16 Detained Lawyers of Gülmen, Özakça at Prosecutor’s Office After 9 Days

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16 lawyers of imprisoned Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who have been on hunger strike, went to the prosecutor’s office at İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan today (September 20).

The lawyers were detained on September 12, two days before the hearing of Gülmen and Özakça.

The names of the detained lawyers are: Barkın Timtik, Ebru Timtik, Behiç Aşçı, Aytaç Ünsal, Naciye Demir, Ezgi Çakır, Süleyman Gökten, Didem Baydar Ünsal, Ayşegül Çağatay, Şükriye Erdem, Engin Gökoğlu, Özgür Yılmaz, Ahmet Mandacı, Yağmur Ereren, Zehra Özdemir, Aycan Çiçek. 

Upon the detention of lawyers, as many as 200 lawyers were present in the courtroom to be in solidarity with their colleagues on September 14. Besides, 1,030 lawyers gave authorization certificate for the trial. (BK/TK)