The question is presently not whether the Turkish judiciary, including civil and criminal courts and the prosecution, has been corrupted to the core, but whether this corruption can ever be amended, even with the possibility of Erdogan and his government being replaced in the next year’s general election.
Although it is evident that (black)lists of to be arrested and dismissed judges & prosecutors might be pre-drafted, it is the first time creators of (black)lists admitted their role, which was recorded in a court document.
Ankara Bar’s new reports contain both horrific accounts of systemic police brutality and of sexual attacks.
The ECtHR ruled that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 82 judges and prosecutors after a failed 2016 coup.
Crackdown on the judiciary and legal profession provided corrupt judges with the perfect opportunity to cover up their shady dealings. One of those judges was Alver who sent 13 local lawyers to prison under anti-terrorism laws.
Prisoners denied permission to receive visits from their school-age children and to make telephone calls at the weekends: violation.