Turkey's parliament to discuss 12th Judiciary Package, military reforms

The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) will open its weekly session on 30 June, where legislators will examine a comprehensive bill that merges two major reforms. One part amends the Specialist Non‑Commissioned Officer Law, barring officers who have left the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) from re‑entry except for narrow exceptions, restricting medical and dental officers who quit before completing service, and setting new qualification and appointment rules for contractual NCOs with at least seven years of service.

The other part, known as the "12th Judiciary Package," proposes to reduce the number of Danıştay chambers to ten and extend this arrangement for another four years, broaden the scope of single‑judge proceedings in administrative courts, impose disciplinary sanctions on unnecessary expert testimony, eliminate postponement of sentences for torture, abuse and related offences, and adjust interest calculations to 80 % of the Central Bank’s short‑term re‑discount rate when no contract‑specified rate exists. It also gives the Yargıtay Chief Public Prosecutor a limited three‑month window to appeal decisions, caps trial lengths at three months, and introduces a new amendment targeting "IBAN victims" by halving penalties for individuals who share bank account details without intent to commit fraud. Additionally, parliamentary commissions will continue investigations into recent school incidents in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş and assess risks children face online.