Police sent 156 cases of New Year's violence to prosecutors last week
This year the police handed over 156 suspects who were arrested around the turn of the New Year, to the Public Prosecution Service (OM). A year earlier, the police submitted 161 cases to the OM, according to a letter sent to Parliament from caretaker Justice and Security Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz and Infrastructure State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen. "Violence against people remains the most common crime," the outgoing ministers wrote.