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159-year prison sentence for lawyers was based on 'non-existent' evidence

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

‘Justice is a matter of personality for all of us’

‘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

‘Enforce the ECtHR judgements before the new judicial reform package’

CHP’S ÇAKIRÖZER

‘Enforce the ECtHR judgements before the new judicial reform package’

CHP Eskişehir MP Utku Çakırözer visited Osman Kavala, Selahattin Demirtaş and Selçuk Kozağaçlı in Silivri and Edirne Prisons: “Kavala, Demirtaş and all prisoners of thought must be freed as soon as possible.”

Retrial of Progressive Lawyers Association members: 'A lawyer lost her life in this case'

Retrial of Progressive Lawyers Association members: 'A lawyer lost her life in this case'

The court has ruled for the continuation of the arrest of lawyers Kozağaçlı and Timtik.

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

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Member: I Want to Live and Play Guitar

CHP MPs VISIT SİLİVRİ PRISON

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Member: I Want to Live and Play Guitar

Main opposition CHP MPs Turan Aydoğan and Mahir Polat have visited Grup Yorum music band member İbrahim Gökçek, businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala and lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı in Silivri Prison.

20 January 2020 Ruken Tuncel

CHP MP Çakırözer Visits Silivri Prison: Judiciary Defies the ECtHR Ruling

CHP MP Çakırözer Visits Silivri Prison: Judiciary Defies the ECtHR Ruling

Main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer has visited Osman Kavala, Grup Yorum music band members, journalists Ahmet Altan, Mümtazer Türköne and Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu and lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı in Silivri Prison.

25 December 2019

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Objects to Prison Sentence of 11 Years, 3 Months

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Objects to Prison Sentence of 11 Years, 3 Months

Sentenced to 11 years, 3 months in prison, Chair of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Selçuk Kozağaçlı has submitted a petition of appeal, stating, “I know that there are numerous reasons justifying the reversal of this so-called legal judgement.”

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Files Lawsuit for Non-Pecuniary Damages Against Judge

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Files Lawsuit for Non-Pecuniary Damages Against Judge

Chair of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Selçuk Kozağaçlı has filed a lawsuit for non-pecuniary damages against the presiding judge of the court board that has sentenced him to 11 years and 3 months in prison.

29 March 2019 Ayça Söylemez

18 Lawyers Sentenced to Prison for 159 Years, 1 Month, 30 Days in Total

TRIAL OF ÇHD LAWYERS

18 Lawyers Sentenced to Prison for 159 Years, 1 Month, 30 Days in Total

The court has announced its verdict in the case of the Progressive Lawyers Association. The lawyers have been given prison terms between 3 years, 1 month, 15 days and 18 years and 9 months.

20 March 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyer Kozağaçlı Bids Farewell to Father While Handcuffed

Lawyer Kozağaçlı Bids Farewell to Father While Handcuffed

Progressive Lawyers Association’s arrested Chair Selçuk Kozağaçlı has attended his father’s funeral while being handcuffed to a gendarme. The International Association of People's Lawyers has denounced the practise.

29 January 2019

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Arrested Again at 10-Minute ‘Hearing’

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Arrested Again at 10-Minute ‘Hearing’

Progressive Lawyers Association Chair Selçuk Kozağaçlı has been arrested again by the judgeship which ruled for his release three days ago. As his attorneys sat among the audience as a protest, Kozağaçlı was arrested in the absence of his attorneys.

17 September 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Progressive Legists Association Chair Kozağaçlı Arrested

Progressive Legists Association Chair Kozağaçlı Arrested

Progressive Legists Union Chair Kozağaçlı, who is among the lawyers in Soma trial, was arrested yesterday following his questioning at the criminal judgeship of peace.

14 November 2017

Rights Organizations Demand Release of Selçuk Kozağaçlı

Rights Organizations Demand Release of Selçuk Kozağaçlı

On detention of Progressive Legists’ Association Chair Kozağaçlı, rights organizations have said “Judicial pressure against all rights defenders and dissident circles of the society has been continuously practiced”.

9 November 2017

Progressive Legists’ Association Chair Kozağaçlı Detained

Progressive Legists’ Association Chair Kozağaçlı Detained

Progressive Legists’ Association Chair, lawyer Kozağaçlı has been taken into custody. Lawyers from the association declared that Kozağaçlı was battered during custody and legal proceedings at the police station. 15 lawyers from the association are behind bars.

9 November 2017

Photos Reveal Torture on Advocate Kozağaçlı

Photos Reveal Torture on Advocate Kozağaçlı

Photographs revealed the torture on Selçuk Kozağaçlı, Contemporary Lawyers Association Chairman Selçuk Kozağaçlı, when he refused to give blood and saliva samples during police detention on January 20.

3 December 2013 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyer Charged for Criticising Official for Massacred Prisoners

"RETURN TO LIFE" OPERATION

Lawyer Charged for Criticising Official for Massacred Prisoners

Contemporary Lawyers Association President Kozağaçlı is facing both prison sentence and a compensation claim on the ground of his criticism of Ali Suat Ertosun, former Prisons and Arrest Stations General Director on duty during the "Return to Life" operation.

29 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu