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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

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

Soldiers Acquitted in 'Operation Return to Life' Ümraniye Prison Case

Soldiers Acquitted in 'Operation Return to Life' Ümraniye Prison Case

The killing of five prisoners during the operation remained unidentified as all defendants have been acquitted.

4 December 2019 Ayça Söylemez

‘Return to Life’ Judgement by ECtHR: How Women Were Burned Not Unveiled for 18 Years

‘Return to Life’ Judgement by ECtHR: How Women Were Burned Not Unveiled for 18 Years

Announcing its judgement on Dinçer, whose face and body were burned during the “Return to Life Operation” in Bayrampaşa Prison, the ECtHR has sentenced Turkey to pay 20 thousand Euro in non-pecuniary damages for “violating the prohibition of torture”.

29 January 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Justified Decision on ‘Return to Life’: Soldiers Shot Gendarmerie Kurt to Death

Justified Decision on ‘Return to Life’: Soldiers Shot Gendarmerie Kurt to Death

It has been fixed by court’s justified decision that Gendarmerie Specialized Sergeant Çavuş Nurettin Kurt killed during “Return to Life Operation” at Ümraniye Prison was killed by soldiers who launched the operation.

10 March 2016 Ayça Söylemez

Complaint about "Snoring Judge"

RETURN TO LIFE OPERATION

Complaint about "Snoring Judge"

The lawyers of the Return to Life trial complained to the HSYK because defendants have not been brought to court, statements were not taken for eight years, hearings are being continuously postponed and because a member of the court board fell asleep during a hearing.

6 March 2012 Ayça Söylemez

Burnt Alive - No Chance to Surrender

Burnt Alive - No Chance to Surrender

A soldier who was on duty at the Bayrampaşa prison during the "Return to Life" operation confessed after 11 years, "The detainees wanted to get out of the burning cells and surrender but the doors were not opened, the fire brigade did not intervene".

26 July 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Minister Gave Order for "Return to Life" Operation

Minister Gave Order for "Return to Life" Operation

Records proved that the order for the Return to Life operation came from the Ministry of the Interior. The same documents revealed that then Prisons and Arrest Stations General Manager Ertosun forwarded the order to the gendarmerie on the phone.

15 April 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Officials Claim Lack of Information - Defendants Do not Remember

RETURN TO LIFE OPERATION

Officials Claim Lack of Information - Defendants Do not Remember

The disclosure of the "Storm" plan gave a new twist to the Bayrampaşa trial on the "Return to Life" operation. The then Minister of Justice Türk and the former Prisons General Manager Ertosun said they were not informed about the plan. The defendants claimed not to remember anything.

European Court of Human Rights Questions Use of Violence

RETURN TO LIFE OPERATION

European Court of Human Rights Questions Use of Violence

The European Court of Human Rights questions Turkey about a potential violation of the right to life and torture allegations regarding the Return to Life operation at the Bayrampaşa Prison eleven years ago.

15 March 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Privates on Duty "Lost" in Incomplete Records

RETURN TO LIFE OPERATION

Privates on Duty "Lost" in Incomplete Records

In the Bayrampaşa Trial related to the "Return to Life" operation, the gendarmerie declared that the private soldiers on trial were not on duty at the Bayrampaşa Prison at the time. Other information required by the court "could not be found".

10 March 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Prisons Ban Book on "Return to Life Operation"

Prisons Ban Book on "Return to Life Operation"

The book "The Return to Life Operation, from the ward to the cell" about the correspondent police operation and Turkish F Type Prisons was banned in certain prisons because it "might encourage convicts to death fasts".

23 February 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Protests 10 Years after "Return to Life" Operation

Protests 10 Years after "Return to Life" Operation

An explosion occurred in Diyarbakır during the demonstrations that marked the 10th anniversary of the violent "Return to Life" operation. Protestors all over the country demonstrated against the operation and the way the state dealt with it afterwards. The police intervened with tear gas and water cannons.

20 December 2010 Berivan Tapan

Testimonies of "Return to Life" Eye Witnesses

BAYRAMPAŞA TRIAL

Testimonies of "Return to Life" Eye Witnesses

In the second hearing of the "Bayrampaşa trial" related to the "return to life" operation, the court decided to obtain the results of a previous probe into then Minister of Justice Türk, Minister of the Interior Tantan, Gendarmerie Commander Yalman and other officials.

26 November 2010 Berivan Tapan

Defendants Haven't Got a Clue...

"RETURN TO LIFE" OPERATION

Defendants Haven't Got a Clue...

39 gendarmerie officers are tried in the case regarding the "return to life" operation which left 30 people dead in Turkish prisons in 2000. 27 out of the 28 defendants that appeared at court claimed that they did not remember anything.

25 November 2010 Berivan Tapan