The European Court of Human Rights is about to host the first female Turkish judge if everything goes to plan today for Professor Işıl Karakaş, assistant dean of one of Turkey's leading law schools. Her election would also bring an end to Turkey’s tortured process of replacing a much renowned judge, who raised the ire of the government over a landmark headscarf case.
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