Friday, December 17, 2010 – Judges and prosecutors from Turkmenistan wound up a one-week trip to Istanbul and Ankara Friday to see how Turkey’s judicial system works.
The visiting Turkmen delegation was shown by their hosts how judiciary exams are formulated and also given insight into the workings of the Justice Ministry’s data processing department in Ankara.
The participants visited the Penal and Arrest Institution in Istanbul, as well as the city courthouse and its Institute of Forensic Medicine.
The visitors also attended a study course on the activities, mandate and management system at the Justice Academy where Turkish judges and public prosecutors are trained.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) organized the trip of Supreme Court and Justice Ministry officials, along with representatives of the General Prosecutor’s Office and Parliament.
“This working visit helped Turkmenistan representatives to familiarize themselves with the Turkish judicial system as well as with the role of Justice Academy in Turkey,” an OSCE press release on Friday quoted the head of its office in Ashgabat Begoña Piñeiro Costas as saying.
The Acting President of Justice Academy of Turkey, Sami Sezai Ural, expressed the value of such cooperation.
“We believe in the importance of exchange of knowledge and experience between counterpart institutions from different countries. I hope this study visit was useful for our Turkmen colleagues,” he said.
The study visit is the latest activity in a program that saw a workshop on judicial education in Ashgabat in September and a visit to France’s National School of Magistrates last year.
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