Turkey: **Clarification**

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After a better understanding of the Turkish law system: The Local Court cannot "overrule" an Appeals Court decision. The Appeals Court is a higher court than the local Sivas Military Court. The Appeals Court makes recommendations to the local court. Then the court is free to either adopt these recommendations or not. In this case, the local court did not abide by the recommendation of the Appeals Court and insisted on their former decision to sentence Mehmet Tarhan to four years of imprisonment.

War Resisters' International calls for the immediate release of Mehmet Tarhan and all other imprisoned conscientious objectors.

Javier Garate
War Resisters' International

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