Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya (/əbdʊəˈræxmæn jɑːltʃɪnˈkaɪ.ə/ ⓘ əb-doo-RAKH-man yahl-chin-KY-ə; Turkish: [abduɾahˈman jaɫˈtʃɯnkaja]; born 10 March 1950 in Şanlıurfa, Turkey) is a high-ranking Turkish judge and the former Chief Public Prosecutor (between 2007 and 2011) of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey.
As the highest-ranked Public Prosecutor of Turkey, Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya submitted an indictment before the Constitutional Court demanding the closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) on the 16 September 2007.
[1] That the DTP demanded education in the native language and a federal administration were viewed as evidence of the party receiving orders by Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
[2] The request was successful and on 11 December 2009 the Court of Cassation under the presidency of Haşim Kılıç banned the party with eleven votes, thus making it a unanimous decision.
[4] Those officials include the current president Abdullah Gül and the prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.