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This paper aims to present an overview of judicial reforms in Turkey and un-derline some external and internal dynamics that have caused these reforms. Until now, comprehensive accounts of reform were mainly concentrated on political and human rights advancements. This article will focus in detail on judicial reforms undertaken since the recognition of Turkey as an official can-didate to EU. Most of these reforms correspond also to the first two terms of current ruling party (AKP) which cover years 2002-2011. The paper tries to underline EU and domestic dynamics of legislative policies on judiciary in Turkey by utilizing Putnam’s “two-level games” approach and how they ac-count for changes in legislative attitude of Turkish government.

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