December 11, 2018

The Union of Turkish Bar Associations has announced that the Human Rights Honorary Award of the union has been given to Tahir Elçi, Chair of Diyarbakır Bar Association, who was murdered in Diyarbakır three years ago.
On December 10 Human Rights Day, the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) announced that the Human Rights Honorary Award of the union has been given to Tahir Elçi, who was the Chair of Diyarbakır Bar Association and murdered on November 28, 2015 in Sur, Diyarbakır.
Speaking about the award, Chair of the TBB Metin Feyzioğlu stated, “It has been agreed that Human Rights Honorary Award of the TBB will be given to our deceased Chair Tahir Elçi. Every lawyer is a human rights defender.”
Feyzioğlu made a statement at the international symposium entitled “Protection of Human Rights Defender Lawyers”, which was jointly held by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) and the Council of Europe on the occasion of the December 10 Human Rights Day.
In his speech, Feyzioğlu said, “The executive board of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations convened on December 10 Human Rights Day and we have agreed to award the Union of Turkish Bar Associations Human Rights Honorary Award to lawyer Tahir Elçi, our esteemed colleague and brother, who paid the price of his struggle with his life.”
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https://bianet.org/english/human-rights/203407-human-rights-honorary-award-of-union-of-turkish-bar-associations-to-tahir-elci
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahir_El%C3%A7i
http://bianet.org/bianet/insan-haklari/203397-tbb-nin-insan-haklari-onur-odulu-tahir-elci-ye (TURKCE)
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/tbb-onur-odulu-tahir-elciye-41047341 (TURKCE)
https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/gundem/2018/12/14/diyarbakir-baro-baskani-aydin-tahir-elci-cinayetinin-artik-bir-faili-var-var/?fbclid=IwAR2aAnjniNjLMo6Wzzh8tS2EHyN0DKV07AEAbgAwmVzYkXVmkHMPZwLhb80 (TURKCE)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahir_El%C3%A7i (FRANCAIS)
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