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Associate Professor Dr. Vahit Biçak graduated from the
Faculty of Law, Ankara University in Turkey (1985-1989). In 1996,
he became a doctor in law with a thesis on improperly obtained evidence. He
received his PhD from the University of Nottingham, Faculty of Law in
Great Britain.
In 1999, he was at the European Court of
Human Rights, Strasbourg/France, as a trainee
lawyer. He has represented Turkey at the Council of
Europe, the Committee of Experts on Police Ethics and Problems of Policing.
Associate Professor Dr. Vahit Bicak, who has worked in
a number of Turkish universities including Bilkent University, Hacettepe University and Atılım University, has been a lecturer
in criminal procedure law at the Police Academy, Faculty of
Security Sciences, since 1990. In 1999 he was appointed Assistant Professor at
the Police Academy, where he has been
teaching Criminal Procedure Law, Criminal Law and Human Rights since 1995. He
was promoted in 2002 to the rank of Associate Professor.
In 2002, Associate Professor Dr. Vahit Bicak was
selected as one of the six academic members of the Human Rights Consultation
Committee in the Prime Ministry. In 2003, he was appointed as a director to the
Presidency of Human Rights in the Prime Ministry, which is the highest
administrative position concerning human rights. He served two years on this
position and left the office in September 2005.
He has published numerous books and
articles, both in English and Turkish, on human rights issues in Turkey and
on the theoretical and practical aspects of criminal procedure law. His books
include Constitutional Law: Turkey (2004, Kluwer Law International) Freedom
of Expression in the Light of European Court of Human Rights' Judgements (2002),
Improperly Obtained Evidence: A Comparison of Turkish and English Laws (1996),
'Introducing Democracy', A Scrutiny of Liberalism (1998), Law of
Police and Security Forces (2000), Criminal Procedure Law (2001).
Some titles of his articles includes 'A Mechanism for the Prevention of
Torture: Article 135/A of CMUK' (Turkish Yearbook of Human Rights, 1997,
pp. 54-71), 'Infringement of Procedural Rights' (Turkish Yearbook of Human
Rights, 1998, pp. 89-102), 'The Decline of the Right to Silence: Recent
Developments in England' (Turkish Yearbook of Human Rights, 1994, pp.
61-71).
He used to be a member of the editorial board of the Liberal Thought, a quartely academic
journal. He has been included into the 2002 Edition of International WHO's WHO of
Professionals.
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