The trial of 29 year old "Dev-Yol" case, whose first accusation was prepared in 1982, has resumed yesterday at the Penal Department No. 9 of the Supreme Court of Ankara.

The trial on 14 December was attended by nine defendants and lawyers Mehdi Bektaþ, Þenal Sarýhan and Ömer Kavili.

The trial was adjourned to 18 January 2012 upon the demand of lawyers for extension of time for defense. Lawyers remarked that some documents of the case file are missing since the decision of Supreme Court’s General Board of Criminal Department hasn’t been conveyed to some lawyers and defendants yet.

Speaking to bianet after the trial, defense lawyer Mehdi Bektaþ reminded that Dev-Yol main case had been concluded in 1995. Remarking that some of the defendants had been convicted in that process, Bektaþ noted that the current trial was held for other defendants who weren’t convicted then due to prescription and those in whose favor the Court made a decision at that time.

The Penal Department No. 11 of the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of military commission which in 1995 demanded 15 years imprisonment for each of 21 defendants. The Penal Department considered the sentences insufficient and defended that the accused needed to be judged in accordance with the 146/1 Article of the Turkish Penal Code.

In the defense during the trial, Bektaþ stated that the case should be dropped because of prescription.

Defendant Cahit Akçam noted that the Supreme Court’s General Board of Criminal Department grounded on the dates of defendants’ detentions while considering the demands for prescription.