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Breaking News... After saying 'We have reached a consensus on the Right to Hope': New statement from Feti Yıldız

MHP's Feti Yıldız, in a post drawing attention to the execution legislation, stated that conditional release is not possible for certain aggravated life sentences, reminding that for these convicts, the sentence lasts for life.

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MHP Deputy Chairman Feti Yıldız, in a post on his social media account, provided details regarding the legislation concerning aggravated life imprisonment within the scope of execution law.

Yıldız focused specifically on aggravated life sentences where there is no hope of release, emphasizing that attention should be paid to the legislation in news reports and commentary made in the public sphere.

According to the information provided by Yıldız, under the Execution Law, the period for benefiting from conditional release for those sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment is set at 30 years in some cases, and 36 years for certain types of crimes.

Yıldız included the following statements in his post:

Valued members of our media…

When reporting and commenting on legal matters, taking a look at the relevant legislation will increase the value of your news and commentary.

For example,

According to our Execution Law:

1- Individuals sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment

who have served 30 years (107/2),

or in crimes committed within the framework of establishing or managing an organization for the purpose of committing crimes or within the scope of organizational activities,

those who have served 36 years (107/4) earn the right to benefit from conditional release.

However, the execution of these periods is not a direct cause for release.

2- Aggravated life sentences with no hope of release:

In the event of a conviction for aggravated life imprisonment due to the commission of one of the crimes under the Second Book, Fourth Part, Fourth Chapter titled “Crimes Against the Security of the State,” Fifth Chapter titled “Crimes Against the Constitutional Order and the Functioning of This Order,” and Sixth Chapter titled “Crimes Against National Defense” of the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237, within the framework of an organization's activities, the provisions for conditional release do not apply.” (107/16)

Due to this article, convicts receiving an aggravated life sentence remain in prison until they die.

This situation is also regulated in Article 17 of the Anti-Terror Law (TMK) No. 3713, which bears the marginal heading of conditional release.

According to the article; “Death sentences, those terror convicts whose death sentences were converted to life imprisonment with hard labor by the Law on Amendments to Various Laws No. 4771 dated 3/8/2002, as amended by the first article of the Law No. 5218 dated 14/7/2004, and those terror convicts whose death sentences were converted to aggravated life imprisonment with hard labor or who were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment with hard labor cannot benefit from the provisions of conditional release.

For these individuals, the execution of the aggravated life imprisonment with hard labor continues until death.

The view that there should be a possibility for a convict to regain their freedom in life-long prison sentences is called the “right to hope.”

The ECHR rules that applicants sentenced to life imprisonment serving life sentences without a specific hope of release constitute a violation within the scope of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.