As part of Human Rights Week, the Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) staged a conscientious objection campaign in front of the Selimiye barracks in Üsküdar, Istanbul on 12 December 2004. Doğan Özkan read a press statement on behalf of the association.
Judge: "This might lead to a trial"
Özkan told bianet that the hearing, which was supposed to start at 11.50 am, was delayed unti 3 pm. After the judge had listened to his defence, he was told: “This defence is problematic, it might lead to a trial. Why don’t you change it?”
Özkan, however, has said that he will not change his defence. (BÇ/AG)
