How to report crimes in Turkey
Many residents of Turkey do not know how to report crimes in Turkey, and how to deal with police stations - which are spread in all regions of Turkey - if they encounter a problem or want to file a complaint against a particular person or entity.
Therefore, in this article, we will mention how to report crimes in Turkey, in addition to providing a guide for contact numbers with the concerned authorities for each crime or complaint.
If you run into a problem, do you know how to report crimes in Turkey?
If you are a victim of exploitation or have been assaulted by someone, you can file a complaint against him immediately by going to the nearest police station to you and submitting a complaint. If you do not speak Turkish, you should take an interpreter with you so that the receptionist can understand the details of the crime. If you cannot bring an interpreter, an interpreter will be brought by the police department.
Then the information officer will classify your complaint, if he classifies it as an emergency, he will refer you to a Turkish officer, and if you have been physically harmed, he will accompany you to the hospital until you are examined by the doctor who will write a medical report that you will receive a copy of.
Then you will be taken back to the police station to file a case immediately, but if the employee does not classify your complaint as an emergency, they will give you a number and you will wait until it is your turn.
When it is your turn, you will meet with the policeman and talk about the content of your complaint, so the policeman in turn will write a police report, which you will also get a copy of.
After 24 hours, the police report will be submitted to the Turkish prosecutor, who will follow up the case in court.
Court review and follow-up of your case requires you to bring a copy of the police report, a copy of the medical report and the Temporary Protection Card (if you have one).
After that, routine procedures will be taken in court until the judgment is pronounced against the defendant.
In this simple way, you have learned how to report crimes in Turkey and file complaints.
It is worth noting that it is possible to categorize complaints into several types, and accordingly, the various stakeholders to which you must submit a complaint, and we will mention in this article some of them.
Consumer Protection Authority in Turkey:
In the event that you have a complaint about being cheated in a product by local companies, the Consumer Protection Authority in Turkey is the appropriate authority that you should resort to, as this authority seeks to limit the spread of this phenomenon, by receiving complaints and working to solve them, in order to avoid damages, In addition to punishing those who manipulate the quality and prices of Turkish goods, you can submit your complaint in two ways:
1- Call the consumer protection complaints hotline 175.
2- Go to the official website of the Turkish Ministry of Trade and write your complaint.
An electronic file is assigned to each person who files a complaint, which will be followed up and appropriate measures taken in accordance with the Consumer Protection Law in Turkey.
Cybercrime police in Turkey:
If you are exposed to one of the following fraud methods, know that you are facing a crime punishable by Turkish law, so you must report this crime immediately:
Fraud through emails:
Through which you are lured to give your private information to blackmail you later, or to track your financial transactions with the aim of illegally benefiting from them, and it is one of the most common electronic fraud incidents, and the extent to which the victim is affected by this fraud is taken into account, which makes him eligible for financial compensation. And moral.
Using your bank card for suspicious operations:
It is one of the crimes that Turkish law pays most attention to, as anyone who confiscates or keeps a bank card owned by another person by any means, will be liable to imprisonment for a period of three months to seven years for anyone who sells or buys a fake credit card and links it to the accounts of others banking.
In addition to many things that are considered as electronic crimes such as privacy violations, insults and slander through social media, and hacking bank accounts, if you have been exposed to one of these crimes, you must either go to the nearest security center or contact the electronic police in Turkey, which in turn will take care of your complaint .
Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey:
The cimer platform (Presidency Communication Center) provides a space to communicate directly with the office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, where residents and citizens in Turkey can raise their complaints through this platform, which in turn will respond to them within a maximum period of 30 days.
Where complaints are sent in a hierarchical order to the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey to reach a solution, and you can send your complaint through:
1- The official website of the Republic: by logging in to the site with your personal card or residence information, in addition to your number and email, to which you will receive an answer from the concerned authorities about your complaint.
2- Calling the number 150, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as alternate employees have been appointed to listen to the complaints of callers.
Note: In both cases, you must consider submitting the application in clear and concise language, as well as making sure that the correct personal information is recorded.
Communicating with other parties to file a complaint or report crimes in Turkey:
We will now show you a comprehensive guide to the most important emergency numbers in Turkey, namely:
Police or Emergency Police: You can call 155 in cases where your security or property is threatened.
Military Police: You can call them at 156 instead of the Civil Police if you are in an area where there are no civilian police stations or if you are outside the city limits.
Ambulance: You can call 112 in emergency cases.
Firefighting: You can call 110 to get the civil defense service
The General Directorate of Immigration in Turkey: Foreigners in Turkey can call the number 157 to obtain an application