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ECtHR says death fasting lawyers 'voluntarily risked their lives'

ECtHR says death fasting lawyers 'voluntarily risked their lives'

Going on a death fast demanding a fair trial, lawyer Ebru Timtik lost her life last year and Aytaç Ünsal ended his death fast shortly after.

2 July 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal to Süleyman Soylu: Take pride

Arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal to Süleyman Soylu: Take pride

Lawyer Ünsal has sent a letter from prison. Touching upon the statements of mafia boss Peker, he has addressed Interior Minister Soylu: “It is the medal of your order that Peker has reached this point and is treated as the ‘main opposition spokesperson’.”

27 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Recovering after death fast, imprisoned lawyer Aytaç Ünsal 'not provided with vitamin B'

Recovering after death fast, imprisoned lawyer Aytaç Ünsal 'not provided with vitamin B'

After ending his 215-day death fast, Ünsal was arrested again in December.

2 March 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Constitutional Court rejects arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal’s application

Constitutional Court rejects arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal’s application

Arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal previously appealed to the Constitutional Court on the grounds that his treatment following his 215-day death fast was interrupted. The top court has rejected his request for deferring the execution.

25 February 2021

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal arrested

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal arrested

People’s Law Bureau (HHB) has announced that lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has been arrested without being referred to the courthouse. He was taken into custody in Turkey’s northwestern province of Edirne with three others yesterday.

11 December 2020

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal detained in Edirne province

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal detained in Edirne province

With the execution of his prison sentence deferred after his death fast for a fair trial, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has been taken into custody in Turkey’s northwestern province of Edirne “because he was suspected to flee abroad.”

10 December 2020

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe grants exceptional award to lawyer Ebru Timtik

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe grants exceptional award to lawyer Ebru Timtik

Timtik lost her life in August after a 238-day death fast for a fair trial.

28 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Criminal complaint against Minister Soylu ‘for Ebru Timtik’

Criminal complaint against Minister Soylu ‘for Ebru Timtik’

A group of lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) İstanbul Branch have filed a criminal complaint against the public officials who had responsibility for the death of arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik on a death fast.

27 November 2020

Police raid lawyer Aytaç Ünsal's home as he receives treatment after death fast

Police raid lawyer Aytaç Ünsal's home as he receives treatment after death fast

Police officers just scattered the home and left, according to the lawyer.

20 November 2020

‘They want to destroy everything Ebru Timtik lived through’

‘They want to destroy everything Ebru Timtik lived through’

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: “Ebru’s apprentice lawyer Seda Şaraldı used to visit me frequently. I could not see Ebru, but I could talk to young, hopeful lawyers that she had left her mark on. So, Ebru could live everywhere.”

30 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences of lawyers ‘with its conscience’

Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences of lawyers ‘with its conscience’

The Court of Cassation has upheld the prison sentences of all lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), except for four, indicating that “the conscientious conviction has been based on definite, consistent and nonconflicting data.”

15 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

First message from lawyer Aytaç Ünsal after ending death fast: 'I love all of you'

First message from lawyer Aytaç Ünsal after ending death fast: 'I love all of you'

Following a release order by the Court of Cassation, Ünsal ended his 214-day long death fast and accepted treatment.

10 September 2020

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal ends death fast, accepts treatment

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal ends death fast, accepts treatment

After the Court of Cassation handed down its ruling, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has ended his death fast and accepted medical treatment by independent physicians.

4 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal released

Death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal released

Shortly after the ruling of release of the Court of Cassation, arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has been released from the Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital in İstanbul on the 213th day of his death fast for a fair trial.

3 September 2020

Medical committee report: Aytaç Ünsal should be discharged from hospital

DEATH FASTING LAWYER

Medical committee report: Aytaç Ünsal should be discharged from hospital

Ünsal's immune system has collapsed, it is risky for him to stay in the hospital due to the pandemic, according to the report.

2 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

ECtHR rejects application about death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal

ECtHR rejects application about death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected the application with a request for an interim measure on the grounds that “there is no imminent danger” to arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, who has been on a death fast for 212 days.

2 September 2020

HDP deputy calls on parliamentary human rights comittee to take action for Aytaç Ünsal

DEATH FASTING LAWYERS

HDP deputy calls on parliamentary human rights comittee to take action for Aytaç Ünsal

MP Gergerlioğlu has noted that lawyer Aytaç Ünsal is in critical condition after 212 days of death fast.

1 September 2020

From Ünsal to Soylu: You are apparently agitated again, you are afraid

OPEN LETTER BY DEATH FASTING LAWYER

From Ünsal to Soylu: You are apparently agitated again, you are afraid

Death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has penned an open letter to Minister of Interior. Noting that he mentioned the killing of Prosecutor Selim Kiraz though he knew that it was not in the case file, Ünsal has said, “You try to create an impression.”

1 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

'There is no need to express an opinion as to Aytaç Ünsal's request for release'

COURT OF CASSATION PROSECUTOR

'There is no need to express an opinion as to Aytaç Ünsal's request for release'

Regarding death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal’s request for release, the Court of Cassation Prosecutor has indicated that “it shall be decided based on an examination of the file.” It means that the request will be responded at an uncertain date.

1 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘You must live, Aytaç, you must live the most now...’

LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST

‘You must live, Aytaç, you must live the most now...’

His colleague Çiğdem Koç has addressed an open letter to death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: “We will keep adding our voice to yours and crying your rightfulness out loud, but you live, will you?”

İstanbul Bar Association: This death could have been prevented

İstanbul Bar Association: This death could have been prevented

In a statement, the İstanbul Bar Association has underlined that while the right to a fair trial was violated in the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) case, the right to life is now also violated by arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death on a death fast.

‘Before we lose lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, too…’

‘Before we lose lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, too…’

Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch has released a statement regarding the death of death fasting lawyer Timtik, calling on everyone to “take a stance against the government’s attitude” before death fasting lawyer Ünsal loses his life, too.

Lawyer Ebru Timtik dies on 238th day of death fast

Lawyer Ebru Timtik dies on 238th day of death fast

Demanding a fair trial, Timtik had been on a death fast since January 2.

Seven people detained while holding a statement for death fasting lawyers

Seven people detained while holding a statement for death fasting lawyers

Gathering in front of President Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul to hold a statement for the press for death fasting arrested lawyers Ünsal and Timtik, seven people have been taken into custody by the police.

‘State is obligated to protect right to life’

UNITY FOR DEMOCRACY

‘State is obligated to protect right to life’

The Unity for Democracy (DİB) platform has released a written statement, underlining that the health conditions of death fasting lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have come to such a critical point that the Justice Minister should use initiative.

‘Ebru, blink if you hear me’

ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST

‘Ebru, blink if you hear me’

Sharing information about death fasting lawyer Timtik’s health, attorney Betül Vangölü Kozağaçlı says, “If the court does not give a ruling of release for her now and waits for the final ruling of the Court of Cassation, it will mean giving a death sentence.”

27 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Death fasting lawyers 'have not days but hours left'

Death fasting lawyers 'have not days but hours left'

HDP MP Musa Piroğlu attended the demonstration in front of the hospital today.

‘Hospitals are not police stations or prisons, stop misusing them’

‘Hospitals are not police stations or prisons, stop misusing them’

İstanbul Medical Chamber has made a statement about death-fasting arrested lawyers Timtik and Ünsal, who are held in two separate hospitals: “Hospitals are places where people seek a cure for their disease. Stop misusing them as prisons.”

‘We have run out of time for Ebru and Aytaç’

ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST

‘We have run out of time for Ebru and Aytaç’

Lawyers have made a call for justice for their death-fasting arrested colleagues Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. Gathering in front of the hospital where Timtik is currently held, they have underlined that “there is no time left for them.”

Belgian lawyers express support for their death fasting arrested colleagues in Turkey

Belgian lawyers express support for their death fasting arrested colleagues in Turkey

In support of Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, their death fasting arrested colleagues in Turkey, a group of Belgian lawyers have gone on a hunger strike and protested in front of Turkey’s Embassy in the capital city of Brussels.

‘Doctor doesn’t know about the fact of death fast’

‘Doctor doesn’t know about the fact of death fast’

Death fasting lawyer Ünsal: “The warden said, ‘He can hardly walk, Sir’ and the doctor said, ‘He can walk by himself, he is not bedridden, so he doesn’t need anyone to accompany him.’ For her, I had to writhe on the floor so that I could have an attendant.”

24 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Joint call by lawyers: ‘We don’t want to lose Ebru and Aytaç’

ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST

Joint call by lawyers: ‘We don’t want to lose Ebru and Aytaç’

Lawyers from Turkey and abroad have released a statement for death fasting arrested lawyers Ünsal and Timtik: "Medical conditions of our colleagues are critical; if they are not released as soon as possible, it will have irreversible consequences.”

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