Lawyers Didem Ünsal, Aytaç Ünsal, Ahmet Mandacı, Yağmur Ereren, Barkın Timtik, Ebru Timtik, Şükriye Erden, Engin Gökoğlu, Ezgi Çakır, Süleyman Gökten, Ozgur Yılmaz, Oya Aslan, Ayşegül Çağatay, Behiç Aşçı, Aycan Çiçek, Günay Dağ, Zehra Özdemir, Özgür Yılmaz who are the members of People’s Law Office (Halkın Hukuk Bürosu) and Umut Law Office were taken into custody with police raid this morning (12/9/2017). With this last wave of crackdown against lawyers, number of lawyers under criminal prosecution raised to 1343; 524 of them have been arrested.
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Situation in Turkey While New Judicial Year Begins
As of 5th September 2017, 524 lawyers have been arrested and 1323 lawyers are under prosecution since 2016 July
[Blogpost] Turkey’s Humanitarian Crisis Brought The ECtHR Into Disrepute
The COE and The ECtHR bought Erdogan extra-time to continue the persecution that causes a humanitarian crisis.
The Turkish Ministry of Justice Ordered The Prohibition of Opposing Lawyers
According to a news published by Cumhuriyet Daily, today; The Turkish Ministry of Justice issued an order for prohibition of all opposing lawyers. Pursuant to the order sent to all provincial public prosecutors, lawyers who are themselves under criminal investigation are… Read More ›
Lawyer Barkın Timtik Subjected Torture Under Police Custody
Lawyer Barkin Timtik who was taken into custody on 5th of August 2017, was referred to Istanbul Courthouse, today. She and other 42 peaceful protestors were taken into custody while a peaceful action to support the hunger strike of Nuriye Gulmen… Read More ›
ECtHR Asks Statement From Turkish Government Over The Case Of Abducted Lawyer
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided to consider Emine Özben’s application as urgent (whose husband Mustafa Özben (42), a Bar-registered lawyer and academic, was abducted on May 9, 2017 in Ankara) and asked statement from Turkish government. Eşim… Read More ›