ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish lawmakers elected seven members to a reshaped judicial authority on Wednesday, pushing through a second of the recently approved constitutional changes that sharply increase President Tayyip Erdogan's powers.
Most appointments to the judicial council were previously decided by members of the judiciary, but last month's close-run referendum passed that power to parliamentarians - a move which critics said would politicise the judiciary. The government says it will strengthen "democratic legitimacy".
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