A man was briefly detained as part of an investigation into a recent physical attack targeting Supreme Court of Appeals Public Prosecutor Necip Cem İşçimen in İstanbul, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.
The İstanbul Police Department determined that İşçimen got into an argument with two suspects identified only by the initials E.G. and T.T.İ. while exiting a restaurant parking lot in the Kadıköy district on Sunday. The prosecutor was then physically assaulted by the two individuals.
Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç condemned the attack on X on Sunday. He wished a speedy recovery to the prosecutor and announced that an administrative investigation had been launched into the incident by the İstanbul Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
İstanbul Kadıköy’de Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Savcısı Necip Cem İşçimen’e yapılan fiziksel saldırıyı şiddetle kınıyorum.
Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Savcımıza geçmiş olsun dileklerimi iletiyor, acil şifalar diliyorum.
Bizleri ve yargı camiamızı derinden üzen saldırıyla ilgili İstanbul…
— Yılmaz TUNÇ (@yilmaztunc) September 1, 2024
T.T.İ., who was detained within the scope of the investigation, was released under judicial control after appearing in court, Anadolu said, adding that the police are still searching for the other suspect.
