World Bank's Judicial Report: The Judicial System In Turkey Is Better Than The Ones In E.U.'s 8 New Members

ANKARA - The World Bank has declared that the judicial system in Turkey is much better than the ones in European Union's 8 new members.
In a report entitled ''Judicial Systems in Transition Economies,'' the World Bank touched on the topic of legal reforms in Turkey. According to the report, Turkey, with its population of 70 million, is the second biggest European country.
The report indicates that Turkey, soon after the declaration of its republic in 1923, made some very important legal reforms and established secular courts.
''With different laws adopted, Turkey has become a modern and western oriented country. Turks adopted new laws without any pressure on their republic,'' told the report.
The report stresses that, compared to the new members of the EU (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic), Turkish legal system performs much better. ''The legal process in Turkey is faster than the ones in the 8 new EU members.''
World Bank's report remarked that the decisions of Turkish courts are put into practice very rapidly and cost far less than identical cases in the new EU members.