A bill has been approved by the parliament and awaits only the presidential signature. Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused by critics of seeking to protect himself and his allies from judicial investigations and legal proceedings through the proposed new law.  Soli Ozel of Kadir Has University said: 'We are witnessing the corrosion of the Turkish state... the rules and regulations we thought made us functional are being trampled on and we are left with no cushion between us and the will of the executive.' Source: Financial Times