The appeal found the prison sentence given to the prosecutor who injured the female judge to be low

Istanbul Regional Court of Justice 1st Criminal Chamber (appeal) increased the prison sentence of 11 years and 8 months to 13 years and 4 months, given to prosecutor Muhammed Çağatay Kılıçarslan, who injured female judge A.K. with a gun, for "attempted intentional murder against a woman".

While the public prosecutor, his attorney and the representative of the Ministry of Family and Social Services filed an appeal against the decision of the Istanbul 35th High Criminal Court against the defendant, and the defendant's lawyer filed an appeal in his favor, the 1st Criminal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice, which evaluated the applications, decided to examine the file with a hearing.

At the hearing, the defendant Kılıçarslan was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison for "attempted intentional murder against a woman".

The department also sentenced the defendant to 6 months and 20 days in prison for "persistent stalking", 11 months and 20 days in prison for "violating workplace immunity by using force or threats", 1 year, 1 month and 10 days in prison for "chain threats against women" and 1 year, 9 months and 20 days in prison for "unlawfully providing or obtaining data".

Thus, while the prison sentences determined by the first instance court as a total of 3 years and 4 months for the 4 crimes in question were increased to a total of 4 years, 5 months and 10 days by the court of appeal, it was decided to postpone the announcement of the verdict in terms of these crimes.

history of the case

The Istanbul 35th High Criminal Court, which decided on June 12, 2026, the case regarding the shooting injury of Judge A.K., working at the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice in Kartal, by the prosecutor Muhammed Çağatay Kılıçarslan in the same courthouse, sentenced the defendant to 11 years and 8 months in prison for "attempted aggravated intentional murder against a woman".

The court panel sentenced the defendant to a total of 3 years and 4 months in prison for the crimes of "violating workplace immunity by using force and threats", "threatening with a gun and chains", "unlawfully seizing personal data" and "persistent stalking" and ordered the suspension of the announcement of the verdict separately for these crimes and the continuation of his detention.