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• Turkey’s Draconian Anti-Terror Laws

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 24 August 2018

  

  According to our survey carried out on the Turkish Justice Ministry’s statistics of their operations in the last five years, there is a steady increase in the use of anti-terrorism law on individuals by public prosecutors. So, while 8,324 people were indicted under Article 314 of the TPC in 2013, 146,718 people were indicted under the same Article in 2017.

• Abuse of the Anti-Terrorism laws by Turkey is steadily increasing

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 23 August 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  According to our survey there is a steady increase in the use of anti-terrorism law on individuals by public prosecutors. So, while 8,324 people were indicted under Article 314 of the TPC in 2013, 146,718 people were indicted under the same article in 2017. Statistics highlight that Turkey has indicted 221,366 people with the charges of being member or leader of an armed terrorist organization within last five years.

  Statistics also indicate that, in 2017, Turkish prosecutors have opened investigations against 527.154 individuals on suspicion of the crimes against the Constitutional order.

• 21 Lawyers were sentenced in Istanbul

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 20 August 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  So far, in Turkey, 162 lawyers have been sentenced of terrorism related accusations, and mainly of being the member of an armed terrorist organization. Twenty one of those who have been sentenced are member of the Istanbul Bar Association. Istanbul Public Prosecutorial Office has been prosecuting 503 lawyers, of those 147 have been arrested and so far at-least twenty one members of Istanbul Bar Association have been convicted.

• Report: ‘Defence for Defenders’

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 9 July 2018

  

  The Open Dialog Foundation published a report that examines cases of harassment and attacks on lawyers and attorneys.
  In the report entitled ‘Defence for Defenders’, cases of lawyers Fevzi Kayacan, Cemalettin Ozer and Mehmet Guzel who are former presidents of Konya, Erzincan and Erzurum Bar Associations were presented. Data and reports that compiled and published by The Arrested Lawyers Initiative quoted in the report.

• Turkish Interior Minister Soylu defames Diyarbakır Bar Association in Southeast as terror affiliated

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 20 June 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu claimed that all non-governmental organisations and Diyarbakır Bar associations in the country’s southeast are affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), during an interview he gave to Turkey’s state-run TRT Haber. Assessing the developments… Read More ›

• State of Emergency: Insecure property rights threaten Turkish economy

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 5 June 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  According to official statements by the SDIF and minister Mr. Ozhaseki, the total value of assets confiscated by the Turkish Government is 65 billion Turkish liras (12 billion Euros). The figure does not include value of the seized assets of 127 persons, the dissolved entities’ confiscated chattels. It can increase up to 100 billion Turkish liras if those asset values are included.

• 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.

• Persecution of Turkish Lawyers | April 2018

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 28 April 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  In April 2018, at least ten lawyers were convicted of terrorism charges. Thus, the number of lawyers who have been sentenced since 2016 July, raised to 117.

• Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) urges immediate release of Turkish lawyer Mustafa Aydin

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 18 April 2018

  

  Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law internationally addressed a letter to urge the immediate release of Turkish lawyer Mustafa Aydin who is terminally ill and has been… Read More ›

• URGENT ACTION CALL – 16 April 2018

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 16 April 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Urgent Action Call: Stop arbitrary arrest and denial of medical treatment in prison for terminally ill Lawyer Mustafa Aydin.

• The Italian National Bar Association expressed solidarity with Turkish lawyers

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 6 April 2018

  

  In the statement of the CNF, solidarity with Turkish lawyers was expressed, and Italian Authorities were asked to urge the Turkish Government to abide its obligations under the national and the international law

• Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) condemns the ongoing crackdown against lawyers in Turkey

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 5 April 2018

  

  The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) firmly condemned the ongoing crackdown against lawyers in Turkey.

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