content tagged with right to defense

Constitutional Court: Judgment can't be based on testimony taken without presence of lawyer

Constitutional Court: Judgment can't be based on testimony taken without presence of lawyer

The top court has ruled that the right to fair was violated in the cases of two applicants who were sentenced to life imprisonment based on the statements they had given without the presence of a lawyer.

25 August 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Acquitted of child abuse, father files a lawsuit against child's lawyer

Acquitted of child abuse, father files a lawsuit against child's lawyer

Lawyer Müjde Tozbey-Erden appeared before the judge, facing the charges of “slander and insult” in relation to a child abuse case in Konya.

Judge rejects requests of HDP’s Güven, Alökmen for making defense in Kurdish

Judge rejects requests of HDP’s Güven, Alökmen for making defense in Kurdish

Appealing against the penalties given for singing in Kurdish in Elazığ Closed Women’s Prison, HDP politicians Leyla Güven and Hülya Alökmen wanted to make defense in Kurdish. Their request was rejected because they know Turkish.

16 September 2021

78 bar associations say 'attack on defense is unacceptable'

JOINT STATEMENT

78 bar associations say 'attack on defense is unacceptable'

Raising concerns about the mounting threats and attacks against the right to defense, the 78 bar associations demand the suspension of the presiding judge and the police who took the Diyarbakır Bar Chair and lawyers out of the courtroom by force.

15 September 2021

Calling the father a ‘liar’ in custody case is freedom of expression, says the top court

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 Ayça Söylemez

Constitutional Court Rejects Application of Convict Prevented from Calling His Attorney

Constitutional Court Rejects Application of Convict Prevented from Calling His Attorney

The Constitutional Court has rejected the application of a convict who was prevented from having a phone call with his attorney. The court has indicated that prison administrations have the authority to impose restrictions relating to these issues.

9 April 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Prosecutor Demands Lawyer Be Penalized for ‘Overstepping the Boundary of Defense’

Prosecutor Demands Lawyer Be Penalized for ‘Overstepping the Boundary of Defense’

Charged with “insulting the President”, lawyer Özgür Urfa has made defense in court: “It is the Ministry of Justice that is both the complainant of the case and gave the permission for investigation and trial. The Ministry will give the verdict, if possible.”

3 December 2019 Ayça Söylemez

No Plea, No Attorney, No Defendant but Penalty in 22nd Heavy Penal Court

ÖZGÜR GÜNDEM CASE

No Plea, No Attorney, No Defendant but Penalty in 22nd Heavy Penal Court

In Özgür Gündem trials, Canpolat, Baysoy and Küçükkeleş have been penalized by İstanbul 22nd Heavy Penal Court while their attorneys were absent and the court didn’t hear their defenses.

14 February 2017 Elif Akgül

Defendant Lawyers Forcibly Expelled Out of Courtroom

KCK TRIALS

Defendant Lawyers Forcibly Expelled Out of Courtroom

The court delegation ordered defendant lawyers out of the courtroom in the ongoing Istanbul Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) suit yesterday. Following the lawyers’ objections, gendarmerie troops then forcibly expelled them outside.

2 October 2012 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Court Decree Without Lawyer

Court Decree Without Lawyer

“Lawyers sometimes do not attend to the court hearings in order to prevent the court’s decision however the court violates the right to defense by not collecting defense evidences” told Lawyer Cinmen.

20 May 2012 Ekin Karaca

Camera at the Lawyer-Client Meetings

Camera at the Lawyer-Client Meetings

ÇHD reacted to the cameras placed at Sincan Prison to record the lawyer-client meetings.

14 May 2012 Ayça Söylemez