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'Operation Back to Life was a crime against humanity, but perpetrators are given impunity'

22ND ANNIVERSARY

'Operation Back to Life was a crime against humanity, but perpetrators are given impunity'

Human Rights Association said in a statement 22 years after the operation, "No effective investigation was carried out about the perpetrators of the massacre or about those responsible for it, they were even protected, and promoted. Ali Suat Ertosun, the General Director of Prisons of the time was awarded the Order of Merit in 2004 for his role in this massacre."

19 December 2022

Prosecutor protects high-ranking military officers, high court protects the prosecutor

ACQUITTAL OF 'NEGLECT OF DUTY'

Prosecutor protects high-ranking military officers, high court protects the prosecutor

Put on trial for disrupting the investigation, ignoring evidence and protecting senior military officers, the prosecutor investigating the “Operation Return to Life” in Bayrampaşa Prison has been acquitted by the Court of Cassation.

9 December 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Appeals court upholds soldiers' acquittal in Ümraniye ‘Operation Return to Life’ case

HALF-A-PAGE RULING IN 21-YEAR TRIAL

Appeals court upholds soldiers' acquittal in Ümraniye ‘Operation Return to Life’ case

Lawyer Sevimli has spoken to bianet about the ruling of the appeals court which has upheld the acquittal of soldiers in the trial over the “Operation Return to Life” in Ümraniye Prison, where the “Bora” and “Atmaca” military plans were carried out.

10 November 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Gendarmerie Command doesn’t give documents to court

‘OPERATION BACK TO LIFE’ BAYRAMPAŞA CASE

Gendarmerie Command doesn’t give documents to court

In the 42nd hearing of the lawsuit filed into the “Operation Back to Life” carried out in Bayrampaşa Prison in İstanbul in 2000, the defendant soldier testified at court and stated that “he only watched the operation.”

4 March 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Constitutional Court Rules for Retrial in 'Operation Return to Life' Case

Constitutional Court Rules for Retrial in 'Operation Return to Life' Case

Concluding the application of the family of T.Y., who lost an eye because of a hand grenade explosion in the Operation Return to Life, the Constitutional Court has ruled that the right to life is violated and a retrial shall be held.

12 September 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Pepper Gas Intervention in "Return to Life" Case Hearing

Pepper Gas Intervention in "Return to Life" Case Hearing

Gendarmerie forces intervened a discussion between police officers and family members of defendants who are standing trial over the Operation “Return to Life” at Ümraniye Prison, spraying pepper gas and locking family members down in the courtroom.

28 May 2013 Ayça Söylemez