TTB application for 'Mahir Polat'

In the statement made by the TTB, it was stated, "Allegations regarding physicians who perform incomplete or incorrect procedures during detention examinations are being rapidly evaluated by our relevant chambers, and necessary investigations are being initiated."

The following statements were included in the statement made by the TTB: 

"As the Turkish Medical Association, together with our relevant medical chambers, we have made initiatives before the Ministries of Justice, Interior, and Health to prevent human rights violations during detention and imprisonment processes. In addition, information letters have been sent to provide necessary information and warnings to physicians, and an online meeting has been held. Allegations regarding physicians who perform incomplete or incorrect procedures during detention examinations are being rapidly evaluated by our relevant chambers, and necessary investigations are being initiated. The health status of detained and imprisoned individuals is also being closely monitored; necessary information and documents are being obtained through the lawyers of the relevant individuals, and our recommendations regarding medical needs are being conveyed to judicial authorities.

TREATMENT APPLICATION FOR MAHİR POLAT

Finally, the health status of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Secretary General Mahir Polat was examined by our Istanbul Medical Chamber in line with the documents showing his previous examinations and treatments and his current health status, as provided by his lawyers. Our request that he be monitored in a fully equipped hospital and, if deemed appropriate, that we contribute to his examination and treatment processes with a delegation of physicians we will form from different specialties, has been conveyed to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

"WE CALL ON PHYSICIANS TO ACT CAREFULLY AND DILIGENTLY"

The Ministries of Interior and Justice are responsible for the health of every person whose freedom is restricted due to detention or imprisonment, and for ensuring that all processes are carried out in a manner befitting human dignity; contrary attitudes may lead to irreversible losses and will constitute a crime for those who implement them. While emphasizing that trial without arrest should be a fundamental rule for this reason as well, we call on the authorities and the physicians involved in these processes to act carefully and diligently."

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