content tagged with recusal

Kobanî trial: 5-minute hearing in an empty courtroom

REQUESTS REJECTED

Kobanî trial: 5-minute hearing in an empty courtroom

In the Kobanî trial, the court held the hearing without waiting for the upper court to examine the defendants’ request for recusal. It has rejected the jailed politicians’ requests for being exempted from the hearings.

6 December 2021

Kobanî trial | 'Lay the ground for indictment of HDP closure case'

Kobanî trial | 'Lay the ground for indictment of HDP closure case'

Defendants' attorney Maçoğlu: "The prosecutor forgot a document in the file. This document interfering in the investigation says the following: 'Work on this file and lay the ground for the indictment of closure against the HDP'."

Metin Lokumcu case: Request for recusal rejected

Metin Lokumcu case: Request for recusal rejected

The court has rejected the request for recusal of the family of Metin Lokumcu, a retired teacher who was affected by pepper gas and had a heart attack during the police intervention into a protest before Erdoğan’s rally in Hopa.

31 May 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Request for recusal in Pınar Gültekin feminicide case

Request for recusal in Pınar Gültekin feminicide case

Rezan Epözdemir, the attorney of the Gültekin family, has indicated that the court board is trying to reduce the sentence of the defendant due to unjust provocation and demanded recusal. The next hearing will be held on February 15.

'MİT trucks case': Court rejects journalist Can Dündar's request for recusal of judges

'MİT trucks case': Court rejects journalist Can Dündar's request for recusal of judges

The former editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper faces up to 35 years in prison for "espionage" and disclosing confidential information.

4 December 2020

‘I saw a news report the other day, I didn’t like it at all’

JUDGE COMMENTS ON BIANET NEWS

‘I saw a news report the other day, I didn’t like it at all’

On July 10, 2020, a request for recusation was submitted for the judge who criticized bianet’s news report in these words. It has been understood that the upper court rejected this request two days earlier, on July 8. The year of rejection is 2019.

19 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Judge wishes to be recused, prosecutor sleeps during hearing

Judge wishes to be recused, prosecutor sleeps during hearing

A heavy penal court board was not aware of the time of the hearing of a case that was sent to them after the recusal of the previous court board.