Mr. Bekir Şahin, the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Mr. Bahattin Azizağaoğlu and Ms. Dr. İlknur Altuntaş, Public Prosecutors of the Supreme Court of Appeal attended "the Conference of Heads of Prosecutor’s Offices of European States" upon the invitation of  Mr. Igor Krasnov, Prosecutor General of Russian Federation which was held between 6-9 July 2021 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

            Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan, Prosecutor General of Belarus, Prosecutor General of Armenia, Deputy Attorney General of Croatia, Prosecutor General of Southern Cyprus, Deputy Prosecutor General of Greece, Attorney General of the Court of Cassation of Italy, Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan, Public Prosecutor of North Macedonia, Deputy Republic Public Prosecutor of Serbia, General Prosecutor of the Slovakia, State Prosecutor General of Slovenia, Prosecutor General of Tajikistan, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Turkey and Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan, as well as President and Secretary General of the International Association of Prosecutors, Director General on Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, President of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), President of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), Vice-President of the Venice Commission, Members of the Venice Convention from the Russian Federation attended the Conference on "Role of Prosecutor's Offices in Protection of Individual Rights and Public Interest in Light of Requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights" held by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in conjunction with the Council of Europe and International Association of Prosecutors.

            A bilateral meeting was held with Mr. Krasnov, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, and his delegation; it was decided to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal; and during the meeting, Draft Memorandum of Understanding, prepared by our General Prosecution Office, was submitted by Mr. Şahin for review.

            Bilateral meetings were held with the President and the Secretary General of the International Association of Prosecutors, and the bid file for holding the 10^th Eastern Europe and Central Asian Regional Conference in Istanbul in May, 2023 was submitted.

            Evaluations were made on draft document on the establishment of the Council of General Prosecutors of Turkic Speaking States, which is envisaged to be established by the joint initiative of the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan.

            Mr. Şahin was awarded with a “medal” by Mr. Nigmatilla Yoldaşev, Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan, for his contribution to the development of cooperation between the Prosecutor's Offices of the two countries.

            In the second session of the Conference of Heads of Prosecutor’s Offices of European States, Mr. Şahin, General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal made a presentation on "Role of Public Prosecutors outside the Criminal Justice System" within the Framework of Recommendation No. CM/REC (2012)11.

            Mr. Şahin visited our Consulate General in St. Petersburg; he expressed his condolences for Mehmet Ferhan Yorulmaz, Consul General in St. Petersburg, who died as a result of illness and Mr. Şahin signed the condolence book.

            Announced respectfully to the public.

       Mr. Bekir Şahin, the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Ms. Dr. İlknur Altuntaş and Mr. Murat Öksüz, Public Prosecutors of the Supreme Court of Appeal attended "the 2nd Working Forum for the Balkan States' General Prosecutors" upon the invitation of Mr. Ivan Geshev, Prosecutor General of Bulgaria which was held between 23-25 June 2021 in Sofia. 
       High-level participants from the General Prosecution Offices of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Greece attended the 2nd Working Forum for the Balkan States' General Prosecutors. Mr. Bekir Şahin, the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal, gave the opening speech of the Forum and made a presentation on "the Role of Prosecution Institutions in Fostering the Rule of Law". In the Forum, it was decided that the 3rd Working Forum for the Balkan States' General Prosecutors will be held in Romania in May, 2022.
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Deputy General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Rıdvan Gündoğdu and the Public Prosecutors of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Muammer Yücel, Mr. Seyithan Öztürk, Mr. İbrahim Hakan Tosun and Ms. Ayben İyisoy attended the International Conference on “Protection of the Euro in Bulgaria and the countries of South-Eastern Europe and Balkan Region, Achievements and Challenges for Law Enforcement Authorities”, organized by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria, under the project “General Supervision of Legality in Compliance with Legislation in the State”, financed by the European Commission under the Pericles 2020 Programme.

At the Conference, Mr. Rıdvan Gündoğdu, Deputy General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal, made a presentation about the works carried out in our country on combating money counterfeiting. Also, Mr. Gündoğdu held bilateral meeting with Mr. Ivan Geshev, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Retreat program which is the third of four separate activities envisaged to be carried out by the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal within the scope of our country’s 2020-2021 chairmanship term for the Southeast European Cooperation Process was held on May 21-26, 2021 in Ankara. Prosecutors from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Moldova, Montenegro and Romania participated in the Program. The delegation consisted of Mr. Arens Çela, Prosecutor, Head of Monitoring Sector in the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Albania, Mrs. Pranvera Pustina, Prosecutor, Director of Cabinet at the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Albania, Ms. Vedrana Mijović, Prosecutor at the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms. Marina Radović, Legal Officer at the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms. Emilena Popova and Ms. Steliyana Atanasova, Prosecutors at the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor`s Office of Bulgaria, Mr. Miloš Šoškić, State Prosecutor at the High State Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro, Mr. Miljan Vlaovic, Advisor of Supreme State Prosecutor at the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Offıce of Montenegro, Mr. Iachimovschi Octavian and Mr. Muntean Victor, Prosecutors at the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office of Moldova, Mr. Voicu Bogdan Felician, Chief Prosecutor-Section for Combating Drug Trafficking at DIICOT - Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism of Romania and Mrs. Kelemen Narcisa Rodica, Prosecutor at DIICOT - Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism of Romania.

Within the scope of the Program, information was given about the Turkish judicial system by emphasizing the importance of developing distinctive cooperation mechanisms among the countries in the region and evaluations were made on the fact that the development of personal relations and communication network between colleagues will make a great contribution to strengthen mutual cooperation. Also, the delegation visited Antalya Courthouse and Antalya Regional Court of Appeal.