Former judge Yavuz Aydın wrote an article for Ahval English on the turkish judges and lawyers who have either passed away or whose life in many ways have been ruined during Erdogan's post- July 15 era in Turkey.
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In Turkey, while the rights of the judges under arrest such as members of the Court of Cassation, the Council of state, and the Constitutional Court were being violated with full throttle, news of the other drama came. Turkey's...
Mahmut Kış, a member of the Court of Cassation, was dismissed and arrested after July 15 coup attempt and sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison for political reasons.
Mahmut Kış, who was deprived of his profession and...
A judge couple fleeing Turkey through Aegen Sea lost their two children in a boat accident on the coast of Chios Island on 27 September 2019.
The boat which was carrying 19 asylum seekers, including judges, academics, teachers and their...
April 2, 2018.
He has been kept under detention and isolation (one-inmate-room) in Sincan Prison since July 2016. He has not been tried yet and he died before first hearing scheduled May 2018, 22 months later than his detention.
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6 April 2018
Judge of 7th Penal Court of First Instance Abuzer Kara, mentioned as 'Alevi judge' in a tape record allegedly pertained to the Prime Minister of that time Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin, died of...
Former judge Zihni Doğan's mother died due to traffic accident on 8th March 2022.
Purge victim judge Zihni Doğan, former member of Court of Cassation was sentenced to 8 years 9 months in prison over the pretext of terrorism charges...
Gürsel Ceylan, former member of the Council of State who was expelled after July 15 coup attempt, passed away on May 26, 2022.
After the 15 July coup attempt, member of the Council of State Gürsel Ceylan was dismissed from...
Written on the tombstone of former judge Gülsüm Coşar, who was dismissed by emergency decree-law, explains what millions went through due to the persecution of the State of Emergency: "Our heart is like a bird forced to migrate before...
Abdünnasır Aslan, father of three, dismissed judge with a state of emergency decree, passed away on the morning of 7 October in Mardin due to complications from Covid-19.
He was sentenced to 7 years 6 months in prison over the...
