A former judge at the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, was arrested in Ankara after a prison sentence was upheld, the Sözcü daily reported.
Photos showed former judge Mustafa Dinç in handcuffs with his head pushed down as...
Former Supreme Court member Hüsamettin Uğur said that in prison he is in fear of his life. He had previously been also subjected to torture, beatings and ill-treatment in Keskin Prison. For this reason, he was transferred to Afyonkarahisar...
Dismissed judge Kasım Davas, former member of Council of State (Supreme Administrative Court), was sentenced to 8 years 9 months in prison over the pretext of terrorism charges on 17 June 2019. He was conditionally released pending trial until...
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.
Here is...
Hüsamettin Uğur, former judge at Court of Cassation (Supreme Court of Appeal), who was arrested and tortured in prison, was imposed disciplinary punishment (communication ban with his family) by prison administration. His daughter @nalandilora tweeted on 15 October 2020...
Former member of Court of Cassation, judge Önder Aytaç underwent a lung surgery. Despite his doctor's report that he could not survive in prison cell and he needs good care to recover, the court, last week, decided to continue...
Former judge Mesut Orta was sentenced to 7 years 6 months in prison on 2 July 2019 over the pretext of terrorism charges.
He was also prosecuted for getting financial support from EAJ after his dismissal
Judge Mesut Orta, for...
Mehmet Köroğlu, taken into custody on the ground that his name was among judges and prosecutors dismissed by the High Council after the coup attempt on July 15. Judge Köroğlu was arrested on July 19, 2016 without any evidence...
The Constitutional Court have declared the individual application of a dismissed judge is inadmissible on the grounds that the application was manifestly ill-founded. The individual application had been lodged by a judge arrested over the allegation of having membership...
Since the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, 4,463 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed from their jobs, leaving behind a non-impartial and non-independent judicial system. This is paramount to the further crackdown on all sections of society.
And, over...
