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‘Court of Cassation seems to be waiting for their death to announce its ruling’

ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST

‘Court of Cassation seems to be waiting for their death to announce its ruling’

Nermin Ünsal, the mother and attorney of death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, notes that their appeal has been awaiting a judgement for 5 months: “I think they are waiting for their death, delaying the judgement till the end of judicial recess.”

20 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Death fasting lawyer Ebru Timtik 'having difficulties talking'

Death fasting lawyer Ebru Timtik 'having difficulties talking'

Lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have been on a hunger strike for "a fair trial." for 197 and 166 days respectively.

‘What is the Court of Cassation waiting for,’ asks death-fasting arrested lawyer Ünsal

‘What is the Court of Cassation waiting for,’ asks death-fasting arrested lawyer Ünsal

On a death fast behind bars, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has sent a note for Ebru Timtik, another death-fasting arrested lawyer: “Join your lives with hers! Ask them on the phone, by fax and on every platform possible… What is the Court of Cassation waiting for?”

16 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Ebru Timtik weighs less than 40 kilos on the 203rd day of her death fast’

ARRESTED LAWYERS ON DEATH FAST

‘Ebru Timtik weighs less than 40 kilos on the 203rd day of her death fast’

Speaking to bianet, lawyer Sevimli has said, “In the current situation, the risk of death is gradually getting higher” while main opposition CHP’s Bekaroğlu has noted that a public pressure is a must for the state to respond to death fasts.

13 July 2020 Ruken Tuncel

‘Ebru Timtik has black discoloration on her hands, Aytaç Ünsal has muscle loss’

ARRESTED LAWYERS ON DEATH FAST

‘Ebru Timtik has black discoloration on her hands, Aytaç Ünsal has muscle loss’

While arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik has been on a death fast for 200 days, Aytaç Ünsal has been on a death fast for 159 days. Having visited them in prison, lawyers say that Timtik has sores on her throat, Ünsal suffers from muscle loss.

10 July 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Protest for death-fasting arrested lawyers at Ankara Courthouse

Protest for death-fasting arrested lawyers at Ankara Courthouse

A group of lawyers have opened a banner of “Fair trial is a right, accept their demands” for lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast in prison for their right to a fair trial.

Aunt of death-fasting arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik arrested as well

Aunt of death-fasting arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik arrested as well

Sultan Kaya, the maternal aunt of death-fasting arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik, opened a banner to voice the demands of the ones on a death fast. Detained over this banner, she has been arrested because her detention was shared on social media.

1 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Family of Mustafa Koçak files a criminal complaint for ‘wilful murder’

Family of Mustafa Koçak files a criminal complaint for ‘wilful murder’

The family of Koçak, a death-fasting prisoner who lost his life shortly after he was forced-fed and subjected to battery and sexual harassment while being tied to bed, has filed a criminal complaint against the officials responsible for his death.

29 June 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Aytaç Ünsal is very determined despite 143 days’

VISIT TO DEATH FASTING LAWYER IN PRISON

‘Aytaç Ünsal is very determined despite 143 days’

Lawyer Sönmez visited his colleague Aytaç Ünsal in prison. We have spoken with Sönmez about his impressions from his visit to the lawyer who has been on a death fast for his right to a fair trial, together with her arrested colleague Ebru Timtik.

25 June 2020 Sakine Orman

From Selahattin Demirtaş to Justice Minister: May death fasting lawyers live

From Selahattin Demirtaş to Justice Minister: May death fasting lawyers live

A message has been shared on the social media account of imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş about arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast for their right to a fair trial.

19 bar associations: May justice be served, Ebru and Aytaç live

19 bar associations: May justice be served, Ebru and Aytaç live

19 bar associations have expressed their support for arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast for their right to a fair trial.

Death Fasting Lawyers’ Demand for Fair Trial is Legitimate, Say 1,273 Signatories

Death Fasting Lawyers’ Demand for Fair Trial is Legitimate, Say 1,273 Signatories

1,273 people have expressed their support for arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal on a death fast for their right to a fair trial: “We declare that we will keep working for a fair re-trial of the appealed files of Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal.”

‘Let Their Demand for Justice be Heard So That Timtik and Ünsal Can Live’

CALL FOR DEATH FASTING LAWYERS

‘Let Their Demand for Justice be Heard So That Timtik and Ünsal Can Live’

Arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have been on a death fast for their right to a fair trial. Lawyers Güçlü Sevimli and Yaprak Türkmen and law apprentice Naim Feyzullah Eminoğlu have spoken to bianet about their colleagues.

25 May 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Grup Yorum Band Member İbrahim Gökçek Loses His Life

Grup Yorum Band Member İbrahim Gökçek Loses His Life

Having ended his death fast on the 323rd day on May 5, Grup Yorum music band member İbrahim Gökçek has lost his life at the hospital where he was treated.

‘Freedom for Defense Coordination’ by Lawyers, Rights Organizations

‘Freedom for Defense Coordination’ by Lawyers, Rights Organizations

Issuing a joint declaration, rights organizations and lawyers have noted that “the primary duty of the state is to keep alive” and requested that imprisoned lawyers and other political prisoners be released.

Grup Yorum Member İbrahim Gökçek Ends His Death Fast

Grup Yorum Member İbrahim Gökçek Ends His Death Fast

Grup Yorum music band has announced that its bass guitarist İbrahim Gökçek has ended his death fast on the 323rd day.

Letter from İbrahim Gökçek: Of Course, I Want to Live

Letter from İbrahim Gökçek: Of Course, I Want to Live

İbrahim Gökçek of the Grup Yorum music band has been on a death fast for 322 days, demanding the release of the band's members and the end of concert bans.

4 May 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Mustafa Koçak Dies on 297th Day of Death Fast

Mustafa Koçak Dies on 297th Day of Death Fast

Koçak (28) was on a death fast for a fair trial after having been convicted of aggravated life imprisonment.

Hunger Strikes Monitoring Committee Makes a Call to Authorities and Public

Hunger Strikes Monitoring Committee Makes a Call to Authorities and Public

In a statement for the press, Hunger Strikes Monitoring Committee has said, “The responsibility for the people forced to give their own lives by going on a hunger strike lies with the ones who rule the country.”

Koçak’s Weight Drops to 29 Kilos, He Awaits an Answer to His Request for Release

Koçak’s Weight Drops to 29 Kilos, He Awaits an Answer to His Request for Release

Mine Koçak, the sister of death fasting prisoner Mustafa Koçak: “Doctors say that his peripheral nervous system is damaged, that is why he cannot walk. We don’t know if he will walk ever again. It is enough for us if we can take him out of here alive.”

20 April 2020 Ayça Söylemez

2 Arrested Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association Go on a Death Fast

2 Arrested Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association Go on a Death Fast

The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have turned their hunger strike into a death fast. While Timtik was on the 94th day of her hunger strike, Ünsal was on the 63rd day.

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Member Helin Bölek Loses Her Life

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Member Helin Bölek Loses Her Life

Grup Yorum music band member Helin Bölek has lost her life on the 288th day of her death fast.

Attorneys of Mustafa Koçak Apply to Constitutional Court, Request His Release

Attorneys of Mustafa Koçak Apply to Constitutional Court, Request His Release

Noting that the Court of Cassation is on leave due to the outbreak, the attorneys of death fasting prisoner Koçak have applied to the Constitutional Court with a medical report documenting that he was subjected to torture and “he cannot stay in prison.”

30 March 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Rights Defenders Meet Ministry for Hunger Strikers

Rights Defenders Meet Ministry for Hunger Strikers

Meeting with the Interior Ministry officials regarding the condition of hunger striking Grup Yorum members, Mustafa Koçak and lawyers, rights defenders have stated, “We are told that if they abandon their hunger strikes, their demands will be evaluated.”

Call for an Effective Investigation into Torture of Death Fasting Prisoner Mustafa Koçak

Call for an Effective Investigation into Torture of Death Fasting Prisoner Mustafa Koçak

After his attorney announced that death fasting prisoner Mustafa Koçak was subjected to torture and forced treatment, rights organizations have made a call for a medical examination by independent physicians and an effective investigation.

18 March 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Attorney: Death Fasting Inmate Subjected to Forced Intervention, Torture

Attorney: Death Fasting Inmate Subjected to Forced Intervention, Torture

Conducting a hunger strike for more than eight months, Mustafa Koçak was forcibly taken to the hospital on March 12.

Death-Fasting Grup Yorum Members Forcefully Hospitalized Because of 'Mental Defectiveness'

Death-Fasting Grup Yorum Members Forcefully Hospitalized Because of 'Mental Defectiveness'

Their attorneys say the two musicians who were taken to the hospital by the police yesterday had "clear conscience."

12 March 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Members Bölek, Gökçek Hospitalized with a Police Raid

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Members Bölek, Gökçek Hospitalized with a Police Raid

Death fasting Grup Yorum music band members Helin Bölek and İbrahim Gökçek have been taken to a hospital with an ambulance after a police raid early in the morning.

Death Fasting Inmate Koçak: Living is Very Beautiful, I Don’t Want to Die

Death Fasting Inmate Koçak: Living is Very Beautiful, I Don’t Want to Die

The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of Court of the Cassation has demanded that the aggravated life sentence given to death fasting inmate Murat Koçak based on witness statements be upheld as “the evidence is legal.”

10 March 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Verdict of Release for Death Fasting Grup Yorum Guitarist İbrahim Gökçek

Verdict of Release for Death Fasting Grup Yorum Guitarist İbrahim Gökçek

Death fasting for 252 days and weighing only 46 kilograms now, Grup Yorum music band member İbrahim Gökçek has been released following an interim ruling based on a report by the Forensic Medicine Institute.

24 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Death Fasting Grup Yorum Members are in Critical Condition’

HDP TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

‘Death Fasting Grup Yorum Members are in Critical Condition’

HDP Foreign Affairs Commission has addressed an open letter to the international community, raising concerns over the critical condition of death fasting Grup Yorum music band members: “Hear the voices of hunger strikers and take immediate action.”

13 February 2020

‘We are All Parts of a Big Orchestra’

‘We are All Parts of a Big Orchestra’

On a death fast for 223 days, Mustafa Koçak has sent a letter from prison. “I am a tree, too… What I want you to do is to finally see how that tree walks day by day and how hope pours wherever it touches”, Koçak says.

10 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

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