Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya ( ; ; born 10 March 1950 in

Şanlıurfa Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa () and in ancient times as Edessa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km east of the Euphrates River. Its climate features ext ...

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) is a high-ranking Turkish judge and the former Chief Public Prosecutor (between 2007–2011) of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey. Since the end of his term on 2011, he has been a member of the Supreme Court of Appeals' Eight Civil Department.

Party closure cases

As the highest-ranked Public Prosecutor of Turkey, Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya submitted an indictment before the

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demanding the closure of the

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(DTP) on the 16 September 2007. That the DTP demanded education in the native language and a federal administration were viewed as evidence of the party receiving orders by

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, the imprisoned leader of the

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(PKK). The request was successful and on 11 December 2009 the

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under the presidency of

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banned the party with eleven votes, thus making it an unanimous decision. Yalçınkaya also brought charges against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on 14 March 2008 to the

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, charging the party for violating the principle of

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in Turkey and requesting that the party be closed and its 71 officials barred from politics for five years. Those officials include the current

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and the

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. The court confirmed that the party had become "a center for anti-secular activities", but decided not to close the party, imposing a financial penalty as a warning instead by cutting 50% of the state funding to the party.

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Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya
High Court of Appeals. 1950 births People from Şanlıurfa Turkish civil servants Court of Cassation (Turkey) justices Living people {{Turkey-law-bio-stub