Confidentiality order on Ankara massacre investigation

Here is the report of Kemal Göktaş from Cumhuriyet newspaper about this restriction order:

2. Penal Court of Peace of Ankara issued an order of restriction on the investigation one day after the attack (October 11, 2015) upon the demand of the Bureau for Crimes against Constitutional Order of the Public Prosecutor of Ankara, which conducts the investigation.

According to this order, the access of the defense attorneys to the investigation files can be restricted by judicial decision upon the demand of the public prosecutor, if it is considered that this access might put the investigation in danger. “Except from the record of statement of the suspect, expert reports and the records concerning the procedural acts that these parties should be present”, no documents will be given to the attorneys. According to the law, also the counsels for the prosecution cannot access to the documents.

This restriction order is taken without making a distinction between the counsel for defense and the counsel for prosecution, so the victims and their counsels won’t have any information concerning the developments in the investigation. This order doesn’t mean a ban on broadcast.