March 21, 2025 | İstanbul – In a decision widely condemned as politically motivated, the İstanbul 2nd Civil Court of First Instance has removed the entire executive board of the İstanbul Bar Association, including its president, constitutional law scholar Prof…. Read More ›
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and The Arrested Lawyers Initiative have released a detailed report highlighting the declining independence of the legal profession and bar associations in Turkey. The report underscores the targeting of law professionals through unfair trials, arbitrary detainment, imprisonment and harassment, as well as the alarming misuse of counter-terrorism legislation to prosecute lawyers in the course of their legitimate work.
Mehmet Ali Uçar’ın çektiği çile, hem iç hukuk hem de uluslararası insan hakları standartlarının hiçe sayıldığı, kaygı verici düzeyde keyfilik ve yolsuzlukla işleyen bir yargının simgesidir.
Uçar’s case serves as a poignant illustration of the arbitrariness and corruption within the Turkish judiciary, as well as a blatant disregard for the rulings of the ECtHR. The circumstances surrounding Uçar’s repeated arrests, the reliance on legally dubious evidence, and the failure to adhere to international legal standards underscore systemic issues that challenge the principles of justice and the rule of law.
2017 yılında tutuklanan bir avukat annenin, kendisi ve bebeği için hapishanede yaşadığı çarpıcı deneyim, kötü muamele ve bürokratik ihmalkarlıkla dolu bir sistem içinde temel insan haklarından yoksun bir şekilde kızını koruma mücadelesi verdiği bir hikayeye dönüşüyor.
Turkish lawyer, Elif Hendekci, recounts her and her baby’s harrowing experience in prison. Imprisoned for providing legal aid to dissidents, Hendekci faces abuse and bureaucratic indifference in jail, struggling to protect her daughter amidst a system lacking empathy and basic human rights. Her story exposes political repression and inhumanity within Turkey’s incarceration system post-2016.