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Journalist Altan Sancar threatened at gunpoint
While he was underway in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır, journalist Altan Sancar was intercepted by a vehicle without a license plate. One person showed him the gun at his waist and said, “You have stretched your leg way too much; behave”.
23 March 2022
Electricity bills have tripled in Turkey’s prisons as well
Writing to bianet from the Elbistan Type E Closed Prison, cartoonist Ahmet Bilge says that while he and three fellow prisoners would pay 80 lira on average for the electricity bill, it almost tripled last month and they were expected to pay 220 lira.
7 March 2022
Ill prisoner not referred to hospital as he rejects ‘mouth search’
Chronically ill prisoner Aydın cannot be treated as he does not accept his mouth being searched as a form of body cavity search while being taken to the hospital. His mother has filed a complaint about this practice by also citing the pandemic.
15 February 2022
‘Insulting the President’: Lawyer Efkan Bolaç on trial again, this time over Instagram posts
A lawsuit has been filed against lawyer Efkan Bolaç for “insulting the President” with two Carlos Latuff cartoons that he shared on Instagram. However, the cartoons were posted in 2014, when Erdoğan had not yet been elected the President.
25 January 2022
DISCHARGED ACADEMIC BEFORE JUDGE
‘Solidarity on social media is not seen from prison’
Ahead of the hearing of Nuriye Gülmen, a discharged academic currently behind bars, her sister writes: “Everytime my elder sister enters the court hall, she looks around with hopeful eyes and excitement to see the people who have come.”
13 January 2022
Prisoner's letter censored for ‘targeting’ the judge of a high criminal court
A prisoner wrote about the unlawfulness she faced during her trial. Her letter has been censored because “she pointed Judge Akın Gürlek as a target by making a misstatement”.
11 January 2022
Discharged teacher files a complaint against State of Emergency Commission’s judges
By applying to the Board of Judges and Prosecutors, discharged teacher Karataş has filed a complaint against the judges of the State of Emergency Commission, who alleged that “his personnel file had information on his links with an organization.”
10 January 2022
Justice Ministry doesn’t permit investigation against lawyer Bolaç over ‘diktat’ tweet
Lawyer Efkan Bolaç wrote on Twitter on July 16, 2016: “Nothing so bad but it might have been worse, we have seen this, too. The diktat enthusiasts who staged a coup against the diktat have turned the country into a fireground.”
6 January 2022
Progressive Lawyers Association case: European lawyers' group applies to ECtHR
The ELDH has filed an application with the ECtHR, demanding the ÇHD case be considered as an "impact case."
4 January 2022
ACQUITTAL OF 'NEGLECT OF DUTY'
Prosecutor protects high-ranking military officers, high court protects the prosecutor
Put on trial for disrupting the investigation, ignoring evidence and protecting senior military officers, the prosecutor investigating the “Operation Return to Life” in Bayrampaşa Prison has been acquitted by the Court of Cassation.
9 December 2021
Progressive Lawyers Association | Prosecutor seeks prison sentences for all lawyers
Two cases were previously merged. The prosecutor has submitted their opinion as to the accusations.
16 November 2021
HDP'S GÜLÜM
'Holding the Kobanî trial without lawyers will make the entire trial extrajudicial'
HDP’s Züleyha Gülüm, a lawyer of the Kobanî case against 108 politicians, has spoken to bianet about the decision of the defendants and their lawyers to not attend the hearings in protest against the failure to hold a fair trial.
10 November 2021
HALF-A-PAGE RULING IN 21-YEAR TRIAL
Appeals court upholds soldiers' acquittal in Ümraniye ‘Operation Return to Life’ case
Lawyer Sevimli has spoken to bianet about the ruling of the appeals court which has upheld the acquittal of soldiers in the trial over the “Operation Return to Life” in Ümraniye Prison, where the “Bora” and “Atmaca” military plans were carried out.
10 November 2021
Law apprentice sentenced to six years in prison over speech at İstanbul Bar
A court has found Sinan Bin of "being a member of an illegal organization" because of a speech.
5 November 2021
IN ERZİNCAN PROVINCE
15 people sentenced to 93 years, 10 months in prison over Gezi protests
Put on trial for joining the protests in Erzincan during the Gezi resistance in 2013, 15 people have been given up to 6 years, 8 months in prison each on the grounds that they resisted the police and violated the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations.
27 October 2021
Letter from prison censored because of ‘agenda-setting about students' scholarships'
Discharged and arrested academic Gülmen wanted to send letters from prison where she also wrote, “I would like to talk about scholarships.” Her letters are found “objectionable” because of “agenda-setting by targeting people and institutions.”
20 October 2021
'No case would be filed had he called Bahçeli "demented" instead of dotard'
A social media user was fined for calling the MHP leader a "dotard." A hearing was held today after the defendant appealed the decision.
15 October 2021
'I WANT MY JOB BACK'
Protesting teacher asked about her photo with imprisoned lawyer
Dismissed from public service in 2017, teacher Nursel Tanrıverdi has been protesting to be reinstated. She has been detained many times since then.
15 October 2021
Non-prosecution for sharing drawing of Erdoğan, 1980 coup general
"Only incitements that 'contain violence or advise violence' can be considered within the scope of the article," the prosecutor's office has said.
13 October 2021
'Nothing new' in Turkey's response to CoE Committee of Ministers about Demirtaş
Demirtaş's attorney has said that the Committee and the ECtHR Grand Chamber had already evaluated the arguments in Turkey's response.
9 October 2021
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ARREST FOR PROTESTING ‘TRUSTEE-RECTOR’
A detailed description by judgeship: ‘How the student got up on rector’s vehicle’
Two students of Boğaziçi have been arrested. In the ruling, a whole page is allocated to the description of how the student got up on the rector’s car. The only evidence is camera footage, but the ruling refers to a risk of tampering with evidence.
7 October 2021
Criminal case against social media user for calling Erdoğan aide a 'swine'
The social media user who said he was joking now faces a prison sentence or a judicial fine.
1 October 2021
‘Statutory limitations non-applicable to crimes against humanity without additional laws’
Speaking about a court case filed into torture to death in detention, but closed due to statutory limitations, lawyer Kılıç says, “There is no need for additional legal regulations for the non-applicability of statutory limitations to crimes against humanity.”
27 September 2021
'I WANT MY JOB BACK'
Tax office levies attachment on protestor’s bank account over her press statements
Discharged from public service and fined over her press statements during her protests “to get her job back”, Bozkurt faces an attachment of 281 thousand lira on her bank account. She notes that courts have already cancelled these fines.
27 September 2021
Two workers walking from İstanbul to Ankara detained
Demanding their reinstatement, three dismissed municipal workers started walking to Ankara. Two of them were detained while the other says he will keep walking.
22 September 2021
First arrest warrant in the Vartinis Massacre case 28 years later
Muş Bar Association Chair lawyer Karaçelik: “We cannot say that justice has been fully served for the aggrieved party, but the ruling of arrest is still good news, considering that even a detention warrant is not issued in such grave cases.”
21 September 2021
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PROGRESSIVE LAWYERS ASSOOCIATION CASE
159-year prison sentence for lawyers was based on 'non-existent' evidence
Eighteen lawyers from the ÇHD were sentenced to a total of 159 years in prison in 2019. Some of the lawyers are standing retrial.
16 September 2021
‘Aysel Tuğluk’s treatment must begin without delay’
Lawyer Çelebi says that they have appealed against the forensic medical report indicating that jailed politician Tuğluk “can stay in prison”. He notes that “it is important for her to be treated in a healthy environment so that her illness will not progress.”
13 September 2021
UPON ERDOĞAN’S COMPLAINT
Fashion designer Barbaros Şansal sentenced to prison for ‘degrading government’
In the trial held upon the criminal complaint of Erdoğan because he said, “The filth of the government is before the eyes of the world”, fashion designer Barbaros Şansal has been sentenced to 3 months, 22 days in prison.
7 September 2021
ECtHR: Prison sentence over Facebook photos violates freedom of expression
The European Court of Human Rights has pronounced its judgement on an imam from Diyarbakır who was convicted of “propagandizing for the PKK” over the pictures that he had shared on Facebook. The imam will be paid damages.
2 September 2021
Calling the father a ‘liar’ in custody case is freedom of expression, says the top court
A lawyer was penalized for writing “...the father has the disposition of a liar and fraud” in a petition during the custody case after he lied to his children that their mother had died. The Constitutional Court has concluded that it is within freedom of expression.
12 August 2021
Germany turns down two asylum seekers because they are 'too politically engaged'
The two applicants were sentenced to prison in Turkey for being a member of an illegal organization. A court in Germany said they would not be in danger of being arrested if they were extradited.
10 August 2021
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