Turkey's Justice Ministry

Elbasan prosecutor Kreshnik Ajazi confirmed to BIRN on Tuesday that fugitive Turkish Faruk Fatih Ozer, suspected of staging a massive cryptocurrency scam, is being held in the Albanian city, saying that "he was arrested today in Elbasan".

Turkish authorities have issued a 40-day temporary custody order for a man considered a suspect in the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise and placed him in a prison in Istanbul, Turkey's state-run news agency reported.

A Turkish court on July 7 remanded in custody the alleged creator of an online Ponzi scheme game who was brought back to Turkey last weekend.

Mehmet Aydın, 29, had surrendered to the Turkish Consulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil and was arrested at the Istanbul Airport as soon as he landed on July 3.

Turkey's Justice Ministry announced on Feb. 18 that COVID-19 vaccines have begun being administered to detainees and convicts at penal institutions. 

Turkey's Justice Ministry has requested a red notice from the Interpol for a woman who is believed to have taken part in the abduction of Habib Chaab, an Iranian dissident.

Chaab was kidnapped in Istanbul in October and smuggled to Iran.

Turkey's Justice Ministry has decided to extend the measures it has taken in the country's prisons, with respect to suggestions from the Coronavirus Science Board, until May 15.

A delegation from Turkey's Justice Ministry arrived in Athens on Monday for talks relating to the case of eight Turkish servicemen who have applied for political asylum in Greece since fleeing Turkey followed the thwarted coup of July 2016.

Turkey's Justice Ministry has prepared a new regulation that would recognize the legal divorces of Turkish couples living overseas in Turkey as well, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Turkey's Justice Ministry has sent a second extradition request to Greece regarding soldiers wanted in connection with a failed coup attempt last year, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 27, a day after Greece ruled against extraditing them.

It is not possible to determine the number of journalists currently under arrest in Turkey, Turkey's Justice Ministry has stated in response to a lawmaker's written questionnaire.