Turkey/CCBE: Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (11-17 September)

September 17, 2017

12/09/2017 – 18 Lawyers were taken into custody in Istanbul, Ankara and Diyarbakir within scope of Istanbul-based police operation.

Lawyers Didem Ünsal, Aytaç Ünsal, Ahmet Mandacı, Yağmur Ereren, Barkın Timtik, Ebru Timtik, Şükriye Erden, Engin Gökoğlu, Ezgi Çakır, Süleyman Gökten, Ozgur Yılmaz, Oya Aslan, Ayşegül Çağatay, Behiç Aşçı, Aycan Çiçek, Günay Dağ, Zehra Özdemir, Özgür Yılmaz who are the members of People’s Law Office (Halkın Hukuk Bürosu) and Umut Law Office were taken into custody with police raid on 12/9/2017.

The 18 lawyers taken into custody have been representing the arrested hunger strike activists Nuriye Gulmen and Semih Ozakca. Gulmen and Ozakca who were arrested on 23rd May 2017. The 18 lawyers taken into custody could not represent them on the hearing dated 14th September 2017.

The CCBE-Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe wrote a letter of concern to President Erdogan regarding the 18 lawyers taken into custody.

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Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (11-17 September)

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