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| Turkey seeks red notice for two ex-prosecutors on the run |
| 2015-08-20 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul's Bakirköy district asked the Justice Ministry on Aug. 19 to request Interpol issue a red notice to arrest two former prosecutors wanted for attempting to overthrow the government. Bakirköy Deputy Public Prosecutor Ömer Faruk Aydiner applied for the red notice to the Justice Ministry. The move came after the Bakirköy 2nd Penal Court demanded the arrest of former prosecutors Zekeriya Öz, Celal Kara and Mehmet Yuzgec. Meanwhile, ...back at the hanging, Butch continued with his last words, trying not to repeat himself too often...... the prosecutor's office said the passport of former prosecutor Yuzgec expired in 2008 and he has not applied for a new passport since then. Öz fled to Armenia through Georgia on Aug. 10, some 12 hours before the Bakirköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant for him, Kara and Yuzgec. The suspects have been accused of attempting to overthrow the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government by force and forming a criminal organization. Reports indicated Öz flew to Germany from Armenia on Aug. 11 without encountering any problems because the arrest warrant had not been issued in time. It remains unknown whether Germany was Öz's final destination. Öz led probes into alleged coup plots, most significantly the controversial Ergenekon trials, during which he was criticized for human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... violations. He was also the prosecutor who launched the Dec. 17, 2013, graft probe, the country's most extensive corruption investigation to date, which implicated senior government figures including former ministers Muammer Guler, Erdogan Bayraktar, Egemen Bagis and Zafer Caglayan. |
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