Dr. Vehbi Kadri KAMER
Public Prosecutor at the Izmir Regional Court of Justice, Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Justice, Türkiye
After starting his career as a judge candidate, he served as a public prosecutor and was appointed as an Investigating Judge at the General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses of the Ministry of Justice in 2001. He was appointed as the Head of the Department Responsible for Probation Services in 2005, the Head of the Department Responsible for Education in 2010 and the Head of the Department of Workplaces Institution in 2014. He was appointed as the Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals in 2017. He began his career as a public prosecutor at the Izmir Regional Court of Justice in 2024.
He completed his master's degree on "Administration of Penal Institutions" between 2003-2004 and his doctorate on "The Role of Penal Institutions and Probation Departments in the Socialization of Children Dragged into Crime" at Gazi University between 2010-2015.
Eight books have been published. He has eighteen articles in “Justice Journal”, “Turkish Justice Academy Journal”, “Turkish Bar Association Journals”, ninety articles in “Sesleniş Newspaper”. He gave lectures on “management of penal institutions”, “probation system” and “child law” at the Turkish Justice Academy. He presented fifty-nine papers in seminars, conferences and congresses.
He served as “Advisory Board Member” at the International Children’s Justice Symposium and as “Scientific Board Member” at the 10th Year Probation Symposium in Türkiye.
He conducted studies in Austria, Germany, the United States, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan and Portugal to conduct studies on “Judicial System” and “Management of Penal Institutions”.
