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Progressive Lawyers Association case: 'Police threatened me with my sister,' says witness

Progressive Lawyers Association case: 'Police threatened me with my sister,' says witness

The next hearing of the ÇHD case will take place between November 7-11. The defending lawyers have demanded a witness of another case who said he had been threatened by the police to testify against the ÇHD lawyers be heard in the next hearing.

14 October 2022 Ayça Söylemez

No release in Progressive Lawyers Association case

No release in Progressive Lawyers Association case

Lawyer Topalkara said, “The prosecutor who lodged the indictment of this case is convicted of FETÖ/PDY-related charges and sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment. You are holding the trial based on an indictment lodged by a criminal.”

18 November 2021

Lawyers' arrest for over 5 years is 'now beyond execution'

ÇHD CASE

Lawyers' arrest for over 5 years is 'now beyond execution'

Lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association and People’s Law Bureau made a statement ahead of the hearing of the ÇHD case today, on November 17, stressing that the trial is not held fairly.

17 November 2021

Progressive Lawyers Association | Prosecutor seeks prison sentences for all lawyers

Progressive Lawyers Association | Prosecutor seeks prison sentences for all lawyers

Two cases were previously merged. The prosecutor has submitted their opinion as to the accusations.

16 November 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Ill prisoner demands treatment for cancer

Ill prisoner demands treatment for cancer

Sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment and behind bars for 37 years, Ali Osman Köse’s treatment for cancer is being delayed, say his attorneys, raising concerns that his applications are also left unanswered.

26 May 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘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

Case of ÇHD lawyers taken to Constitutional Court: 'Violations won't fit into the form'

Case of ÇHD lawyers taken to Constitutional Court: 'Violations won't fit into the form'

Eighteen lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers' Association (ÇHD) and People's Law Bureau (HHB) were sentenced to a total of 159 years in prison.

5 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Arrested lawyers must be released’

‘Arrested lawyers must be released’

Releasing a statement about the lawyers arrested as part of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) trial, the People’s Law Bureau (HHB) has stressed that all arrested lawyers, especially death fasting Timtik and Ünsal, must be released.

Lawyers from 20 Countries Submit 356 Petitions to Request Release of Arrested Lawyers

Lawyers from 20 Countries Submit 356 Petitions to Request Release of Arrested Lawyers

The Court of Cassation has started examining the file of the case where lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) stood trial. Their colleagues from Turkey and 20 other countries have requested their release with 756 petitions.

1 June 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association End Their Hunger Strike

Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association End Their Hunger Strike

Five lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) and People’s Law Bureau (HHB), including ÇHD Chair Selçuk Kozağaçlı, have decided to end their hunger strikes, which they continued for 59 days.

39 Bar Associations Denounce Verdict Against ÇHD Lawyers: ‘It is Not a Trial’

39 Bar Associations Denounce Verdict Against ÇHD Lawyers: ‘It is Not a Trial’

Denouncing the verdict given against lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), 39 bar associations have stated: “In these days when we are in a quest for justice, a verdict has been given against our colleagues with unlawful methods.”

'What is Tragic is Not Sentences, But the State That the Trial Has Come’

TRIAL OF PROGRESSIVE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (ÇHD)

'What is Tragic is Not Sentences, But the State That the Trial Has Come’

Criticizing the verdict given in the trial of lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), lawyers have stated that the trial of their colleagues did not conform to the rules of law and underlined that the defendants were not fairly tried.

21 March 2019 Ayça Söylemez

18 Lawyers Sentenced to Prison for 159 Years, 1 Month, 30 Days in Total

TRIAL OF ÇHD LAWYERS

18 Lawyers Sentenced to Prison for 159 Years, 1 Month, 30 Days in Total

The court has announced its verdict in the case of the Progressive Lawyers Association. The lawyers have been given prison terms between 3 years, 1 month, 15 days and 18 years and 9 months.

20 March 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Arrested Lawyer Behiç Aşçı: What Changed in 6 Hours?

Arrested Lawyer Behiç Aşçı: What Changed in 6 Hours?

Lawyer Behiç Aşçı, who was arrested again shortly after being released, has written to bianet: “Though there was no change in the case file, how come did the judges, who had unanimously ruled for our release, give a unanimous verdict of arrest six hours later?”

1 November 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Arrested Again at 10-Minute ‘Hearing’

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Arrested Again at 10-Minute ‘Hearing’

Progressive Lawyers Association Chair Selçuk Kozağaçlı has been arrested again by the judgeship which ruled for his release three days ago. As his attorneys sat among the audience as a protest, Kozağaçlı was arrested in the absence of his attorneys.

17 September 2018 Ayça Söylemez

5 Released Lawyers Arrested Again

5 Released Lawyers Arrested Again

Of the 17 lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association and People’s Law Bureau, who were released from prison on September 15, five of them have been arrested again.

17 September 2018

Kozağaçlı Among Four Attorneys Detained in Police Raid, Released

Kozağaçlı Among Four Attorneys Detained in Police Raid, Released

Legal Bureau of the People Ankara Office has been raided twice this week by police, four attorneys were taken into custody, including Kozağaçlı, the President of Progressive Legists' Association and released

22 November 2016 Ayça Söylemez