29.10.2026 21:52
A noteworthy development occurred after the 128th Ordinary General Assembly of the Istanbul Bar Association, held at the Haliç Congress Center on October 24-25. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office initiated an ex officio investigation due to the statements made by one of the presidential candidates, Prof. Dr. Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu, during the general assembly.
Following the 128th Ordinary General Assembly of the Istanbul Bar Association, which was the scene of the incidents, a new step came from the judiciary. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an ex officio investigation into presidential candidate Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu. The remarks uttered during the general assembly were cited as the justification for the decision.
INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED DUE TO HIS REMARKS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Following the 128th Ordinary General Assembly held by the Istanbul Bar Association on 24-25 October 2026, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office took action. The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that an ex officio investigation had been launched into Prof. Dr. Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu, the Istanbul Bar Association presidential candidate of the Lawyers' Rights Group, who spoke at the general assembly. Kanadoğlu's statements during the general assembly were cited as the justification for the investigation. The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office decided to launch the investigation by taking into account not only the content of the statements in question but also the context in which they were made.
WHAT HAD KANADOĞLU SAID?
Prof. Dr. Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu, who competed for the presidency on behalf of the Lawyers' Rights Group at the Istanbul Bar Association, had said the following in his speech: “Judges who do not comply with Constitutional Court decisions, criminal judges of peace who issue arbitrary detention orders, we are noting each of you one by one. We are monitoring each of your decisions. We are reporting these decisions of yours. If these judges and prosecutors think, ‘I will not comply with the law, I will make lawyers and citizens suffer, and I will bear no responsibility for this,’ let them know that we will have both hands on their collars.” Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu, the Lawyers' Rights Group (AHG) candidate, received 2,543 votes. The person who won the Istanbul Istanbul Bar Association election was Ümit Kocasakal with 9,686 votes.