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Already at the time of adoption of the Amendment, there were serious doubts whether the judicial system was sufficiently stable to allow for a removal of inviolability for the members of the National Assembly. Judgments in some cases of major political importance (the so-called Ergenekon and Balyoz/“Sledgehammer” cases) were annulled by Turkish courts after their adoption when major irregularities were discovered.