The connections of dethroned mafia figure Ayhan Bora Kaplan continue to be exposed. This time it has been revealed that the head of the Ankara police directorate’s organised crime unit personally trafficked at least 30 kilos of cocaine.
Judicial Corruption
Turkey/Istanbul: 53 judges and prosecutors implicated in bribery accusation
Instances of corruption and malfeasance within Turkey’s judiciary have surfaced once again, bringing to light a tangled web of scandal and illicit dealings involving 53 judges and public prosecutors. They are such a common occurrence now that it feels like judges and prosecutors spend the bulk of their time being involved in some sort of corruption rather than delivering justice.
GRECO: Turkey fails to uphold anti (judicial) corruption standards
GRECO finds Turkey failed to align with the Council of Europe’s anti-judicial and political corruption standards
Istanbul lawyer Akıncı faces prosecution over his tweet
Legal quagmire: Lawyer Eyup Akıncı’s comments on judicial corruption lead to his house arrest and Iidictment.
#JudicialCorruption: New allegations against the Chief Justice of Istanbul
The scandal in the Istanbul Courthouse, initially sparked by a letter from Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor İsmail Uçar to the Council of Judges and Prosecutors, has now intensified with Judge Erdinç Demet’s startling allegations against Bekir Altun, the Chief Justice of one of Istanbul’s two judicial districts.
Prominent Turkish Judge: The judiciary is in the self-destruction phase
Prominent Turkish judge (ret): judicial corruption transformed the judiciary into a lucrative industry, with judges acting as entrepreneurs.