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The Right to Free Association Vanished in Turkey
The right to freedom of assembly and association has been severely restricted in Turkey under increasingly authoritarian regime of president Erdogan.
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5 Lawyers including former president of the Erzurum Bar Association sentenced range to 1 and 13 years
On 10th October, former President of Erzurum Bar Association, lawyer Mehmet Guzel who is under arrest since 4th August 2016, was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment with charge of to run armed terrorist organisation; along with him, 4 other lawyers… Read More ›
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Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (2-8 October)
2 lawyers were sentenced to 6 and 9 years imprisonment.
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Detention warrant was issued for 8 lawyers by Mersin Prosecutorial Office
Detention warrant was issued for 8 lawyers by Mersin Prosecutorial Office yesterday. Lawyers Ali Bozan, Sebahat Genc, Bedri Kuran, Mehmet Altuntaş, Rıza Oğuz, Özgür Çağlar, Erhan Çiftçiler, Emrullah Şam and Onur Kale who are the members of Mersin and Van Bar Association are the subjects of detention warrant. Thus, number of lawyers subjected criminal prosecution since 15th July 2016 raised to 1398.
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Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (25 Sept – 1 October)
Between 25th September and 1st October, 11 lawyers were arrested in Turkey. Worse than that is; 12 lawyers were sentenced to ranging from 3 to 9 years imprisonment with charge on being member of armed terrorist organisation.
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7 lawyers in Izmir and 3 lawyers in Isparta were arrested in one week
10 LAWYERS WERE ARRESTED IN IZMIR and ISPARTA.
As of 27th September 2017, 549 lawyers have been arrested (since 15th July 2016) and 1390 lawyers are under prosecution. Some of the arrested lawyers were subjected torture and ill-treatment. -
Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (18-24 September)
As of 25th September, number of lawyers under criminal prosecution raised to 1385; 538 of them have been arrested.
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Detention warrant issued for 33 lawyers in Izmir
Detention warrant issued for 33 lawyers who are the members of Izmir Bar Association on Friday (22 September); 24 lawyers were taken into custody and police operation goes on for the remaining 9 lawyers.
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14 Turkish lawyers were arrested in Istanbul
With this last wave of crackdown against lawyers, number of lawyers under criminal prosecution raised to 1343; 538 of them have been arrested. Like the 524 lawyers previously arrested, the 14 most recently arrested lawyers were persecuted because they made the defense profession honestly and with full integrity; so indeed in the interrogation conducted by prosecutors, “to remind the right to keep silent, to visit the client in prison” were introduced as a crime against the 18 lawyers.
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Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (11-17 September)
Between 11th and 17th of September, 22 lawyers were taken into custody in Ankara, Istanbul, Diyarbakir and Antalya within scope of 3 separate police operation. As of 17th September 2017, 524 lawyers have been arrested (since 15th July 2016) and 1347 lawyers are under prosecution.
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The Right to Property Vanished in Turkey
As of 10 December 2017, there are 1019 (seized) companies which are being run by the SDIF. Total worth of these companies is at least $11.32 billion. …
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18 lawyers were taken into custody in Ankara, Istanbul and Diyarbakır (updated)
Lawyers Didem Ünsal, Aytaç Ünsal, Ahmet Mandacı, Yağmur Ereren, Barkın Timtik, Ebru Timtik, Şükriye Erden, Engin Gökoğlu, Ezgi Çakır, Süleyman Gökten, Ozgur Yılmaz, Oya Aslan, Ayşegül Çağatay, Behiç Aşçı, Aycan Çiçek, Günay Dağ, Zehra Özdemir, Özgür Yılmaz who are the members of People’s Law Office (Halkın Hukuk Bürosu) and Umut Law Office were taken into custody with police raid this morning (12/9/2017). With this last wave of crackdown against lawyers, number of lawyers under criminal prosecution raised to 1343; 524 of them have been arrested.
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Situation en Turquie
En date d’aujourd’hui, 552 avocats ont été arrêtés et 1403 sont sous les poursuites judiciaires. Certains des avocats arrêtés ont été soumis à la torture et aux mauvais traitements.
