
In the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, an operation was carried out against lawyers who questioned personal data through illegal 'panel' systems.
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek announced that a detention order was issued for 31 lawyers who obtained citizens' personal data through illegal inquiry panels and victimized them with fake debt messages.
AI-generated summary
It has been determined that citizens' personal data were illegally seized and turned into commercial commodities in systems called 'panels'.
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek included the following statements in his post on the subject:
The privacy of our citizens is inviolable for us!
It is never acceptable to obtain the personal data of our citizens illegally, to turn them into a commercial commodity, and to victimize our citizens by using this information.
In this context, in the studies carried out by the Cyber Crimes Branch Directorate of the Istanbul Provincial Police Department, under the coordination of the Computer Crimes Investigation Bureau of our Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office; It has been determined that the personal data of our citizens were obtained illegally and used in inquiry systems called "panels".
THEY VICTIMIZED CITIZENS WITH MESSAGES THAT CONTRARY TO THE TRUTH
Investigations revealed that these illegal systems were sold to some law offices for a fee and made available through a subscription system; It has been understood that some law offices have accessed the personal information of citizens who do not have any legal relationship through these systems and victimized them with untrue statements such as "your debt has fallen into legal proceedings", "you missed the reconciliation process", "seizure proceedings have been initiated against you".
In the first phase of the investigation, judicial proceedings were carried out against the suspects who established and operated the illegal system and were found to be involved in the income stream, and a public lawsuit was filed against 10 suspects. As the investigation expanded, a detention order was issued today for 31 lawyers, for whom concrete evidence was obtained that they were using the illegal panel system, and search and seizure procedures were initiated in 39 different law offices.
I would like to wholeheartedly thank our Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Istanbul Police Department, and all public officials who took part in the investigation, who carried out this important investigation with great care.
Anyone who commits unlawful acts by abusing the law will not get away with it.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Requests for the transfer and arrest of 31 detained lawyers to the courthouse.
Very likely · Within days

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