoring. Under the current system, judges and prosecutors had to serve two to seven years in regions considered 'east'. The latest decree changed the posts of 4,967 judges and prosecutors.
