FreeJudges
Judges and public prosecutors are both the victims and supporters of the regime in Turkey that is becoming more authoritarian day by day.
There is an easy explanation for this great contradiction: The government that used the failed coup attempt...
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...
Expelled and detained judge Hüseyin Güngör Babacan, former member of Court of Cassation was sentenced to 10 years 6 months in prison over the pretext of terrorism charges on 8 July 2019. Furthermore, court ruled for continuation of his...
Dismissed and arrested Justice Ertuğrul Arslanoğlu, member of Council of State (Supreme Administrative Court), was sentenced to 9 years 12 months in prison over the pretext of terrorism charges on 10 April 2019. Furthermore, court ruled for continuation of...
Dismissed and arrested Justice Hacı Osman Kaya, member of Court of Cassation (Supreme Appeal Court), was sentenced to 9 years in prison over the pretext of terrorism charges on 19 March 2019.Furthermore, court ruled for continuation of his detention.He...
Jan Walters, a solicitor and member of Amnesty Kirklees writes a letter of solidarity to an imprisoned judge in Turkey, Neslihan Ekinci who has been kept in solitary confinement.
Since coup attempt, there have been many judges, civilians like Neslihan...
Justice of Court of Cassation, former member of Supreme Board of Election, founder and project manager of internationally awarded e-Justice System of Turkey named UYAP, Ali Kaya has been under solitary confinement since July 2016.
Court ruled continuation of his...
Member of the Court of Cassations Hüsamettin Uğur, who had been arrested just after the July 15 coup attempt, completed his 1000th day in his solitary-confinement cell in prison by April. Hüsamettin Uğur is one of the hundreds of ...
Dismissed and arrested justice Hamza Yaman, member of Court of Cassation, was sentenced to 11 years in prison over the pretext of terrorism charges on 18 February 2019. Furthermore, court ruled for continuation of his detention. He has been kept in...
Judge Hüseyin Serter, a former member of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HCJP)-previous name of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (CJP)- between 2010-2014 and who has been detained in solitary cell for about 31 months, has...
