Bekir Şahin Explained

Bekir Sahin
Office:State Prosecutor at the Court of Cassations
Termstart:June 2020
Occupation:Jurist
Birth Date:1 March 1960
Appointer:Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Birth Place:Mecitözü, Çorum

Bekir Şahin (born 1 March 1960, Mecitözü, Turkey) is a jurist, former judge and the current State Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation in Turkey.

Education

He was educated at the Imam Hatip school and studied law at the Dokuz Eylül University from which he graduated in 1986. Following he entered the public administration and became a judge in courts in a variety of cities.[1]

Court of Cassation

Since 2013, he acted as a member of the Court of Cassation. Between May 2019 and June 2020 he acted as the president of the 14th Chamber of the Court of Cassation.[2] Nominated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he serves as the State Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation (also known as Supreme Court of Appeals) since June 2020.[3]

On the 17 March 2021, he filed a lawsuit calling for the closure of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), alleging they act in cooperation with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and against the unity of the state.[4] In the same file, he called for the ban from politics for 600 politicians of the HDP.[5]

Personal life

He is married and has 2 children.

References

  1. Web site: Bekir Şahin kimdir?. 2021-03-17. www.haberturk.com. tr.
  2. Web site: Gazetesi. Evrensel. HDP'ye dava açan Bekir Şahin, 4. sırada olmasına rağmen Erdoğan tarafından seçildi. 2021-03-18. Evrensel.net. tr-TR.
  3. Web site: 2020-06-09. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığına seçilen Bekir Şahin göreve başladı. 2021-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20200609223507/https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yargitay-cumhuriyet-bassavciligina-secilen-bekir-sahin-goreve-basladi/1869096. 2020-06-09.
  4. Web site: 2021-03-17. Turkey moves to ban pro-Kurdish HDP party. 2021-03-17. France 24. en.
  5. Web site: Top Turkish prosecutor files case to close pro-Kurdish HDP. 2021-03-17. SWI swissinfo.ch. en. 2021-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210317201121/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/top-turkish-prosecutor-files-case-to-close-pro-kurdish-hdp/46457076. dead.