Ministry of Justice Establishes Terrorism Crimes Investigation Bureaus in 81 Provinces
Key Points
- 1. The Ministry of Justice is establishing new bureaus in 81 provinces where expert prosecutors dealing only with terrorism crimes will serve.
- 2. To ensure their specialization, prosecutors working in these bureaus will not be given duties other than terrorism crimes.
- 3. Police and gendarmerie units will hold regular coordination and assessment meetings with the prosecutor's offices in the first week of every month.
- 4. Turkey-wide data regarding terrorism investigations will be kept as monthly statistics and shared with relevant institutions.
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The Ministry of Justice has decided to establish special investigation bureaus in 81 provinces in order to ensure uniformity of practice across the country in the fight against terrorism. Republic prosecutors assigned to these bureaus will focus solely on terrorism files, and these individuals will not be given other duties such as on-call or court prosecutors.
With the newly established system, coordination among law enforcement forces will also be strengthened. Under the coordination of the Department of Terrorism Crimes, assessment meetings will be held regularly every month with representatives from the police and gendarmerie. Data obtained from these meetings and current analyses will be shared with the prosecutor's offices conducting the investigations.
The main goal of the regulation includes conducting investigation processes from a single center, with expert personnel, and more rapidly. In addition, it is aimed to track regional developments and organizational activities holistically by keeping monthly statistics regarding terrorism investigations across Turkey.
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- Q: How will the operation of the prosecutors serving in the Terrorism Crimes Investigation Bureaus work?
- A: To allow them to focus on the files, Republic prosecutors assigned to these bureaus will not be given any duties such as on-call, court prosecutor, or any other duty outside of terrorism crimes.
- Q: How will the new bureaus operate in emergency situations in the districts?
- A: In cases where delay is deemed detrimental, district chief public prosecutor's offices will be able to carry out mandatory procedures upon instructions from the provincial chief public prosecutor's office and will immediately send the documents to the provincial prosecutor's office.
- Q: How will information sharing between law enforcement forces and the prosecutor's offices be ensured?
- A: Meetings will be held in the first week of every month with the participation of officials from the Police, Gendarmerie, and the Ministry of Justice, and monthly statistics and analyses will be mutually shared.
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