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Istanbul prosecutor opens inquiry into bar association candidate’s remarks
Istanbul prosecutors opened an inquiry into remarks made by lawyer Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu.
He is a candidate for president of the Istanbul Bar Association.
The remarks were made during the association’s 128th general assembly, held on October 24 and 25 at the Haliç Congress Center.
Prosecutors said they would examine the content and context of his words, but did not describe the remarks.
The inquiry was opened on the prosecutors’ own initiative.
The available information does not say what action, if any, will follow.
Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into remarks by Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu, a candidate for president of the Istanbul Bar Association.
The remarks were made during the bar association’s 128th ordinary general assembly.
The assembly was held on October 24 and 25 at the Haliç Congress Center.
The prosecutor’s office said it considered the content and context of the statements.
- Who
- Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu, a candidate for president of the Istanbul Bar Association.
- What
- Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation over remarks he made.
- When
- The remarks were made during the assembly on October 24–25, 2026. The article was published on October 26, 2026.
- Where
- At the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul.
- Why
- The prosecutor’s office said the investigation concerned the content and context of Kanadoğlu’s remarks.
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The Istanbul Bar Association held its 128th ordinary general assembly at the Haliç Congress Center, where candidate Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu made the remarks.
Habertürk reported that the chief public prosecutor’s office had opened an investigation into the remarks.
- Candidate
- Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu
- Event
- Istanbul Bar Association’s 128th ordinary general assembly
- Event dates
- October 24–25, 2026
- Venue
- Haliç Congress Center, Istanbul
- Investigation
- Opened by Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor’s office
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What people are saying
An investigation has been launched ex officio by our Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the statements made by Av. Prof. Dr. Osman Korkut Kanadoğlu, the Istanbul Bar Association presidential candidate of the Lawyers’ Rights Group, during the Istanbul Bar Association’s 128th Ordinary General Assembly held at the Haliç Congress Center on October 24–25, taking into account the content and context of those statements.