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Factsheet on Turkey’s state of emergency dismissals

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 28 June 2019 • ( 2 )

The @ArrestedLawyers Initiative published a factsheet on Turkey’s state of emergency dismissals. It includes the latest statistics on the Inquiry Commission’s work, criteria applied for the dismissals and the definition of the connection and cohesion made by Ankara Regional Appeal Court.
Report on criminal liabilities with regard to torture incident took place in Ankara Police Headquarters between 20 and 31 May 2019.

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 5 June 2019 • ( 1 )

This report includes a summary of the report published by the Ankara Bar Association as well as domestic and international legal framework concerning torture and a consolidated list of state officials who are suspected to have ordered, facilitated, carried out concealed the torturing of former Turkish diplomats at Ankara Police HQ.
Abuse of the Anti-Terrorism laws by Turkey is steadily increasing

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 30 May 2019 • ( 7 )

According to our survey there is a steady increase in the use of anti-terrorism law on individuals by public prosecutors. In 2017 and 2018, public prosecutors have indicted more than 300.000 individuals under 309-316 of Turkish Penal Code which stipulate crimes against the Constitutional Order.
Update: Incarceration of Turkish Lawyers | Unjust Arrests and Convictions (2016-2019).

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 28 May 2019

According to the latest update, 1546 Turkish lawyers have been prosecuted and 599 lawyers have been arrested since 2016 July. And so far, 297 Turkish lawyers have been sentenced to 1879 years in prison by the first instance courts under article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code.
Turkish Lawyer who represents a torture victim was also tortured and detained

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 25 May 2019 • ( 1 )

Words of the Turkish lawyer who was subjected to torture in Ankara:
‘They removed my clothes 2 times. The department manager said such things as if I would make him dishonor me with a baton.’
Turkish Court sentences four lawyers in Trabzon.

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 28 April 2019 • ( 1 )

Trabzon High Penal Court sentenced four lawyers including the former president of Trabzon Bar Association under Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code which stipulates membership to an armed organisation. Lawyers Orhan Ongoz, Hüseyin Yılmaz, Selman Bitiş, Mustafa Öngün who… Read More ›
President Erdogan’s security details tortured a Turkish lawyer

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 17 April 2019 • ( 2 )

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security guards detained and beat an Istanbul lawyer for insulting the president after questioning blocked traffic at the site of a wedding ceremony attended by Erdoğan, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported on Tuesday. The incident took place… Read More ›
HRW Report: (Turkish) Lawyers on Trial

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 10 April 2019 • ( 2 )

Human Rights Watch published a comprehensive report on persecution of Turkish lawyers named ‘Lawyers on Trial’.
Statement on the occasion of the Lawyers Day in Turkey

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 5 April 2019 • ( 1 )

Statement on the occasion of the Lawyers Day in Turkey
Update: Incarceration of Turkish Lawyers | Unjust Arrests and Convictions (2016-2019)

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 1 April 2019 • ( 5 )

According to the report, 1546 Turkish lawyers have been prosecuted and 599 lawyers have been arrested since 2016 July. And so far, 297 Turkish lawyers have been sentenced to 1879 years in prison by the first instance courts under article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code.
Ankara Court sentences 21 lawyers to some 150 years in prison

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 29 March 2019 • ( 1 )

Ankara 22nd Heavy Penal Court sentences 22 lawyers to some 150 years in prison. Lawyers who were detained on 3rd and 26th of August 2016, were convicted under Article 314§2 of the Turkish Penal Code which criminalizes membership to an armed terrorist organization.
Turkish Government Targets Family Members of the Critical Lawyers

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 29 March 2019 • ( 3 )

The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan secretly investigated the family members of lawyers who were perceived to be critical of the regime including their spouses and children. The targeting of family members of critical lawyers and human rights… Read More ›
Speaker of the Turkish Parliament assaults the Appeal Commission for reinstating ten dismissed staff

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 24 March 2019

Turkish Parliament Speaker’s recent undue interference in the appeal process is seen by many as the final nail in the Commission’s long diminishing respectability.
Turkish Courts convict 18 more lawyers

By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 20 March 2019 • ( 2 )

18 lawyers were sentenced to some 160 years in prison by Istanbul 37th Assize Court under Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code which stipulates the armed terrorist organization. So far, Turkey have sentenced 248 lawyers to 1603 years in prison.