Newsletter | The Persecution on Turkish Lawyers (15 March- 2 April) By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 2 April 2018 Kurdish politician, former deputy and lawyer to People's Democratic Party, Aysel Tugluk was sentenced to 10 years with terrorism charges. pic.twitter.com/7POGiuVjb8 — The Arrested Lawyers (@ArrestedLawyers) March 16, 2018 The @CCBEinfo wrote a letter of concern to President Erdogan regarding lawyer couple Suleyman Gurkok and Sibel Gurkok who were sentenced to 9 and 6 years and detention of lawyer Kemal Aytaç. @IBAHRI @BarHumanRights @UnionIntAvocats @silencedturkey pic.twitter.com/1mDJOv6lxh — The Arrested Lawyers (@ArrestedLawyers) March 20, 2018 Lawyer @KeskinEren1 was sentenced to 7,5 years and lawyer Ayse Batumlu was sentenced to 5 months with the charge of terrorism propaganda. Thus, number of lawyers have been sentenced since 2016 July raised to 108.@CCBEinfo @IBAHRI @LRWCanada @LSHumanRights @BarHumanRights pic.twitter.com/IOl2IVDCvu — The Arrested Lawyers (@ArrestedLawyers) March 30, 2018 Share this:TwitterFacebookWhatsAppSkypeTelegramEmailPrintLinkedInLike this:Like Loading... Related ‹ Report: Incarceration of Turkish Lawyers | En Masse Arrests and Convictions (2016-2018)Our Statement Regarding 5th of April, Lawyers Day in Turkey. ›Categories: Unjust / Wrongful Convictions, Weekly Newsletters