Mr. Muhsin Şentürk, General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal of Republic of Türkiye, together with Mr. Bülent Yenigün, Ms. Seda Türkan Manav Dursun and Mr. Fuat Uslu, Public Prosecutors of the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal, participated to the 3rd Meeting of the Council of Prosecutors General of the Organization of Turkic States held in Bishkek,  hosted by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Kyrgyz Republic between 24-27 July 2024 with the theme “Strengthening Cooperation of the  Prosecutor General's Offices of the Organization of Turkic States for an Effective Response To Modern Global Challenges”.

    Prior to the official meeting, Mr. Muhsin Şentürk, General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal, visited Mr. Maksat Asanaliev, Prosecutor General of the Kyrgyz Republic at the Prosecutor General's Office of the Kyrgyz Republic for bilateral meetings and held bilateral meetings with Mr. Kamran Aliyev, Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan, Mr. Igor V. Krasnov, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Mr. Berik Asylov, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ambassador Mr. Kubanchbek Ömüraliyev, Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States. In addition, Mr. Şentürk and the accompanying delegation visited Mr. Ahmet Sadık Doğan, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Bishkek.

    The meeting was attended by the General Prosecutors of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic and accompanying delegations of senior prosecutors, as well as the Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States and the General Counsel of the International Association of Prosecutors. Presentations were made by the General Prosecutors of the Member States of the Organization of Turkic States in alphabetical order on the country practices, problems encountered and solution proposals regarding the agenda theme “Strengthening Cooperation among the Prosecutor General's Offices of the Organization of Turkic States for Effective Response to Current Global Challenges”. 

    The Final Declaration of the 3rd meeting of the Council of Prosecutors General of the Organization of Turkic States was signed by the General Prosecutors’ of all member States on July 25, 2024 and it was decided that the next 4th meeting will be held in the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2025. 

    It is respectfully announced to the public.

General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Bekir Şahin and Prosecutors of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Bülent Yenigün, Ms. Dr. İlknur Altuntaş and Ms. Neslihan Aslan participated in 5th Meeting of the Attorneys / Prosecutors General of the Economic Cooperation Organization which was held between 15-17 May 2024 in Dushanbe upon the official invitation of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Tajikistan, Mr. Yusuf Rahmon.

Head of the Delegations were received by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Mr. Emomali Rahmon before the meeting which the General Prosecutors of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan attended along with their delegations. During the meeting, Mr. Şahin made a presentation on "Important Directions of International Cooperation Between the Prosecutor’s Offices of the ECO Member States at the Modern Stage".

During the Meeting, Mr. Şahin held bilateral meeting with the Prosecutor General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also held quadruple meeting with Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Deputy Prosecutor General of Kyrgyz Republic. Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye in Dushanbe, Mr. Umut Acar accompanied the delegation during the ECO Meeting and the meetings held with the foreign delegations. Mr. Şahin and his delegation also visited the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Dushanbe.

Within the scope of the visit, after the meeting held with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Tajikistan, Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 15 May 2024 in order to strengthen cooperation and share experiences between the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Tajikistan and the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal of the Republic of Türkiye.

Announced respectfully to the public.

Mr. Muhsin ŞENTÜRK, the Head of 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation, was selected as the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation with the Presidency’s decision dated 15.05.2024 and numbered 2024/119 among the candidates nominated by the Grand General Assembly of the Court of Cassation pursuant to the Article 154 of the Constitution and the Articles 30 and 32 of the Law of the Supreme Court of Appeal no. 2797.

Within the scope of the objectives of the establishment of the Council of Prosecutors General of the Organization of Turkic States, in order to strengthen the exchange of information and close cooperation between the Prosecutor General's Offices of the Member States through regular meetings and joint trainings; Training Seminar for the Prosecutors of Member States of the Organization of Turkic States under the title of “Role of Prosecutors in Investigations/Prosecutions Regarding Human Rights Violations” was held by the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal on 7-8 May 2024 in Antalya. Twenty prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Offices of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus participated in the Seminar.

Within the scope of the Seminar, information was given about the Turkish judicial system by emphasizing the importance of developing cooperation mechanisms among the Prosecutor General's Offices of the Member States of the Organization of Turkic States regarding combating human trafficking and crimes against humanity. 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.

General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Bekir Şahin participated in the Training Seminar under the title of "Identifying Terrorist Cells, Neutralizing and Investigating Terrorist Crimes, Investigation and Prosecution of Terrorist Financing" held between 26 February – 1 March 2024 in Bulgaria upon the official invitation of Mr. Borislav Sarafov, Acting Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria. The delegation of General Prosecutor Mr. Şahin consisted of the Prosecutors at the General Prosecution Office Mr. Bahattin Azizağaoğlu, Mr. Mücahit Erdoğan, Ms. Fatma Özer, Mr. Mehmet Cebbar Ülgen, Mr. Aslan Uslu, Mr. Mehmet Cihan Kısa, Mr. Ahmed Hakan Özdemir, Mr. Sezer Söylemez, and Ms. Emine Koçak.
Within the scope of the program, Mr. Şahin, who delivered the opening speech of the Seminar, had meetings with the President of the Supreme Court of Cassation Ms. Galina Zaharova, Minister of Interior Mr. Kalin Stoyanov, Chairman of State Agency for National Security Mr. Plamen Tonchev, Head of Appellate Prosecutor’s Office Mr. Todor Deyanov, Head of District Prosecutor’s Office Ms. Vanya Hristeva, and Head of Regional Prosecutor’s Office Mr. Petar Petrov.

Announced respectfully to the public.