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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...
Esra Çiçeklidağ, a former judge candidate dismissed from her job by a government decree, was arrested on November 10, 2021 in violation of a Turkish law that requires the postponement of the execution of prison sentences for women who...
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...
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...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to respect for private and family life and for one’s home of Erdal Tercan, a former...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the lengthy jail sentences handed down to 18 defendants for conducting a 2014 investigation into trucks operated by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) that were allegedly carrying arms to Syria. Among the defendants...
Judge Mehmet Dölen, who was dismissed and kept in prison for 26 months, passed away of covid-19 on 1st June 2021. Judge Dölen was dismissed on political charges on the pretext of the July 15 coup attempt and deprived of...
Being purged from his job as a judge after the 15 July coup attempt, Eyüp Sarı is doing farming. He had been kept in prison for 24 months before he was sentenced to 6 years 8 months. If the Court...
Former judge Mustafa Genç performs the art of calligraphy despite the block of prison administration. Mustafa Genç was born in 1967. After serving as judge in different courts, he was elected to the Council of State in 2011.  He was...
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...

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