Arrested Lawyer Ayşe Başar Released

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Lawyer Ayşe Başar from Libertarian Jurists Association (ÖHD) has been released upon objection against her arrest.

Başar was arrested with lawyer Hüseyin Boğatekin on charge of “being member of [illegal] organization” on March 23. The court ruled release of the lawyer yesterday upon objection against the arrest.

What had happened?

İrfan Arasan, Ayşe Acinikli, Hüseyin Boğatekin, Şefik Çelik, Adem Çalışcı, Ayşe Başar, Tamer Doğan, Ramazan Demir and Mustafa Rüzgar from the ÖHD were taken into custody in house raid on March 16.

Lawyers Mustafa Rüzgar, İrfan Arasan, Ahmet Kapçan and İlkin Bulut were sent to court for judicial control, and 27 people of whom seven are lawyers were sent to court for arrest on March 18. Four people of whom two are lawyers sent to court for judicial control were released.

Lawyers Avukatlar Ayşe Başar, Ramazan Demir, Tamer Doğan, Adem Çalışçı, Şefik Çelik, Hüseyin Boğatekin, Ayşe Acinikli along with 20 people were released on March 19 by the court they were sent for arrest.

The prosecutor had objected against the decision of the release of 27 people of whom seven are lawyers.

The judicature has ruled arrest of Nihat Daş, Cüneyt Yeşilyurt, Hıdır Maya, cemalettin Gördeğir, Ayşe Yavuz, Kayhan Tüney, Mehmet Halil Olçay, Gülistan Çelik, Faysal Karademir, Kandile Yeşilfidan, Recep Belek, Şengül Kaçar, Behçet Çiçek, Kadriye Nargile, Mehmet Kaçar, Mahmut Taşdan, Abdulgafur Ceber along with the four lawyers. (AS/TK)