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• Illicit Enrichment and Political Prosecutions: The Case of Istanbul’s Chief Prosecutor

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 28 December 2025

  

  A criminal complaint from Turkey’s opposition party alleges Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek engaged in extensive corruption, including illicit enrichment and conflicts of interest, raising significant concerns about judicial integrity and accountability in Turkey’s legal system.

• CHD lawyer Naim Eminoğlu placed in pretrial detention over false terrorism charges

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 16 December 2025

  

  Turkish lawyer Naim Eminoğlu was detained following a police raid on his office, accused of Gulen Movement membership without concrete evidence. His arrest, criticized by international legal groups, signals ongoing persecution of lawyers in Turkey, raising concerns over legal rights.

• TALI submission to the UNSRIJL

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 1 December 2025

• Another Nail in the Coffin of Turkey’s Constitutional Individual Application Mechanism

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 13 November 2025

  

  Turkey’s judicial crisis deepens as the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court defies a Constitutional Court ruling that acknowledged violations of urban planner Tayfun Kahraman’s fair trial rights. This reflects a broader trend of judicial insubordination and systemic failure to uphold constitutional authority and human rights.

• Turkey: Lawyer for İmamoğlu Targeted in Indictment as Prosecutors Treat Legal Defense as ‘Criminal Activity’

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 12 November 2025

  

  An indictment against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and others raises concerns about Turkey’s legal system, relying on anonymous testimonies to frame legal coordination as criminal. Human rights groups condemn this as judicial harassment of lawyers, reflecting a broader crackdown on legal representation in political cases.

• Subsidiarity in the Service of Authoritarianism: Dissents of the Turkish Judge of the ECHR

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 8 November 2025

  

  A new scholarly review by Thomas Hochmann centres on the Turkish judge at the European Court of Human Rights, warning that her interpretation of subsidiarity enables “cosmetic compliance,” allowing authoritarian regimes like Turkey’s to cite Strasbourg case law while continuing repression unchecked.

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