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ECtHR says death fasting lawyers 'voluntarily risked their lives'

ECtHR says death fasting lawyers 'voluntarily risked their lives'

Going on a death fast demanding a fair trial, lawyer Ebru Timtik lost her life last year and Aytaç Ünsal ended his death fast shortly after.

2 July 2021 Ayça Söylemez

First International Fair Trial Day to be held in the memory of Ebru Timtik

First International Fair Trial Day to be held in the memory of Ebru Timtik

Lawyer Ebru Timtik lost her life last year after a 238-day death fast demanding a fair trial.

June 14 declared ‘International Fair Trial Day’

June 14 declared ‘International Fair Trial Day’

Unions of Bar Associations in France and Italy and lawyers organizations from Europe have declared June 14 “International Fair Trial Day”. They will grant “Ebru Timtik Award” on June 14 in memory of the deceased lawyer.

24 February 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal detained in Edirne province

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal detained in Edirne province

With the execution of his prison sentence deferred after his death fast for a fair trial, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has been taken into custody in Turkey’s northwestern province of Edirne “because he was suspected to flee abroad.”

10 December 2020

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe grants exceptional award to lawyer Ebru Timtik

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe grants exceptional award to lawyer Ebru Timtik

Timtik lost her life in August after a 238-day death fast for a fair trial.

28 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Criminal complaint against Minister Soylu ‘for Ebru Timtik’

Criminal complaint against Minister Soylu ‘for Ebru Timtik’

A group of lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) İstanbul Branch have filed a criminal complaint against the public officials who had responsibility for the death of arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik on a death fast.

27 November 2020

‘They want to destroy everything Ebru Timtik lived through’

‘They want to destroy everything Ebru Timtik lived through’

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: “Ebru’s apprentice lawyer Seda Şaraldı used to visit me frequently. I could not see Ebru, but I could talk to young, hopeful lawyers that she had left her mark on. So, Ebru could live everywhere.”

30 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Jailed lawyer bandaged her broken finger herself

Jailed lawyer bandaged her broken finger herself

Sentenced to 9 years in prison in the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) case and currently held in Düzce Prison, lawyer Aycan Çiçek’s finger was broken by wardens. She treated her broken finger herself with the help of another warden.

29 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Ludovic Trarieux Human Rights Prize awarded to lawyers Barkın and Ebru Timtik

Ludovic Trarieux Human Rights Prize awarded to lawyers Barkın and Ebru Timtik

Awarded in memory of lawyer Trarieux, who founded the "Human Rights League" in the midst of Dreyfus Affair in France in 1898, this year’s Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize is granted to lawyers and sisters Barkın and Ebru Timtik.

25 September 2020

Investigation against İstanbul Bar over picture of death fasting lawyer

Investigation against İstanbul Bar over picture of death fasting lawyer

An investigation has been launched against the İstanbul Bar Association due to the picture of Ebru Timtik hung on its building after the lawyer died on a death fast. The bar was previously targeted by Erdoğan and Ministers Soylu and Gül over this picture.

21 September 2020

Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences of lawyers ‘with its conscience’

Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences of lawyers ‘with its conscience’

The Court of Cassation has upheld the prison sentences of all lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), except for four, indicating that “the conscientious conviction has been based on definite, consistent and nonconflicting data.”

15 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal ends death fast, accepts treatment

Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal ends death fast, accepts treatment

After the Court of Cassation handed down its ruling, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has ended his death fast and accepted medical treatment by independent physicians.

4 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

UN human right experts call for effective investigation into Ebru Timtik's death

DEATH FASTING LAWYERS

UN human right experts call for effective investigation into Ebru Timtik's death

Ebru Timtik lost her life on August 27 after a 238-day death fast "for a fair trial."

3 September 2020

Erdoğan suggests debarment of lawyers engaged in 'terrorism'

LAWYER EBRU TİMTİK'S DEATH

Erdoğan suggests debarment of lawyers engaged in 'terrorism'

The President has joined the ministers of interior and justice in targeting the İstanbul Bar Association over the poster of lawyer Ebru Timtik, who lost her life on a death fast.

1 September 2020

'There is no need to express an opinion as to Aytaç Ünsal's request for release'

COURT OF CASSATION PROSECUTOR

'There is no need to express an opinion as to Aytaç Ünsal's request for release'

Regarding death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal’s request for release, the Court of Cassation Prosecutor has indicated that “it shall be decided based on an examination of the file.” It means that the request will be responded at an uncertain date.

1 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘You must live, Aytaç, you must live the most now...’

LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST

‘You must live, Aytaç, you must live the most now...’

His colleague Çiğdem Koç has addressed an open letter to death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: “We will keep adding our voice to yours and crying your rightfulness out loud, but you live, will you?”

Minister of Interior calls Ebru Timtik a 'terrorist,' condemns bar for commemorating her

LAWYERS' DEATH FAST

Minister of Interior calls Ebru Timtik a 'terrorist,' condemns bar for commemorating her

Ministers of Interior and Justice have targeted the İstanbul Bar for commemorating lawyer Ebru Timtik, who died on a death fast demanding a fair trial.

Ebru Timtik's sister not allowed at her funeral, people's march prevented

Ebru Timtik's sister not allowed at her funeral, people's march prevented

While the prosecutor's office permitted Barkın timtik to attend the funeral, the gendarmerie prevented her "due to pandemic measures."

İstanbul Bar Association: This death could have been prevented

İstanbul Bar Association: This death could have been prevented

In a statement, the İstanbul Bar Association has underlined that while the right to a fair trial was violated in the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) case, the right to life is now also violated by arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death on a death fast.

Ebru Timtik's funeral: Police use rubber bullets, tear gas against crowd, surround cemevi

Ebru Timtik's funeral: Police use rubber bullets, tear gas against crowd, surround cemevi

The police dispersed the people waiting in front of the Forensic Medicine Institution, Timtik's body was brought to the cemevi in Gazi neighborhood.

‘Before we lose lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, too…’

‘Before we lose lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, too…’

Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch has released a statement regarding the death of death fasting lawyer Timtik, calling on everyone to “take a stance against the government’s attitude” before death fasting lawyer Ünsal loses his life, too.

Reactions to lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death

Reactions to lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death

After arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik died on the 238th day of her death fast yesterday, politicians, lawyers and artists have criticized the silence in the face of her demands and underlined the importance of the right to a fair trial.

Lawyer Ebru Timtik dies on 238th day of death fast

Lawyer Ebru Timtik dies on 238th day of death fast

Demanding a fair trial, Timtik had been on a death fast since January 2.

Joint call by lawyers: ‘We don’t want to lose Ebru and Aytaç’

ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST

Joint call by lawyers: ‘We don’t want to lose Ebru and Aytaç’

Lawyers from Turkey and abroad have released a statement for death fasting arrested lawyers Ünsal and Timtik: "Medical conditions of our colleagues are critical; if they are not released as soon as possible, it will have irreversible consequences.”