31.12.2007 - Source: UK Border Agency (Home Office)

Warrants / Court Summonses ("Country of Origin Information Report; Turkey") [ID 24663]

"11.10 The USSD 2006 report noted that:

"Warrants issued by a prosecutor are required for arrests unless the suspect is caught in the commission of a crime. A suspect may be detained for 24 hours, with prosecutorial discretion to extend the period to 48 hours, excluding transportation time, before being arraigned by a judge. There is a functioning bail system. After arraignment, the judge may release the accused upon receipt of an appropriate assurance, such as bail, or order detention if the court determines that the accused is likely to flee the jurisdiction or destroy evidence." [5g] (section 1d)

11.11 The Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre ‘Report of fact-finding mission to Turkey (7-17 October 2004)’ related that:

"According to Mr. Islambay, law enforcement authorities are required to report to the Public Prosecutor on each case-inquiry. This report – Fezleke – contains all information available on the case, such as the type of the crime, names of witnesses, victims, suspects, date of the crime and so on… According to Mr. Islambay, the attorney is entitled to receive a copy of the documents from the Prosecutors Office and would thus have access to this subject index if verification was required… A person claiming to have been summoned to criminal proceedings or to commencement of sentence should be able to give documentary evidence of that… Both Mr. Islambay and Mr. Turan claimed that persons on the run could not get access to en [sic] (authentic) warrant. He or she (or the attorney) would get a copy of the document at the earliest after detention." [16] (p22- 23)"

Document(s): Open document

19.05.2006 - Source: Federal Foreign Office (Germany)

Formalities of issuing of arrest warrants and of prolongation of police detention ("Stellungnahme vom 19.5.2006 an VG Chemnitz - A 2 K 838/04 -") [ID 24265]

Document(s): Open document