content tagged with court hearing

Labour Party Lawyers Protested Ergenekon Trial

Labour Party Lawyers Protested Ergenekon Trial

In the latest Ergenekon case hearing, about 20 joint attorneys of the Labour Party took off their gowns and left the court room in protest of the recent detention of Labour Party Deputy Chair Cengiz. Officer Şahbaz, tried in the second Ergenekon case, was released pending trial.

9 June 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Erotic Literature Is a Serious Offence!

Erotic Literature Is a Serious Offence!

Publisher Sancı and interpreter Yerguz face prison sentences on the grounds of the books "The fairy's pendulum", "The exploits of a young Don Juan" and "Letters of a well-mannered and knowledgeable bourgeois women". Lawyer Sakal: 'Publishing becomes a crime because of a lack of reforms'.

11 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Best Man Testifies for Molotov Cocktail Attack Defendant

Best Man Testifies for Molotov Cocktail Attack Defendant

Turkish cinema actor Şafak Sezer made his statement in the case about the Molotov cocktail attack on Cumhuriyet newspaper in 2008, saying that he has been very close friends with defendant Boğaç Kaan Murathan for more than 10 years.

11 December 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Refuses Implication in "Coup"

ERGENEKON CASE

Journalist Refuses Implication in "Coup"

Cumhuriyet newspaper journalist Ankara correnspondent Mustafa Balbay said in his defence in the Ergenekon Case, "I did not even incite an unarmed uprising. I took the notes put forward as my diary in order to recall a couple of things later on".

23 November 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

"Engin Çeber Case - Case of Torture"

"Engin Çeber Case - Case of Torture"

Lawyer Aslan stated that witness accounts as well as camera records and medical reports show evidence of torture against Çeber and his friends both in the police station and in the Metris Prison. The court did not detain the suspect police officers.

18 November 2009 Tolga Korkut

Recusation of Joint Attorneys in JİTEM Case

CEMAL TEMİZÖZ AND JİTEM

Recusation of Joint Attorneys in JİTEM Case

The court expelled joint attorneys Tanrıkulu and Özdemir from the court room during a hearing of the JİTEM case including defendant Colonel Temizöz amongst others. The court accepted the request for recusation of allegedly prejudiced lawyers.

12 October 2009 Erol Önderoğlu