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.

            General Prosecutor of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Kamran Aliyev paid an official visit to Ankara between 14-17 February 2021 upon the invitation of the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Bekir Şahin. The accompanying delegation of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Kamran Aliyev consisted of Deputy General Prosecutor of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Heydar Mammadov, General Prosecutor of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic Mr. Sabuhi Şahverdiyev, Director General of International Law Cooperation Mr. Erkin Alihanov, and Chief Prosecutor of Gence Province Mr. Azad Garayev.

             It was the first visit of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Kamran Aliyev after the victory of Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh.

            During the meetings held within the framework of the visit, further strengthening of the existing legal cooperation between two brother countries, which are grounded on the notion “One Nation Two States”, was evaluated and mutual opinions were exchanged. The development of legal cooperation was evaluated within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 16 March 2015 in order to strengthen cooperation and share experiences between the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal.

         During the visit, the Azerbaijan delegation was received by our President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Mr. Aliyev and his delegation had meetings with the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mr. Mehmet Akarca, and the Minister of Justice Mr. Abdulhamit Gül; and they, also, visited Ankara Regional Court of Appeal and Turkish Justice Academy.

              Announced respectfully.

Mr. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, Minister of Justice of Somalia, Mr. Jama Abdullahi Mohamed, Ambassador of Somalia, Mr. Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud, Attorney General of Somalia and accompanying delegation, visiting Ankara upon the official invitation of the Ministry of Justice, paid an official visit to the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
The delegation was welcomed by Mr. Bekir Şahin, General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Presentations were made regarding the structure, duties and powers of the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal and mutual information and opinions were exchanged.

Ms. Vesna Medenica, President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro and her accompanying delegation, visiting Ankara upon the official invitation of Mr. Mehmet Akarca, First President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, paid an official visit to the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
The delegation was welcomed by Mr. Bekir Şahin, General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Presentations were made regarding the structure, duties and powers of the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal and mutual information and opinions were exchanged.

Upon the retirement of Mr. İsmail Rüştü Cirit who was the First President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, due to the legal age limit on 23^rd March 2020, Mr. Mehmet Akarca who was the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal, was elected as the First President of  the Supreme Court of Appeal as a result of the election by the Grand General Assembly of the Supreme Court of Appeal on 24^th March 2020 pursuant to Article 154 of the Constitution and Articles 30 and 31of the Law of the Supreme Court of Appeal.