The 2nd Criminal Law Summit, organized by Gelişim Law Student Club of our university, was held on 10-11 December 2022 at IMU Ziraat Bank Hall of our central Library. Judges and lawyers, along with academics, took part as speakers in the 2-day program featuring eleven sessions in total. Participants were mostly law students as well as many others from different backgrounds.
On the first day of the program, in his speech titled as “How to Conduct an Investigation in Criminal Trial”, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Cengiz APAYDIN emphasized the importance of the criminal justice system for a peaceful society, as well as processes such as gathering evidence, parties’ statements, and indictment. He stated that public institutions are effective institutions in this regard and that they should cooperate. A member of IMU Law Faculty, Asst.Prof.Dr. Ali PEHLIVAN, discussed important issues in the functioning of the process in terms of procedure and merits in his speech titled “The Operation of the Prosecution Phase”. He expressed the importance of criminal tribunals in the fight against crime and criminals, to conduct trials in accordance with the principle of legality, within the framework of respect for fundamental rights and freedoms.
On the second day of the program, a member of IMU Law Faculty, Asst.Prof.Dr. Ertuğrul ÜNAL, explained the importance of establishing a reasonable balance between the parties in terms of the principle of equality in the execution of a fair trial in criminal cases in his speech titled as “The Principle of Equality of Arms”.
The summit, which was held for the second time this year, ended after the question&answer session and the presentation of plaques.
