Prosecution

The two leaders of the opposition parties continued their rallies on May 13, during which they slammed the government?s policies on both local and national issues. 

A probe has been opened into allegations of forgery in digital data, which formed the key evidence in the alleged coup plot case "Balyoz" (Sledgehammer).

Chief prosecutors should have four-year terms and have the right to two terms, says former President Traian Basescu.

Photo credit : (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The Bak?rköy 16th Court of Serious crimes has accepted an indictment against prosecutors Celal Kara and Muammer Akka?, who oversaw two massive corruption probes, on charges of ?malpractice,? along with an indictment of ?negligence? against judge Süleyman Karaçöl, who presided over one of the probe cases.

The files of active and formerly active judges and prosecutors in several provinces have been examined for some time, their relationships being scrutinized. This research is to determine, ?Is that judge from us? Is this prosecutor a parallel?? This research somehow blows up in Istanbul, exploding the rule of law with it.

Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an slammed the main opposition parties on April 28 over their ?lack of support for the government in the struggle against the parallel state,? the same day as Turkey?s high judiciary board allowed the prosecution against two judges who demanded the release of 76 suspects allegedly working for U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.

A closely watched trial against more than a dozen ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avgi) members - including its leader and several serving MPs - begins on Monday.

An Istanbul Public Prosecutor Office has prepared an indictment for Celal Kara, one of the prosecutors involved in the quashed graft investigations of December 2013, demanding that he be sentenced up to three years on misconduct charges.

Bulgaria's prosecuting authority has announced that judge Rumyana Chenalova, who has been sought nationwide since Tuesday noon, is now in custody.

Chenalova is now facing pre-trial proceedings for professional misconduct and a document-related offence.

Turkey?s justice minister has announced that the country?s top judicial body has decided to investigate judges and prosecutors who allegedly formed a ?parallel power? within the judiciary as an extension of the ?Parallel State Structure Terror Organization/Pro-Fetullah Terror Organization? (Fetullahç? Terör Örgütü).