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Ayça Söylemez
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Imprisoned lawyer exposes use of disciplinary investigations to pressure political prisoners
Barkın Timtik explained unlawful practices regarding disciplinary investigations frequently opened against political prisoners.
22 September 2024
Ayça Söylemez
Court of Cassation upholds sentences in Progressive Lawyers Association case
Eighteen lawyers were sentenced to 159 years in prison on “terrorism-related” charges in 2019. The top appeals court has upheld the sentences of lawyers Selçuk Kozağaçlı and lawyer Barkın Timtik.
30 April 2024
Ayça Söylemez
reports
REPORT FROM 25 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS:
'The right to a fair trial violated in the ÇHD case'
25 international legal organizations and bar associations met with detained lawyers from the ÇHD case, documenting the violations in the judicial process and prison conditions.
28 February 2024
Ayça Söylemez
'Sheltering problems, outbreak risk continue in earthquake zone'
Failure to meet water and toilet needs and lack of disinfection amid insect density increase the risk of an outbreak in the region, according to the Turkish Medical Association.
27 March 2023
PROGRESSIVE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
Justified ruling in ÇHD case: Prison sentence for wearing cap with red star
The lawyers who stood trial in the ÇHD cases were sentenced to a total of 233 years and 9 months in prison on "terror" charges.
24 February 2023
Ayça Söylemez
Progressive Lawyers Association case: All lawyers given sentences on 'terror' charges
The ÇHD case consists of two separate cases that were merged. In this second case, all lawyers have been sentenced to prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization" or "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
11 November 2022
PROGRESSIVE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION CASE
Ex-police intelligence chief 'fabricated evidence by replacing DVD with CD'
Objection to digital evidence in the ÇHD case: "The digital materials former police intelligence chief Ramazan Akyürek sent to prosecution is not the DVD that came from abroad as claimed. One DVD was replaced with a CD."
8 November 2022
Ayça Söylemez
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
Lawyers from around the world announce support for Progressive Lawyers Association
The three-day hearing of the ÇHD case began today at the Silivri Prison Complex in İstanbul.
5 January 2022
Progressive Lawyers Association case: European lawyers' group applies to ECtHR
The ELDH has filed an application with the ECtHR, demanding the ÇHD case be considered as an "impact case."
4 January 2022
Ayça Söylemez
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
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
Two cases were previously merged. The prosecutor has submitted their opinion as to the accusations.
16 November 2021
Ayça Söylemez
PROGRESSIVE LAWYERS ASSOOCIATION CASE
159-year prison sentence for lawyers was based on 'non-existent' evidence
Eighteen lawyers from the ÇHD were sentenced to a total of 159 years in prison in 2019. Some of the lawyers are standing retrial.
16 September 2021
Ayça Söylemez
‘CONTINUATION OF ARREST’ IN ÇHD CASE
‘Justice is a matter of personality for all of us’
Arrested pending trial, lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı said, “They are talking about digital materials as evidence against me. I say that this evidence doesn’t exist. The police say that it does. You also say so. And I say that you are lying.”
16 September 2021
Jailed lawyer Çiçek: I said, ‘Give me at least some water’, they didn’t
Put in solitary confinement, jailed lawyer Aycan Çiçek writes, “I said, ‘There was water in the room where I was staying; at least give me that.’ They didn’t. I was given water and food with a plastic spoon in a tray five hours after I was put in the cell.”
10 August 2021
Ayça Söylemez
Directorate General of Security bans ‘recording voices, images’ at demonstrations
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has revealed the circular of the Directorate General of Security, which bans capturing the images of police officers.
30 April 2021
Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara: 83 people released
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that 83 people who were battered and detained in the capital city have been released.
3 February 2021
Criminal complaint against Minister Soylu ‘for Ebru Timtik’
A group of lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) İstanbul Branch have filed a criminal complaint against the public officials who had responsibility for the death of arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik on a death fast.
27 November 2020
Progressive Lawyers Association: We are not safe
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has denounced a recent legal amendment which allows counterterrorism officials’ attorney fees to be paid by the state in the event of an investigation or prosecution.
27 October 2020
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Jailed lawyer bandaged her broken finger herself
Sentenced to 9 years in prison in the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) case and currently held in Düzce Prison, lawyer Aycan Çiçek’s finger was broken by wardens. She treated her broken finger herself with the help of another warden.
29 September 2020
Ayça Söylemez
Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences of lawyers ‘with its conscience’
The Court of Cassation has upheld the prison sentences of all lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), except for four, indicating that “the conscientious conviction has been based on definite, consistent and nonconflicting data.”
15 September 2020
Ayça Söylemez
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal ends death fast, accepts treatment
After the Court of Cassation handed down its ruling, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has ended his death fast and accepted medical treatment by independent physicians.
4 September 2020
Ayça Söylemez
ECtHR rejects application about death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected the application with a request for an interim measure on the grounds that “there is no imminent danger” to arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, who has been on a death fast for 212 days.
2 September 2020
İstanbul Bar Association: This death could have been prevented
In a statement, the İstanbul Bar Association has underlined that while the right to a fair trial was violated in the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) case, the right to life is now also violated by arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death on a death fast.
28 August 2020
‘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.
28 July 2020
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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
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.
24 June 2020
International law organizations prepare report on trial of Progressive Lawyers Association
The attorney of arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, who has been on a death fast for his right to a fair trial together with arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik, has submitted the report of 22 international law organizations to the Court of Cassation.
24 June 2020
Ayça Söylemez
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.
15 June 2020
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.”
2 June 2020
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
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