Mehmet Akarca (born 21 January 1963 in
Şirvan,
Turkey
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) is a jurist, a former state prosecutor and the current President of the
Court of Cassations in Turkey.
Education and early life
He attended high school in
Karşıyaka
Karşıyaka () is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. The district extends for twelve kilometres along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of İzmir. Its centre is at a distance of to the north from the traditional cen ...
and following studied law at the
Dokuz Eylül University
Dokuz Eylül University ( tr, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi) (DEÜ) is a university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 15 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied the problem-based learning method in Turkey, ...
from which he graduated in 1986.
He entered the public administration, where he assumed as a judge in courts in several cities throughout Turkey. During his career he served as the President of the Heavy Penal Court in
Sivas
Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province.
The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is ...
and
Kütahya and the High Criminal Court in
Izmir.
Court of Cassation
Mehmet Akarca, elected as a member of the Court of Cassation on 18 January 2010 and became the President of the 14th Chamber of the Court of Cassations in October 2013.
He was elected as the head State Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation on the 18 May 2015 by President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan among the candidates nominated by the Grand General Assembly of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
As the state prosecutor he filed a lawsuit demanding the closure of four pro-Kurdish political parties. In March 2020, he was elected the President of the Court of Cassations.
Personal life
He is married and has two children.
References
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Turkish jurists
Turkish prosecutors
Turkish judges
Living people
1963 births
Dokuz Eylül University alumni