10.11.2026 15:14
The appellate court found the prison sentence given to the prosecutor who injured a female judge serving at the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice to be too low. The appellate court increased by 1 year and 8 months the 11-year and 8-month prison sentence given to prosecutor Muhammed Çağatay Kılıçarslan for the crime of 'qualified attempted intentional homicide against a woman.' The appellate court, which also imposed prison sentences on the defendant for 4 separate crimes, decided to defer the announcement of the judgment for these crimes.
The Istanbul Regional Court of Justice 1st Criminal Chamber (appeal) increased the prison sentence given to prosecutor Muhammed Çağatay Kılıçarslan, who wounded female judge A.K. with a weapon, for the offense of "qualified attempted intentional homicide against a woman."
While the public prosecutor, the attorney of the intervening party, and the attorney of the Ministry of Family and Social Services appealed against the decision rendered by the Istanbul 35th Heavy Penal Court against the defendant, and the defendant's lawyer appealed in his favor, the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice 1st Criminal Chamber, evaluating the appeals, decided to examine the case file through a hearing.
PRISON SENTENCE INCREASED TO 13 YEARS 4 MONTHS
At the hearing, it was ruled that defendant Kılıçarslan be sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison for the offense of "qualified attempted intentional homicide against a woman." The chamber also sentenced the defendant to 6 months and 20 days for the offense of "stalking," 11 months and 20 days for "violating the inviolability of the workplace by using force or threats," 1 year, 1 month and 10 days for "continuous threats against a woman," and 1 year, 9 months and 20 days for "unlawfully providing or obtaining data." The prosecutor's prison sentence of 11 years and 8 months was increased to 13 years and 4 months.
Thus, while the prison sentences determined by the first-instance court as a total of 3 years and 4 months for the four offenses in question were increased by the appellate court to a total of 4 years, 5 months and 10 days, it was decided to postpone the announcement of the verdict for these offenses.
HISTORY OF THE CASE
The Istanbul 35th Heavy Penal Court, which concluded on June 12, 2026 the case concerning judge A.K., serving at the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice in Kartal, being wounded with a weapon by prosecutor Muhammed Çağatay Kılıçarslan in the same courthouse building, had sentenced the defendant to 11 years and 8 months in prison for the offense of "qualified attempted intentional homicide against a woman."
The court panel had also sentenced the defendant to a total of 3 years and 4 months in prison for the offenses of "violating the inviolability of the workplace by using force and threats," "threatening with a weapon and in a continuous manner," "unlawfully obtaining personal data," and "stalking," and had ruled separately to postpone the announcement of the verdict for these offenses and to continue his detention.