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Investigation into body search on lawyer in prison

Investigation into body search on lawyer in prison

An investigation has been launched into the incident where lawyer Ekin Yeter was subjected to body search in Van High-Security Prison. Pressing charges against the wardens, Yeter says, “This arbitrary, humiliating maltreatment and practices must end.”

1 September 2021

Calling the father a ‘liar’ in custody case is freedom of expression, says the top court

Calling the father a ‘liar’ in custody case is freedom of expression, says the top court

A lawyer was penalized for writing “...the father has the disposition of a liar and fraud” in a petition during the custody case after he lied to his children that their mother had died. The Constitutional Court has concluded that it is within freedom of expression.

12 August 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyer Levent Pişkin acquitted

Lawyer Levent Pişkin acquitted

Charged with “terror propaganda” and “being a member of the organization” for meeting arrested former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş in prison, lawyer Levent Pişkin has been acquitted of all charges.

18 November 2020 Tansu Pişkin

Broadcast, publication ban on arrested lawyer’s trial for ‘sexual assault’

Broadcast, publication ban on arrested lawyer’s trial for ‘sexual assault’

Arrested pending trial, lawyer Muhittin K. had his first hearing. Charged with a series of offenses such as “successive aggravated sexual assault” and “deprivation of liberty,” K. faces up to 141 years in prison on the offenses charged.

7 October 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Lawyer battered, insulted by neighborhood guards in İstanbul

Lawyer battered, insulted by neighborhood guards in İstanbul

Lawyer Cihat Duman has announced that when he witnessed the violence of neighborhood guards against two people in Beyoğlu and reminded the guards of the law, he was himself battered and insulted by them.

Lawyer M.K. Arrested for ‘Aggravated Sexual Assault’

Lawyer M.K. Arrested for ‘Aggravated Sexual Assault’

Taken into custody after a former law apprentice announced that she was sexually assaulted by him, lawyer M.K. has been arrested on charge of “aggravated sexual assault.”

20 February 2020

İHD İstanbul Chair Yoleri Briefly Detained over Speech at Saturday Mothers/People Meeting

İHD İstanbul Chair Yoleri Briefly Detained over Speech at Saturday Mothers/People Meeting

Yoleri was detained by the police over a speech she made at the meeting of the Saturday Mothers/People.

6 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Police Violence Against Lawyer: ‘What About Your Attorneyship Now?’

Police Violence Against Lawyer: ‘What About Your Attorneyship Now?’

Subjected to battery, insults and swear words of police officers in front of his house in Antalya, lawyer Ahmed Buğra Çelik has said, “They took down a crime scene report as if I was guilty, I did not sign the report.”

29 August 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Attorney Tamer Doğan Banned from Defending His Arrested Clients in Court

Attorney Tamer Doğan Banned from Defending His Arrested Clients in Court

Ankara 4th Penal Judgeship of Peace has banned attorney Tamer Doğan from defending his three arrested clients in court on the ground of a lawsuit that was filed against the attorneys after an operation two years ago.

27 September 2018

Custody Order on 2 Lawyers from ÖHD

Custody Order on 2 Lawyers from ÖHD

The court has ruled arrest of attorneys Ayşe Acinikli and Ramazan Demir from Libertarian Jurists Association.

A Story of Detention at the Airport

A Story of Detention at the Airport

Intiqam Aliyev, a human rights defender and lawyer from Azerbaijan was detained with charges of insulting the police officer at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport and beaten. Despite the efforts of the Istanbul Bar Association, Lawyers' Rights Center, OSCE and Human Rights House, he was deported.

10 December 2011 Özlem Dalkıran