16 April 2021, Friday

Vocational training program which is the first 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 April 11-16, 2021 in Ankara. Prosecutors from Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Moldova and Romania participated in the Program. The delegation consisted of Mr. Ols Dado, Director of Department of Foreign Jurisdictional Relations of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Albania, Mrs. Ervisa Hyka, Prosecutor of Fier District Prosecution from Albania, Mr. Kalin AsenovStoilov, Deputy Head of the Specialized Prosecutors Office of Bulgaria, Mr. Kiril Svetlozarov Peychinov, Prosecutor at the Specialized Prosecutors Office of Bulgaria, Mr. Atdhe Dema and Mr. Ilir Morina, Special Prosecutors from Kosovo, Mrs. Carolina Vıdrașcu-Brînza, Special Prosecutor of the General Prosecutor's Office of Moldova, Mr. Dumitru Obadă, Prosecutor, Chief of the Unit of Criminological Analysis, Legal Opinions and Legislative Proposals of the General Prosecutor Office, Mrs. Veronica Jalbă, Prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor's Office attached to the Constanța Local Court of Romania and Mr. Constantin Alexandru Nistor Cîrstoc, Prosecutor at the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Court of District 5 Bucharest. 
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 for an effective fight against transnational crimes and evaluations were made on the challenges in international mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. The President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Mr. Mehmet Akarca and the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Mr. Bekir Şahin received the Delegation. Also the delegation visited the Justice Academy of Turkey, the Regional Court of Appeal and the Beypazarı Courthouse.

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30 October 2019, Wednesday

General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Mehmet Akarca and the Senior Public Prosecutors of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Bahattin Azizağaoğlu and Ms. Dr. İlknur Altuntaş attended the Second International Justice Conference under the theme of “Justice and Investment: Issues and Challenges” which was held on 21-22 October 2019 in Marrakech.
At the Conference where there were 850 participants from 70 countries, Mr. Akarca made a presentation about the effect of the judicial system on the investments, and the works carried out in our country on justice and technology. Also, Mr. Akarca held bilateral meetings with the President of the Public Prosecution of the Kingdom of Morocco Mr. M'hammed Abdenabaoui, Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Morocco Mr. Mohamed Ben Abdelkader and President of the High Judicial Council Mr. Mustapha Farees. 

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22 October 2019, Tuesday

"1st Working Forum for the Balkan States' General Prosecutors" was held in cooperation with the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal of the Republic of Turkey and the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria between 16 - 18 October 2019 in İzmir.

The Forum started on 17 October 2019 with the opening speeches of the First President of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. İsmail Rüştü Cirit, Minister of Justice Mr. Abdulhamit Gül, General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Mehmet Akarca and ended on 18 October 2019 with the announcement of "Joint Conclusion on the Establishment of Working Forum among the General Prosecution Offices of the Balkan  States ".

In this historical Forum held with the participation of General Prosecutors from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Kosovo, Romania and their delegations; it was aimed to establish a permanent and legal platform among General Prosecution Offices of the Balkan States with the joint initiative of the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal of the Republic of Turkey and the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The said Forum aims to strengthen the judicial cooperation between General Prosecution Offices of the Balkan region in order to fight against trans-boundary crimes such as human trafficking, migrant smuggling, drug trafficking and especially terrorism, which all have international aspect. Therefore, "Joint Conclusion on the Establishment of the Working Forum among the General Prosecution Offices of the Balkan States" was prepared during the Forum with the opinions and contributions of the participant countries and the delegations; and it was aimed for the General Prosecutors of the Balkans States to come together in a Balkan State every year  in order to share their problems and good practices within the framework of a particular theme.

It was decided that the 2nd Working Forum for the Balkan States' General Prosecutors will be held in Bulgaria in 2020, the 3rd Working Forum will be held in Romania in 2021.

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28 June 2019, Friday

The First President of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. İsmail Rüştü Cirit, accompanied by a delegation, the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Mehmet Akarca and the Senior Prosecutors of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Mehmet İbrahim Obut and Mr. Cem Necip İşçimen participated in the Conference of Supreme Courts Presidents and General Prosecutors on “International Terrorism and Illegal Migration” which was held by the Supreme Court of Montenegro between 24th – 26th June 2019 in Budva, Montenegro. General Prosecutor Mr. Mehmet Akarca made a presentation on “Terrorism and Illegal Migration” at the Conference.

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