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Journalist Arrested For Submitting Files on Sledgehammer Case

Journalist Arrested For Submitting Files on Sledgehammer Case

Journalist Mehmet Baransu has been arrested within an investigation around the allegations that Turkey’s Sledgehammer case defendants have been set up to be arrested.

Long Term Inmates Apply For Suspension After Sledgehammer Ruling

Long Term Inmates Apply For Suspension After Sledgehammer Ruling

Hasan Polat and Sami Özbil, two inmates who have been jailed for 23 and 16 years respectively despite ECHR verdict on “lack of fair trial”, have applied for their suspension of arrest term, saying that the recent Sledgehammer ruling on retrial must set example.

All Defendants Ordered to Release in Sledgehammer Case

All Defendants Ordered to Release in Sledgehammer Case

Following the Constitutional Court ruling that their rights were violated, all jailed defendants of Turkey’s Sledgehammer case have been ordered to release by Anadolu 4th High Criminal Court.

Constitutional Court Finds “Right Violation” in Sledgehammer Case

Constitutional Court Finds “Right Violation” in Sledgehammer Case

Responding to the complaint of 230 defendants in Sledgehammer case, Turkey’s Constitutional Court found that their rights were violated regarding digital data and hearing of witnesses.

25 Released in Sledgehammer Case

25 Released in Sledgehammer Case

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals 9th Chamber overthrew the convictions for 63 defendants in the Sledgehammer (Balyoz) case with 361 defendants. While 25 were released pending a trial, 34 were acquitted.

Protest of Generals at the Courtroom

“SLEDGEHAMMER” COUP CASE

Protest of Generals at the Courtroom

At the 91. hearing of Sledgehammer case, some of the defendants wore t-shirts writing “We demand fair trial” and that created a tension in between the delegation of the court and the defendants.

THE SECOND “SLEDGEHAMMER PLAN” CASE

Five Generals and a Colonel Arrested

In the scope of the second “Sledgehammer Plan” case, six people have been arrested of the eight for whom an arrest warrant was issued.