Detention of Children in Turkey: Sounds Good Doesn’t Work

Hale Akdağ (author)

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Title	Detention of Children in Turkey
Subtitle	Sounds Good Doesn’t Work
DOI	https://doi.org/10.18690/um.pf.4.2024.8
Landing page	https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/en/catalog/book/872
License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Copyright	University of Maribor, University of Maribor Press
Publisher	University of Maribor Press
Published on	2024-04-18
Long abstract	This paper will examine the juvenile justice system in Turkey. First criminal capacity of children and courts exclusively established for children will be explored. Then types of detention before conviction, special provisions for children and institutions that children deprieved of their liberty will be send to will be explained. Since the physical conditions of these institutons differ greatly, their affects on children can also vary. Convicted children are normally being held in institutions that offer a certain amount of liberty, but since remand needs to prevent jailbreaks, children who were not convicted cannot be reasonable held in this kind of institutons. This creates an unfair treatment between children who were convicted and those whose trial is still continuing, putting the children on trial at a disadvantage. This paper will offer some solutions to balance the rights of the child and the aim of criminal procedure to reach the material truth.
Language	English (Original)
THEMA	JPVH LB

This paper will examine the juvenile justice system in Turkey. First criminal capacity of children and courts exclusively established for children will be explored. Then types of detention before conviction, special provisions for children and institutions that children deprieved of their liberty will be send to will be explained. Since the physical conditions of these institutons differ greatly, their affects on children can also vary. Convicted children are normally being held in institutions that offer a certain amount of liberty, but since remand needs to prevent jailbreaks, children who were not convicted cannot be reasonable held in this kind of institutons. This creates an unfair treatment between children who were convicted and those whose trial is still continuing, putting the children on trial at a disadvantage. This paper will offer some solutions to balance the rights of the child and the aim of criminal procedure to reach the material truth.