Limiting Procedural Rights During Police Interrogation in Terror Crimes: A Comparative Analysis of European and U.S. Laws and Suggestions to Turkish Law

Gülen SOYASLAN

doi:https://doi.org/10.26650/JPLC2020-0001

Makale detayları

Limiting Procedural Rights During Police Interrogation in Terror Crimes: A Comparative Analysis of European and U.S. Laws and Suggestions to Turkish Law

Yazarlar:

Gülen SOYASLAN

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Hukuk

Dergi:

Journal of Penal Law and Criminology 2020 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.143-168

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000905698

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2602-3911

pISSN:

2148-6646

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26650/JPLC2020-0001

Özet:

 

This article aims to contribute to Turkish counterterrorism law through a comparative law analysis on procedural rights in police interrogation. It compares the scope and roots of the right to counsel, the right to silence and the right to be notified of these rights in the U.S., the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments and Turkey. Particularly, it scrutinizes the conditions under which these rights can be restricted in emergency circumstances and in cases when unscrupulous defense counsel aims to obstruct justice or further terrorism by abusing their communication with a terror suspect. Firstly, the article proposes that Turkey should establish a public safety exception to the right to counsel and the right to be informed of procedural rights when there is an urgent need to protect the life, liberty and bodily integrity of individuals. Secondly, it addresses a common problem stated by senior Turkish counterterrorism officials in interviews: defense counsel may be engaged with the terrorist organization of a suspect, coerce him to give a statement in a particular way, or facilitate information exchange. The article recommends that Turkey should enact an amendment allowing the replacement of unethical defense counsel with another lawyer through a magistrate judge order.

Makale detayları

Limiting Procedural Rights During Police Interrogation in Terror Crimes: A Comparative Analysis of European and U.S. Laws and Suggestions to Turkish Law

Yazarlar: Gülen SOYASLAN

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Hukuk

Dergi: Journal of Penal Law and Criminology 2020 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.143-168

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000905698

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2602-3911

pISSN: 2148-6646

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26650/JPLC2020-0001

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Gülen SOYASLAN

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Hukuk

Dergi:

Journal of Penal Law and Criminology 2020 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.143-168

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000905698

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2602-3911

pISSN:

2148-6646

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26650/JPLC2020-0001