21.11.2024 22:30
Former Sakarya Garrison Commander Colonel Fahri Can Çağlar, who was tried on charges of sexual assault against soldiers, was sentenced to a total of 38 years and 70 months in prison. The court ruled on the defendant's conviction for multiple sexual offenses.
The former Sakarya Garrison Commander Colonel Fahri Can Çağlar, who was arrested for sexual assault, appeared before the judge for the last time. The court panel ruled that the defendant should be sentenced to a total of 38 years, 70 months, and 106 days in prison for 5 separate crimes.
HE HAD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HIS SOLDIERS
The former Garrison Commander Colonel Fahri Can Çağlar, who was alleged to have sexually assaulted the soldiers under his command during his service, was arrested. The prosecution had submitted its opinion that the defendant Çağlar should be punished for the crimes of 'Sexual harassment', 'Attempted sexual harassment', and 'Sexual assault'.
PUNISHMENT OF THE DEVIANT COMMANDER HAS BEEN DETERMINED
Detained defendant Fahri Can Çağlar appeared before the judge for the last time at the Sakarya 4th High Criminal Court. The defendant and the lawyers of the parties attended the hearing. After the documents received during the interval were recorded, the hearing began, where the defendant reiterated his previous defenses and requested his release and acquittal. The prosecution, reiterating its opinion, stated that the defendant's detention should continue. The detained defendant Fahri Can Çağlar, who was given the right to speak, stated that his statements were the same and therefore requested his release and acquittal. The court panel ruled that the defendant should be sentenced to a total of 38 years, 70 months, and 106 days in prison for 'Repeated sexual harassment' against 10 complainants, 'Sexual harassment', 'Attempted sexual harassment', 'Sexual assault', and 'Repeated sexual assault', and that his detention should continue.