Hot Topic Turkey issues detention warrants for 101 people on alleged terrorism links Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for 101 people including lawyers and doctors as part of what…
Hot Topic Turkey’s arrest of lawyers draws international criticism Turkish and international lawyers' groups have voiced concern over the arrest of dozens of lawyers, saying they had…
Hot Topic Turkish police block lawyers marching to Ankara against bill Turkish police stopped dozens of senior lawyers marching to the capital Ankara on Monday to protest a draft bill…
Hot Topic Turkish lawyers demand parliament to include jailed colleagues under prison… Turkish lawyers have called on parliament to release their colleagues who are jailed over political charges amid…
Hot Topic Lawyers report unhealthy conditions in Turkish prisons amid COVID-19… A lawyers' association and a human rights group have released a report on the condition of prisons in Turkey’s…
Hot Topic Turkey allows family to visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), along with two other convicted…
Hot Topic Turkish judiciary in biggest crisis ever – Turkish bars Twenty-five Turkish bar associations said Turkey has been going through “the gravest judicial crisis” of its…
Turkey Three lawyers quit Turkish bar association for not upholding law Three lawyers from southeastern Turkey have quit the Turkish Bars Association (TBB) over its failure to hold a…
Hot Topic Lawyers revolt over TBB head’s ‘pro-government stance’ Lawyers from the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) have announced they do not recognize members of the…
Hot Topic Turkey’s judiciary used to squelch opposition Demirtas tells ECHR The regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was using the judiciary to punish and squelch opposition political…