With regard to alleged flaws in law, the authors claimed that, according to the Penal Code, Fatma Yildirim was unable to appeal against the decisions made by the Public Prosecutor not to detain her husband for making a criminal threat against her.
En relación con las presuntas fallas de la ley, los autores afirmaban que, con arreglo al Código Penal, Fatma Yildirim no podía apelar las decisiones adoptadas por el Fiscal de no detener a su marido por haber proferido una amenaza criminal contra ella.