European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 27, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 Over Turkey lenient on american lawbreakers Bidav Walczak staff writer Izmir Turkey a maj. Jena Roeth has witnessed the same scene a half dozen times at police stations in Turkey where Many americans still believe that civil liberties take a Back seat to brute Force. An american suspect sits in a chair sipping Tea and chats amiably with the policemen who have brought him in. Unusual hardly say Roeth and other american military attorneys who have worked on dozens of cases involving american service members and turkish Law. _ a frankly a Roeth said from her office at Izmir a americans have been treated favourably Here. I think that they turkish authorities Bend Over backward for americans who assume you re going to have whippings in the Square and hands chopped off. Its not a culture like that at  air Force attorneys said that no . Service member is serving time in a turkish prison which they attribute to leniency by local Law enforcement officials toward american offenders. Maj. Charles Hasskamp a staff judge advocate assigned to in Ciurlik a said that a americans Are treated with the utmost deference Here a despite a widespread perception among air Force personnel a that if a Turk says one thing and an american says another they re going to believe the Turk. That Isnit necessarily  maj. Charles Wintermeyer the Deputy staff judge advocate at Ankara air station said he is unaware of any problems with the turks holding an american. A we have not seen a Case involving americans where they Are held for More than 12 hours to 15 hours. They offer Tea and provide them things to eat a Wintermeyer said. Nur Janisik a turkish attorney who has worked for the air Force in the nations capital of Ankara for the past 10 years said a fall foreigners get lighter sentences. It is More convenient to get them out of the country. I think its a Little of turkish  Roeth said americans often confuse the secular Justice system of Turkey a moslem nation with those of other islamic countries where the Koran forms the basis of the Legal code. A the turkish system is surprisingly similar to the Way it works in All the code systems on the european continent a Roeth said. A Ataturk the founder of modern Turkey simply borrowed the code from Italy and Switzerland when he wrote the  about the Only fault the american lawyers could find with the turkish system was its slowness. A but i can to say its any slower than the american criminal Justice system a Wintermeyer said. A your system brings a lot of stress a said Janisik. A sometimes they say a you have a hearing at 9 05 in the  you go there at 9 05, but the judge does not come. Most of the time the hearings done to Complete at the time they Are supposed to  a amps Jim Derheim maj. Charles Hasskamp a americans Are treated with the utmost deference in Turkey. In fact no . Service member is serving time in a turkish prison which air Force attorneys attribute to leniency by local Law enforcement officials toward american offenders. Members of the military Legal staff Brief everyone assigned to Turkey upon arrival. The 20 to 30-minute sessions focus on what newcomers can expect from turkish Law. A i try to stress that we re guests of the turkish government a Roeth said. A i done to care if you re an american a you follow the turkish Law Here. If you re arrested Here Well do everything we can but we can to clothe you and wrap you in the american  the briefing also emphasizes turkeys a insult Laws a which target both personal aspersions and slurs on National institutions. A a you re not allowed to Call your landlord a cheat a Roeth said. A if you go into a store and you done to get a Good Deal you can to say a you re stealing from  a Hasskamp cautioned that under turkish Law a truth is no defense in such cases. Still the attorneys pointed to few cases of turks invoking their rights under the Law. The few instances of insult have usually been resolved by personal apologies they said. Under the National insult Law people who insult the turkish Flag currency or National symbols Are liable for prosecution. Americans have run afoul of this Section of the Legal code this past year but no one has been imprisoned. A Drunken american Sailor who urinated on Ataturk a statue was Given a a healthy Fine a but was returned to his ship Hasskamp said. Another service member a who was resisting arrest and Tore up some turkish lira just for spite was not charged with any criminal offence a he said. American newcomers to Turkey also Are Given Wallet sized cards printed in English and turkish asking turkish authorities to Call american authorities in Case of trouble. Roeth said that local police always Call the Izmir Law enforcement desk even when those detained fail to produce a card. The turks willingness to allow suspects to Contact the american Community for help is extraordinary since under turkish Law those detained Are not guaranteed one free phone Call Roeth said. Most Legal cases in Turkey involving americans concern traffic accidents. The highways Are often clogged with sheep goats donkeys and horse drawn carts. In addition turks done to always observe the same driving amenities found in other european countries. A they have lines on the Road. They done to use them a Hasskamp said. A they have stoplights on the Road. They May or May not use  military lawyers Are on Call 24 hours a Day to respond to the scene of any Accident in Turkey which can mean trips of More than 150 Miles. The Only Case resulting in confinement of an american Over the past 18 months came As a result of a traffic Accident near Dort yol 30 Miles from in Ciurlik a. An air Force technical sergeant driving at night hit a turkish girl who died of her injuries. Hasskamp who handled the Case said turkish police officials had no Choice but to put the Driver in jail. A there is a great sense of revenge and family Pride with the turkish society. There was one Uncle of the dead Little girl who said a in a going to kill the  one of the reasons they put you in pretrial confinement is to protect the  the accused stayed in jail a Only four Days unheard of in that part of the country a Hasskamp said. He was a Given rights that no other prisoner was entitled to. He had visits from everyone under the Sun. When the turkish Law says you Only get visits from your immediate family. Maybe once a  the turkish judge originally ordered the sergeant to serve 270 Days in pretrial confinement. He then converted the sentence to a Fine of 5,000 turkish lira about $2 a Day for the length of the 270-Day period. Later the judge suspended the Fine. The american Hasskamp said a did no to pay a . Korean children vow revenge on . For War Tokyo apr North korean schoolchildren marked the 40th anniversary of the Start of the korean War on monday by vowing to avenge a a murders by . Troops North koreans official Media reported. In the capital of Pyongyang 200,000 people gathered to express their a surging indignation and hatred at a the . Imperialists and their stooges who inflicted immeasurable disasters and sufferings upon our people during the past korean War and Are now running amok to provoke a nuclear War in Korea a the korean Central news Agency monitored in Tokyo reported. North Korea invaded South Korea on june 25,1950. United nations forces led by the United states fought to defend South Korea. Chinese troops joined North korean forces in the War which ended three years later in an armistice. More than 54,000 american troops Bush orders flags to half staff Washington apr president Bush marked the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the korean War on monday by ordering that flags be lowered to half staff on Federal buildings. In a proclamation Bush noted that 54,246 . Soldiers were killed and 103,000 wounded in the War. A looking Back at the korean conflict we recognize that our defense of Freedom in this Early struggle of the cold War helped Lay the foundation for the March of democracy we see today around the world a Bush said. On june 25,1950, North korean troops invaded South Korea and the United states aided by other nations under the auspices of the United nations came to the Aid of the South korean government. An armistice was signed in july 1953. Died during the War. North korean accounts say the United states ignited the War. The North korean Agency said schoolchildren rallied in Inchon county the site of a a brutal massacre committed by .  the Agency claimed americans killed More than 350,000 people a Quarter of North koreans population during the War. The Agency quoted schoolchildren As saying at the rally a the . Imperialist aggressors arc the most heinous human butchers and an inveterate enemy of our  it said they vowed to avenge a the imperialist murders a  the report did not say How Many schoolchildren attended the rally. Rodfong sin Mun official newspaper of North koreans ruling workers party said that although 40 years had passed since the War began a it is the invariable ambition of the . Imperialists to establish domination Over our Republic and the rest of  it said in an editorial a the atrocities committed by the . Imperialists. Have hardened our Peoples will to fight against imperialism Down through the  the Rodfong sin Mun editorial also called for the United states to withdraw the 43,000 troops based in South Korea under a Mutual defense treaty