Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya

Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya (born on March 10, 1950 in Şanlıurfa) is a high ranked Turkish judge and currently the Chief Prosecutor of the High Court of Appeals of Turkey.

Justice and Development Party closure case

As the highest ranked Republic Prosecutor of Turkey, Yalçınkaya brought charges against the Justice and Development Party (AKP) on March 14, 2008 to the Constitutional Court of Turkey, demanding that the party be closed and its 71 officials barred from politics for five years. [cite news
url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8465307.asp
accessdate=2008-08-11
title=Turkey's AKP seeks a 'religious model', prosecutor says
work=Hurriyet] Those officials include the current president Abdullah Gul and the prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The court decided not to close the party, but imposed a financial penalty. [cite web|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/home/9547882.asp
accessdate=2008-08-11
title=Turkey's court decides not to close AKP, urges unity and compromise
work=Hurriyet]

References

External links

* [http://www.yargitay.gov.tr/content/view/215/32/ Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya] , High Court of Appeals. tr icon