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Rights advocate Celalettin Can released from prison after 110 days

Rights advocate Celalettin Can released from prison after 110 days

"Today, I have regained my freedom, but there is a sense of bitterness. The reason is that I am leaving behind hundreds of friends in Marmara Prison, unfairly and unlawfully held there," Can said upon his release.

20 December 2023 Vecih Cuzdan

78s Initiative Spokesperson Celalettin Can Detained

78s Initiative Spokesperson Celalettin Can Detained

Spokesperson of the 78s Initiative Celalettin Can has been detained in his home in the morning during a police raid. Can will be taken to İzmir to depose. His wife Nimet Tanrıkulu has said, “Had he been summoned, he would go to the Prosecutor's Office.”

18 January 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Verdict of Release Issued for Celalettin Can and 8 HDP Members

Verdict of Release Issued for Celalettin Can and 8 HDP Members

A verdict of release has been issued for the Spokesperson of the 78s Initiative Celalettin Can and eight members of the HDP.

Demand for Release of Can Kept in Detention for 78 Days

Demand for Release of Can Kept in Detention for 78 Days

Friends of Celalettin Can have demanded release of him on his 78th day in detention.

25 April 2018 Beyza Kural

16 HDP, HDK Officials including HDP Party Assembly Member Can Arrested

16 HDP, HDK Officials including HDP Party Assembly Member Can Arrested

HDP Party Assembly member Can, Filiz Yılmaz, Metin İlan, Suphi Yıldız, Bedia Aydemir, Gonca Yangöz, Şamil Altan, Abdulselam Yolcu, Taylan Talaş, Hüseyin Gencer, Atilla Sayır, Erhan Sarıkaya, Gülsen Biter, Vahit Dalgıç, Taylan Ürün and Can Memiş have been arrested.

21 February 2018

No Leftists Convicted in 1980 Coup Left Behind Bars?

DEBATES OVER JUDICIAL REFORM RAGE ON

No Leftists Convicted in 1980 Coup Left Behind Bars?

The 78’ers Initiative Spokesman Celalettin Can and İlhan Canan, the son of Tahir Canan who spent 31 years in prison, both disputed the recent claims raised by deputy Selçuk Özdağ of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) that no leftists convicted by the Sept. 12, 1980 coup administration were still left behind bars.

13 July 2012 Ekin Karaca