Istanbul court announces sentence for Turkmen national convicted of forgery
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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Outcome reported
- Istanbul’s 15th Criminal Court says it sentenced Adylbek Karimov to two years in prison for forging an official document.
- The court said Karimov could not be found despite searches, so it ordered the judgment summary published in a newspaper and on an online news site.
- The notice says the judgment will be considered served 15 days after publication.
Istanbul’s 15th Criminal Court has issued a public notice concerning Adylbek Karimov, a Turkmenistan-born man convicted of forging an official document.
The court’s April 16, 2026 ruling sentenced Karimov to two years in prison. It also imposed restrictions on the exercise of certain rights under Article 53/1 of Turkey’s Penal Code and supervised release provisions for repeat offenders under Article 58/6.
The court said Karimov, identified as the son of Tahir and Umidahon and born on Oct. 27, 1995, could not be located despite searches. Because the reasoned judgment could not be served, the court ordered a summary of the ruling to be published in a newspaper and on an internet news site.
The notice states that the judgment will be deemed served 15 days after the date of publication.
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Originally published by Hürriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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