A STUDY ON TURKISH CRIMINAL TRIAL SYSTEM, Dr. Sezer GÖKHANAttorney-at-Law,

Ankara Bar Publication, 2010,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSand A FEW REMARKS

To prepare on a regular basis “Country Law Study for Turkey” is among the responsibilities assumed by our office in accordance with the Agreement Between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Regarding the Status of Their Forces (NATO SOFA) of 19 June 1951. Republic of Turkey being a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has ratified the NATO SOFA through Law No 6375 on 10 March 1954. In that respect the first Country Law Study for Turkey was prepared by late Mustafa Ovacık, Esq, the first Turkish Legal Advisor of the then Joint United States Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JUSMMAT) in 1969 and who was my dear “Master” when I started to work in the same office with him, then, as a brand new lawyer. I remember him with due respect and admiration for his fine professionalism and great command in the English language. I am full of thanks to him even if in memory; for his setting the first example of this Study so masterfully. ......