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right to fair trial

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‘We are punished because we demand justice’
BY DİLEK DOĞAN’S ELDER BROTHER
‘We are punished because we demand justice’
Emrah Doğan, the elder brother of Dilek Doğan, who was killed by the police, says that his family has come under judicial pressure because of their struggle for justice: “And I am arrested because I demanded law and justice for Dilek, for our dearest.”
16 February 2021 Ayça Söylemez
İzmir Medical Chamber: Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
İzmir Medical Chamber: Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
Holding a press statement about the continued arrest of Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, the İzmir Medical Chamber has demanded his release. With the indictment accepted by the court, the physician is now facing up to 15 years in prison.
29 December 2020
‘Pandemic is remembered when it comes to bringing them to court’
‘Pandemic is remembered when it comes to bringing them to court’
Arrested for protesting “to get their jobs back”, six people were sent to prisons in different cities though the lawsuit was filed in Ankara. The court has now ruled that they shall stand trial via the Audio and Visual Information System due to the pandemic.
7 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Criminal complaint against Minister Soylu ‘for Ebru Timtik’
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
Dr. Serdar Küni sentenced to 4 years, 2 months in prison, again
Dr. Serdar Küni sentenced to 4 years, 2 months in prison, again
Sentenced to prison for “having performed medicine” in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Şırnak during the period of curfews, Dr. Serdar Küni has been given the same prison sentence in retrial. An appeal will be lodged against the ruling.
17 November 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
Ludovic Trarieux Human Rights Prize awarded to lawyers Barkın and Ebru Timtik
Ludovic Trarieux Human Rights Prize awarded to lawyers Barkın and Ebru Timtik
Awarded in memory of lawyer Trarieux, who founded the "Human Rights League" in the midst of Dreyfus Affair in France in 1898, this year’s Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize is granted to lawyers and sisters Barkın and Ebru Timtik.
25 September 2020
Investigation against İstanbul Bar over picture of death fasting lawyer
Investigation against İstanbul Bar over picture of death fasting lawyer
An investigation has been launched against the İstanbul Bar Association due to the picture of Ebru Timtik hung on its building after the lawyer died on a death fast. The bar was previously targeted by Erdoğan and Ministers Soylu and Gül over this picture.
21 September 2020
Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences of lawyers ‘with its conscience’
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
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
Death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal released
Death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal released
Shortly after the ruling of release of the Court of Cassation, arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has been released from the Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital in İstanbul on the 213th day of his death fast for a fair trial.
3 September 2020
ECtHR rejects application about death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal
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
From Ünsal to Soylu: You are apparently agitated again, you are afraid
OPEN LETTER BY DEATH FASTING LAWYER
From Ünsal to Soylu: You are apparently agitated again, you are afraid
Death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has penned an open letter to Minister of Interior. Noting that he mentioned the killing of Prosecutor Selim Kiraz though he knew that it was not in the case file, Ünsal has said, “You try to create an impression.”
1 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez
'There is no need to express an opinion as to Aytaç Ünsal's request for release'
COURT OF CASSATION PROSECUTOR
'There is no need to express an opinion as to Aytaç Ünsal's request for release'
Regarding death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal’s request for release, the Court of Cassation Prosecutor has indicated that “it shall be decided based on an examination of the file.” It means that the request will be responded at an uncertain date.
1 September 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘You must live, Aytaç, you must live the most now...’
LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST
‘You must live, Aytaç, you must live the most now...’
His colleague Çiğdem Koç has addressed an open letter to death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: “We will keep adding our voice to yours and crying your rightfulness out loud, but you live, will you?”
31 August 2020
İstanbul Bar Association: This death could have been prevented
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
‘Before we lose lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, too…’
‘Before we lose lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, too…’
Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch has released a statement regarding the death of death fasting lawyer Timtik, calling on everyone to “take a stance against the government’s attitude” before death fasting lawyer Ünsal loses his life, too.
28 August 2020
Reactions to lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death
Reactions to lawyer Ebru Timtik’s death
After arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik died on the 238th day of her death fast yesterday, politicians, lawyers and artists have criticized the silence in the face of her demands and underlined the importance of the right to a fair trial.
28 August 2020
Seven people detained while holding a statement for death fasting lawyers
Seven people detained while holding a statement for death fasting lawyers
Gathering in front of President Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul to hold a statement for the press for death fasting arrested lawyers Ünsal and Timtik, seven people have been taken into custody by the police.
27 August 2020
‘State is obligated to protect right to life’
UNITY FOR DEMOCRACY
‘State is obligated to protect right to life’
The Unity for Democracy (DİB) platform has released a written statement, underlining that the health conditions of death fasting lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have come to such a critical point that the Justice Minister should use initiative.
27 August 2020
‘Ebru, blink if you hear me’
ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST
‘Ebru, blink if you hear me’
Sharing information about death fasting lawyer Timtik’s health, attorney Betül Vangölü Kozağaçlı says, “If the court does not give a ruling of release for her now and waits for the final ruling of the Court of Cassation, it will mean giving a death sentence.”
27 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Hospitals are not police stations or prisons, stop misusing them’
‘Hospitals are not police stations or prisons, stop misusing them’
İstanbul Medical Chamber has made a statement about death-fasting arrested lawyers Timtik and Ünsal, who are held in two separate hospitals: “Hospitals are places where people seek a cure for their disease. Stop misusing them as prisons.”
26 August 2020
‘We have run out of time for Ebru and Aytaç’
ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST
‘We have run out of time for Ebru and Aytaç’
Lawyers have made a call for justice for their death-fasting arrested colleagues Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. Gathering in front of the hospital where Timtik is currently held, they have underlined that “there is no time left for them.”
26 August 2020
Belgian lawyers express support for their death fasting arrested colleagues in Turkey
Belgian lawyers express support for their death fasting arrested colleagues in Turkey
In support of Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, their death fasting arrested colleagues in Turkey, a group of Belgian lawyers have gone on a hunger strike and protested in front of Turkey’s Embassy in the capital city of Brussels.
25 August 2020
Police intervention against people keeping watch for death fasting lawyers
Police intervention against people keeping watch for death fasting lawyers
The police have attacked the watch kept in front of Sadi Konuk Hospital in İstanbul, where death fasting arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik is currently held. Several people have reportedly been detained during the intervention.
24 August 2020
‘Doctor doesn’t know about the fact of death fast’
‘Doctor doesn’t know about the fact of death fast’
Death fasting lawyer Ünsal: “The warden said, ‘He can hardly walk, Sir’ and the doctor said, ‘He can walk by himself, he is not bedridden, so he doesn’t need anyone to accompany him.’ For her, I had to writhe on the floor so that I could have an attendant.”
24 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Joint call by lawyers: ‘We don’t want to lose Ebru and Aytaç’
ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST
Joint call by lawyers: ‘We don’t want to lose Ebru and Aytaç’
Lawyers from Turkey and abroad have released a statement for death fasting arrested lawyers Ünsal and Timtik: "Medical conditions of our colleagues are critical; if they are not released as soon as possible, it will have irreversible consequences.”
24 August 2020
Death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: They eat doner kebab at my door
Death fasting lawyer Aytaç Ünsal: They eat doner kebab at my door
Hospitalized after the court rejected his request for release despite a forensic medical report, death fasting lawyer Ünsal has sent a letter: “I saw two soldiers sitting behind the glass and eating doner kebab or meatball sandwiches while looking me in the eye.”
20 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Constitutional Court rejects death fasting lawyers’ request for release
Constitutional Court rejects death fasting lawyers’ request for release
Rejecting death fasting lawyers’ request for release, the Constitutional Court neither examined the medical reports nor their statements on not being treated at hospital. “There is no serious danger posed to their material or immaterial integrity,” it has concluded.
14 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘State is obligated to ensure fair trial’
‘State is obligated to ensure fair trial’
Rights and health organizations have made a statement for death fasting arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who are not released despite a Forensic Medicine Institution report and are currently hospitalized in İstanbul.
12 August 2020
Application to Constitutional Court for ‘immediate release’ of death-fasting lawyers
Application to Constitutional Court for ‘immediate release’ of death-fasting lawyers
An application has been made to the Constitutional Court for the release of death-fasting arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. It has been noted that the lawyers are held in pandemic hospitals in conditions worse than prison.
10 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Forced intervention to death-fasting arrested lawyers
Forced intervention to death-fasting arrested lawyers
Shortly after the court ruled for the continuation of their arrest despite a Forensic Medicine Institution report indicating that “they were not in a state to stay in prison,” death-fasting lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have been hospitalized.
31 July 2020
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