Unjust / Wrongful Convictions

Crackdown Against Lawyers: Turkish Court sentences the Law School Dean to 12 years in prison

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 4 November 2018

25 October | Kayseri| Kayseri Court sentences Murat Sen who is professor of law, twelve years in prison Murat Sen, professor of law and the last dean of the dissolved Meliksah University Law School has been sentenced to twelve years… Read More ›

Persecution of Turkish Lawyers | October 2018| 15 Lawyers were sentenced

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 17 October 2018 • ( 1 )

In the October, 15 Turkish lawyers have been convicted of terrorism related charges. According to data compiled by our initiative monitoring action in daily basis, 592 lawyers have been arrested since the July of 2016, moreover, 197 of those lawyers have been sentenced to long imprisonment, ranging from 2 to 14 years, with the charge of being member of an armed terrorist organisation.

6 Lawyers were sentenced in Afyon

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 3 September 2018

Afyon Public Prosecutorial Office has been prosecuting 14 lawyers, of those 10 have been arrested and six of those have been convicted. So far, in Turkey, 169 lawyers have been sentenced of terrorism related accusations.

Persecution of Turkish Lawyers | May 2018, 24 Lawyers were sentenced

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 2 June 2018 • ( 1 )

24 Turkish lawyers were sentenced in 2018 May. By this latest decisions to convict, numbers of Turkish lawyers so far have been convicted of terrorism-related offences since 15th July 2016 raised to 141.

13 more Turkish lawyers were convicted of arbitrarily terrorism provisions

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 16 May 2018 • ( 5 )

Denizli 3rd High Assize Court convicted thirteen (13) lawyers of the membership to the armed terrorist organisation and sentenced them to ranging from two to ten and half years. By this latest decision to convict, numbers of Turkish lawyers so far have been convicted of terrorism-related offences since 15th July 2016 raised to 138.

Eight more Turkish lawyers were convicted of arbitrarily terrorism provisions

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 9 May 2018 • ( 1 )

Denizli 2nd High Assize Court convicted eight lawyers of the membership to the armed terrorist organisation. Numbers of Turkish lawyers so far have been convicted of terrorism-related offences since 15th July 2016 raised to 125.

Newsletter | The Persecution on Turkish Lawyers (15 March- 2 April)

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 2 April 2018

Between 15 March and 2 April, 3 lawyers were sentenced to long imprisonment.

Report: Incarceration of Turkish Lawyers | En Masse Arrests and Convictions (2016-2018)

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 27 March 2018

The Arrested Lawyers Initiative published a new report entitled “Incarceration of Turkish Lawyers | En Masse Arrests and Convictions (2016-2018).” According to the report, 1539 Turkish lawyers have been prosecuted and 580 lawyers have been arrested since 2016 July. And so far, 103 Turkish lawyers have been sentenced to long imprisonment by the first instance courts under article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code.