letter written by a Turkish judge The situation in our country is getting worse every day. In a sense this article; The call of S.O.S from the setting sun of law … a shout for help. Maybe a desperate crying ! *** My dear Colleagues; I have worked twenty years as a judge. Throughout my life, I have defended “pluralist democracy”, “state of law” and “human rights”. I will continue to defend. I have opposed all sorts of “terror” and “violence”. I’ve always been away from everyday politics. I have not compromised on these principles. Like many of my colleagues, now I am paying a heavy price of this… After…

1. NUMBER OF DISMISSED JUDGES/PROSECUTORS (5218) In the last official statement of the HSYK, the number of dismissed judges and prosecutors (excluding military judges) was announced as 4238. After that, according to the Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli’s May 2017 statement in a TV program; 4444 judges&prosecutors 489 military judges 4933 (TOTAL) judges ans prosecutors was dismissed. Including Court of Accounts auditors who are accepted in judiciary statute, this number reaches 5218: https://mobile.twitter.com/Av_EvrenSEL/status/864132324824428545 2. NUMBER OF ARRESTED JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS (3089) Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu made the final announcement in March about the number of judges/prosecutors who are under arrest as 2575. However, the number of arrested and released judiciary…

(author known to editor) Independence and impartiality, indispensable quality, honor and virtue of judiciary. A judiciary who does not use his conscious, sells his personality, breaks it down and betrays himself and his nation, country and state before anyone and anything else. In a political environment where distortions and irregularities have been overtaken and the contradictions and immoderations in different sections have been experienced and the pledges have been forgotten and negated, partisanism is gradually increasing, and objectionable procedure and actions follow each other. Lastly, 800 of the 900 judges appointed by the Ministry of Justice, who has relations to AKP is horrifying. In a country where the judiciary has…

(author known to editor) CHP İSTANBUL MP BARIŞ YARKADAŞ CONTINUED TO REVEAL AKP MEMBER APPOINTED “VIP” JUDGES. IMPARTIALITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY ARE NO LONGER PRINCIPALS IN TURKISH JUSTICE SYSTEM SEVCAN KARAYİĞİT- The daughter of Ahmet Karayiğit, Chief Law Advisor of the Presidency FURKAN BARUTÇU – AKP Sultanbeyli District Founding President İLYAS DEMİRCAN- AKP Balikesir İvrindi District Head Of Party YADIGAR DEMİRCAN – AKP Balikesir İvrindi District Head Of Partys wife … Member of AKP Women’s Branch SERKAN BAŞOK – Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor Mehmet Siyami Başok’s nephew who decided verdict of non-prosecution about former Kayseri metropolitan mayor now AKP MP Mehmet Özhaseki AHMET EMRE ARIKAN – AKP Member of…

(author known to editor) First: please find the name lists of 107 dismissed judges on 5/5/2017: http://www.ntv.com.tr/galeri/turkiye/ihrac-edilen-hakim-ve-savcilarin-listesi,lF4ptnjKqE-7vxwDW2QLfA http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/107-more-judges-prosecutors-dismissed-over-gulen-links-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=112792&NewsCatID=509 Second: “Speaking to the media, Deputy Chair Mehmet Yilmaz, said when new names will emerge after confessions from suspects, the judicial board will evaluate them; however, work on the existing list has come to an end. “We are not working on any other list,” he added. http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-over-100-feto-linked-judges-prosecutors-sacked/812259 Third: “… the proposed constitution will give (gave) Mr. Erdogan total control over the judiciary. In fact, the new constitution would allow the president to appoint four members to the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors, Turkey’s highest legal body responsible for oversight of a…

“My father is fighting for his life in a cell. Doctors say he will probably live 2 more years at his best.” Mustafa Erdoğan, a member of the Supreme Court of Cassation, is not released despite his life struggle in prison. The story of the cruel persecution towards a family from Mustafa Erdoğan’s daughter Buket Erdoğan’s; Here is Buket Erdoğan’s letter; First of all hi, I am Buket Buket Erdoğan. I am a second year student at Ankara University Faculty of Law. I am studying law in the same school that my father, Mustafa Erdoğan a former Court of Cassation member, studied and graduated once, for being a legal expert…

(author known to editor) WHAT WAS PLANNED BEFORE THE COUP ATTEMPT  and WHAT HAPPENED THEN?   (Italics are made by the author) the rest is from the column, and it is written before the coup attempt   “On June 13, (2016) the government submitted to parliament a bill envisaging a massive purge at two of the country’s highest courts, which many say will put the last nail in the coffin of judicial independence and separation of powers.”   Sami Selcuk, a former head of the Court of Cassation (Yargitay) made a comment about the draft   Regarding the substance of the draft, Selcuk decried it as the “last nail in the coffin” of judicial independence. “The…

ABSTRACT: 1-    Chief Judge (Hasan Akdemir) had arrested 60 Gulenist judges after the coup. 2-    Then, Chief Judge (Hasan Akdemir) was caught red-handed while taking bribe and got arrested by another Judge (Mehmet Özakar). 3-    Then, Judge Mehmet Ozakar got arrested and was charged with being a Gulenist too. THE AMAZING STORY: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-tutuklanan-hakim-bakin-kim-cikti-40451030 A-  – There is a Chief Judge (Hasan Akdemir) who had arrested some 60 judges and prosecutors after the coup. All these 60 judges and prosecutors are accused of being Gulenists. https://twitter.com/jhhturkey/status/857214544040443904/photo/1 http://www.shaber3.com/rusvetci-hakimin-suc-ustu-goruntusu-haberi/1284950/ http://www.milatgazetesi.com/fi-yapi-nin-sahibi-fikret-inan-dan-rusvet-alan-hakimin-goruntusu-ortaya-cikti-haber-112381   B-  –  Then this Chief Judge (Hasan Akdemir) was caught red-handed while taking bribe -50.000$- at a law firm and then was arrested…

(author known to editor) CHP Istanbul deputy Barış Yarkadaş continued his statements related to the appointments of judges on April 24th. ⊙ “800 of newly appointed 900 judges are composed of AKPs provincial and district administrators. ⊙ The judiciary became a branch of the AKP with the appointments of judges on April 24th. ⊙ The experiences are reminiscent of the Hitler era. With the recent appointments, it is clear that the “Towards the Führer” principle will be implemented. ⊙ The scandal grows as it is scrutinized the “VIP” judges list of AKP. ⊙ It became necessary to make public the scores of all judges appointed on April 24 and the…

(sent to Editor by known source) DO NOT BECOME PITIABLE MR ERDOGAN! When I heard that you say “do not pity those who snivels, if you do so, we will become the pitiable ones”, on TV when i was watching your membership stage play to AKP again, i really pitied you. Maybe you are not aware of it maybe you are; You are already suffering because you are losing your world while you are losing your afterworld, the President of the AKP and the President of the half of the Republic. Your “lovers”, “admirers” in your circle, your lickspittles and jesters will not tell you these. I will still do…

(sent to editor by known source) The story that i am going to tell you goes through in one of the cities of Central Anatolia however it might happen anywhere in Turkey since there is no obstacle from happening it and we continue to hear more and more rumors about similarities in many different places. One day, a lawyer from one of the big businesses received a call from one of his prosecutor friend. The prosecutor wants him to come his office as soon as possible. On the visit of the lawyer, after regular chit chat the prosecutor has brought the subject to an investigation about the lawyer tells him…