Indictment

A total of 26 former police officers may face trial as the indictment in the nine-year-long investigation into negligence by public officials in the assassination of prominent Armenian-Turkish journalistHrant Dink has been approved by an Istanbul prosecutor's office, daily Hürriyet has reported.

The Higher Court in Belgrade has confirmed the indictment against Maja Adrovac, who has been charged as an accomplice in the attempted murder of Milan Beko.

Adrovac can appeal against this decision before the Court of Appeals that will rule on the indictment's validity. The trial can be scheduled only once this takes place.

Kosovo's Special Prosecution Office on Monday issued an indictment against for Xhemshit Krasniqi for war crimes allegedly committed in Kukes in Albania.

Sofia City Court failed to launch on Thursday the trial against Hristo Biserov, a former Deputy Parliament Speaker who quit in 2013, days before reports emerged that he was under investigation over tax crimes.

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded up to seven years and six months in jail for Diyarbak?r Bar Association head Tahir Elçi on the grounds of "making propaganda of a terror organization," after remarks he made regarding the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 

The War Crimes Prosecution is working on the Bytyqi case, War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic has said.

He added that he could not speak about "the course of the indictment" - because it is secret.

Two judges under pre-trial arrest for alleged links to a purported illegal organization, which President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and his inner circle call the ?Fetullahist Terrorist Organization [FTÖ],? will be tried by a court in Istanbul?s Bak?rköy district.

Five police officers face from one to three years in prison each for cuffing a young boy under the age 18, who protested Turkey's top higher education body in Ankara with others in March this year.

A former judge, who was connected to Turkey?s biggest ever corruption case in December 2013, was arrested Sept. 15 after a second arrest warrant was issued in his name. 

This week, as usual, lots of crazy things happened in Turkey. The most mind-boggling one for me, however, was an indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office against 18 journalists. They were accused of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization," with the prosecutor asking for up to 7.5 years in prison for each.