Prosecutor's Office Seeks Interpol Red Notice for 2 Graft Prosecutors
Bakırköy Prosecutor's Office requests Interpol to issue a Red Notice for two prosecutors involved in graft investigations. 🔍
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The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has sent a petition to the Ministry of Justice, requesting that it ask Interpol to issue a Red Notice for two former prosecutors who had taken part in graft investigations and who allegedly fled the country after warrants were issued for their detention.
The former prosecutors, Zekeriya Öz and Celal Kara, reportedly travelled to Armenia via Georgia.
Detention warrants were issued last week for Öz, Kara and Mehmet Yüzgeç, all former prosecutors who took part in corruption investigations implicating several members of then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's family, his inner circle and four former ministers. The investigations were made public on Dec. 17 and 25, 2013.
The prosecutor's office requested that the Bakırköy 2nd High Criminal Court order the arrest of the three on charges of "forming an illegal organization," "attempting to topple or incapacitate the government through the use of force or coercion" and "preventing the government from performing its duties partially or completely.”
Business associates close to the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), the four then-ministers and sons of three were detained on Dec. 17, 2013 on charges of corruption. Last October, prosecutor Ekrem Aydıner dropped the case against the suspects, claiming there were no grounds for legal action against them.
On May 12 of this year, the second chamber of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) voted to disbar Öz, Kara, Yüzgeç and prosecutor Muammer Akkaş, as well as a judge, Süleyman Karaçöl. The board's members were quick to deny that any political influence had affected their decision.
Since the investigations were made public, Erdoğan has sought to discredit prosecutors and police officers that were involved, accusing them of attempting to oust the AK Party from power. They and tens of thousands of other prosecutors and officers have been reassigned.
The government has also accused a so-called “parallel state” or “parallel structure” of masterminding the investigations in an attempt to topple the government. The terms are used in government and pro-government circles to refer to the faith-based Gülen movement, inspired by Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, which strongly denies the accusations.
The former prosecutors, Zekeriya Öz and Celal Kara, reportedly travelled to Armenia via Georgia.
Detention warrants were issued last week for Öz, Kara and Mehmet Yüzgeç, all former prosecutors who took part in corruption investigations implicating several members of then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's family, his inner circle and four former ministers. The investigations were made public on Dec. 17 and 25, 2013.
The prosecutor's office requested that the Bakırköy 2nd High Criminal Court order the arrest of the three on charges of "forming an illegal organization," "attempting to topple or incapacitate the government through the use of force or coercion" and "preventing the government from performing its duties partially or completely.”
Business associates close to the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), the four then-ministers and sons of three were detained on Dec. 17, 2013 on charges of corruption. Last October, prosecutor Ekrem Aydıner dropped the case against the suspects, claiming there were no grounds for legal action against them.
On May 12 of this year, the second chamber of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) voted to disbar Öz, Kara, Yüzgeç and prosecutor Muammer Akkaş, as well as a judge, Süleyman Karaçöl. The board's members were quick to deny that any political influence had affected their decision.
Since the investigations were made public, Erdoğan has sought to discredit prosecutors and police officers that were involved, accusing them of attempting to oust the AK Party from power. They and tens of thousands of other prosecutors and officers have been reassigned.
The government has also accused a so-called “parallel state” or “parallel structure” of masterminding the investigations in an attempt to topple the government. The terms are used in government and pro-government circles to refer to the faith-based Gülen movement, inspired by Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, which strongly denies the accusations.
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