«An entire profession on trial»
Press release issued by the legal Fact Finding Mission, taking place in Istanbul from 15 September to 20 September, to monitor and observe current mass trials against lawyers in Turkey. …
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Joint Statement – International Fair Trial Day – 14 June 2021
Today, 14 June 2021, marks the inaugural International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) which will beobserved for the first time worldwide. The focus country of the IFTD this year is Turkey, …
Agenda of the 1st International Fair Trial Day and Ebru Timtik Award
14 June 2021 15.00 – 17.15 CEST N.B. – This event will be accessible both for participants and viewers: Participants: can join the event with access to the live translation …
International Memorial Event for Ebru Timtik: A life dedicated to the struggle – 5 April 2021, 18.30 pm (CEST) – 19.30 pm (TR)
On the Day of Lawyers (Turkey), the international legal community gather together to commemorate Ebru Timtik who passed away after a 238-days hunger strike with the demand of a fair …
Threat of HDP ban: European lawyers demand credible EU response
Download PDF A few days ago Turkey’s Chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court filed an indictment seeking dissolution of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). The indictment accuses HDP leaders …
LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATIONS DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF TURKISH LAWYER OYA ASLAN
To the president of Istanbul 37. Heavy Penal Court No: 2020/247 Düsseldorf, Barcelona, Vienna, Brussels. 11.01.2020 LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATIONS DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF TURKISH LAWYER OYA ASLAN We, the undersigned …
Joint Statement: Case concerning the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death
Case concerning the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death The undersigned organisations have been following recent developments in the case involving the prosecution of …
The judicial scandal has to come to an end – the imprisoned lawyers must be released
On November 11, the ÇHD I criminal case, which started in 2013, will continue at the 1st instance, before the 18th Heavy Penal Court in Istanbul. The victims of this …
LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATIONS PROTEST ARREST OF TURKISH LAWYER SEDA SARALDI
The following statement was issued by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL), and the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) …
Lawyers on hunger strike near death
The undersigned organisations have been following recent developments in the cases of human rights lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on hunger strike since February 2020. On …