
Memorandum on ill prisoners from the Ministry of Justice 

2023-01-03 16:39:20


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	NEWS CENTER - The Ministry of Justice has issued a circular on ill prisoners.

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	Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag issued a memorandum on "Proceedings on the Mitigation or Abolition of Sentences of Persons Due to Persistent Illness, Injury and My Husband" following the death of Vural Avar, who was sentenced in the February 28 trial. According to Habertürk's report, Minister Bozdag requested that the applications of people in this situation be accepted as an evacuation procedure due to their illness. An 8-item memorandum signed by Minister Bozdağ was sent to all institutions of the General Directorate of Criminal Affairs.

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	A REPORT WILL BE REQUESTED FROM ATK

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	In the memorandum sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that the prisoner, whose sentence has been finalized, should be referred to a full-fledged state hospital health board for diagnosis and determination of whether his condition is "permanent illness, disability or old age". The memorandum stated:

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	"* Referring the convicts to a full-fledged state hospital health board for the diagnosis and determination of whether their condition is permanent illness, disability or aging,

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	* Requesting scientific and technical opinion from the Forensic Medicine Institute regarding the diagnosis and determination of whether the convict's condition is a permanent disease, disability or aging, by adding all previous examinations and reports to the convict after receiving the medical board report from the full-fledged state hospital,

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	* Keeping a certified copy of the documents sent to the Forensic Medicine Institute for opinion in the file at the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor,

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	* The convict is not transferred from the penal institution where he is located to the penal institution where the Forensic Medicine Institute is located, unless the examination is requested and the day for the examination is taken,

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	* If the Forensic Medicine Institute detects the diseases mentioned in the convict, the relevant documents are immediately sent to the General Directorate of Criminal Affairs.

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	* In the event that the Forensic Medicine Institute diagnoses and determines that the convict does not have "permanent illness, disability and old age", only the opinion of the institution containing this diagnosis and determination and a certified copy of the health board report shall be sent to the General Directorate of Criminal Affairs,

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	* Evaluation of the fact that if the convict or his legal representative renounces his request or rejects the proceedings initiated ex officio by the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor, the procedures for commuting or removing the penalties can be continued,

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	* Since it is not possible to resort to the mitigation or abolition of the sentences for the prisoner for whom there is no finalized verdict, the request is accepted as an eviction process and the necessity is appreciated on the spot (…)"

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