(author known to edıtor) Muzaffer Bayram, the former general secretary of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HCJP) and prosecutor of the province of Malatya has been arrested since 23 November 2016 and held under solitary confinement despite both of his arms are broken. Muzaffer Bayram, even unable to meet his personal needs, and his family have made applications to the prison administration several times to be removed of his trouble, however, have not been replied yet and nothing resulted from the petitions of his family. Barış Yarkadaş, Deputy of Main Opposition Party CHP, made a statement concerning his current situation. Yarkadaş touched on the following points in his…

The wife of the arrested prosecutor is now among hundreds of thousands of people who find themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate crackdown on the Gülen movement in the aftermath a 15 july coup attempt. What follows is the full text of the letter submitted by the woman. “… My husband, Ibrahim Ethem Kuriş, is a well-known prosecutor in Turkey. He has always been very good at his job and therefore advanced quickly in his career. In his initial years, the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors [HSYK] appointed him as chief prosecutor in Tunceli and then Sinop. Thanks to his “Awarded Prison Project” in Sinop,…

  Emın Çöllaşan My dear readers, the concept of ‘the independence of the judiciary’ is the foundation stone for every democratic society. In a country where the judges and prosecutors make a decision in cases they hear in a way giving preferential treatment or they are compelled to do so, it becomes impossible to talk about the independence of the judiciary or the justice as well. The judges and prosecutors who are subjected to the strong pressure of the executives and also compelled to decide so as not to undermine the interests of the ruling government reach at last a deadlock. There was a report yesterday concerning the judiciary on…

THE TRAGEDY OF TURKISH JUDICIARY in the 21ST CENTURY ABOUT THE EVALUATION OF THE EVIDENCES Source: https://twitter.com/HuseyinAygun62/status/850394254727925761 TRANSLATION OF THE PART OF THE INDICTMENT ABOVE –DATED 16 MARCH, 2017-: “Because of the long term infiltration and staff strategy of the militants of the organization, it is normal not to have evidences such as bank account at Bankasya, newspaper subscription, education at organization’s test preparation centers and schools, suspects in judiciary, in governmental positions, which are accepted secret positions, structured cell type for the prevention of uncovering, so it is evaluated that with the lack of such evidences, prevention of uncovering is aimed, therefore it must be understood that suspect is…

THE NUMBER OF DISMISSED JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS BY THE HIGH COUNCIL OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS OF TURKEY (HCJP) (BETWEEN 15 JULY, 2016 – 29 MARCH, 2017)   The number dismissed Judges and Prosecutors: 2847 The Decree Date and Number: 24 August, 2016 – 2016/426 http://www.hsyk.gov.tr/Eklentiler/files/liste.pdf   The number dismissed Judges and Prosecutors: 543 The Decree Date and Number: 31 August, 2016 – 2016/428 http://www.hsyk.gov.tr/Eklentiler/files/ekli-liste.pdf   The number dismissed Judges and Prosecutors: 66 The Decree Date and Number: 4 October, 2016 – 2016/430 http://www.hsyk.gov.tr/Eklentiler/files/ekli-liste-05-10-2016.pdf   The number dismissed Judges and Prosecutors: 203 The Decree Date and Number: 15 November, 2016 – 2016/440 http://www.hsyk.gov.tr/Eklentiler/files/KHK-GENEL%20KURUL-15_11_2016.pdf   The number dismissed Judges and Prosecutors: 227…

(author known to blog editor) The moment the court decided to release 21 out of 29 journalists at the end of the 5-day trial of 29 journalists, the AKP trolls among whom are Cem Küçük, Ersoy Dede, Fatih Tezcan etc. launched a campaign in social media, angrily calling on the judges re-arrest them. Hours after release decision of the journalists, İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants about 21 journalists. Being unable to endure the release of the journalists to be tried without arrest, Cem Küçük, the leader of Erdoğan’s hitmen, ordered HCJP do what’s necessary and the jurists who made the release decision of the journalists re-arrest them.…

As of 3 April, 2017, By the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors’ decision 45 MORE JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS WERE SUSPENDED, Including the ones who released journalists last week. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-hsykdan-feto-ihraclari-45-hakim-ve-savci-40416148   And Please find here a pro government twitter account -Cem Kucuk- tells the judiciary to rearrest the released journalists, and the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors to take action against the judges who released them. And both have happened. http://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/gundem/2017/04/01/cem-kucuk-istedi-tahliye-kararlari-geri-alindi/

Last week the Şırnak Governor’s Office announced that the HDP official referendum campaign song, “Bejin Na‘’ (Say No), has been banned in Şırnak for “inciting hatred and hostility among the people.” The HDP’s campaign song was composed by Kurdish singer Şeyda Perinçek and widely used by Kurdish politicians while campaigning to persuade people to vote “no” in a critical referendum on April 16 that will introduce an executive presidency in the country if approved. Source: Turkishminute.com Want to hear it anyhow?

Prolongation of detention of a prosecutor, already dead for 2 month, together with that of 345 other detainees, without any real reasoning.

(author know to editor) JUDGE ID number 124797 / Mehmet Alçay-Tekirdağ Tax Court Judge published his personal story about dissmissal of judges and prosecutors. ( 25.03.2017, PUBLISHED IN ADALET ORG- PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR LAWYERS) Judge Alcay is still active judge in Turkey. He was questioned by one of HSYK Judge, who specisifcly deals with “FETO (Gulenist)” investigation. Judge Alcay argues that the HSYK judge told him the Council (HSYK) knows who voted to whom in the judicial election held in October 2014. Judge Alcay was faced these questions: 1- Whether he took a photo of his ballot, which can be proved he voted for YBP Assoc. candidates in October 2014…

(author known to the editor) 8 months ago my parents went today. My memories of that day are very hazy actually. As if it’s like i have heard from someone. We did not sleep the other night. My parent’s lawyer will come in the morning, my parents will go to the courthouse and they will be taken into custody. I remember it was a beautiful morning. It was not too hot, it was not cool either. We went out with my dad to get a pastry for breakfast. On the way home, my dad took a run to the grocery and got 2 pack of blackberry jellybeans. He had done…

(Written by a rapporteur judge at Court of Cassation who request his name kept secret for security reasons) THE BREACH OF THE RIGHT OF THE JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS TO BE PRESUMED INNOCENT AND TURNING OF THE SECURITY MEASURES (ARREST&DETENTION) INTO IMPOSEMENT OF A PENALTY OWING TO NOT BEING BROUGHT AN ACTION AGAINST THEM 1. THE MILESTONES OF THE PROCESS THAT CAUSES DISMISSAL OF THE QUARTER OF THE JUDICIARY 1.1. As it was understood that the corruption and bribery investigation, launched by İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the Iranian citizen Reza Zarrab who has been also prosecuted in USA on charge of money laundering and also covering the sons of…

I had got so angry, I was about to go mad but I did not have energy to attack the police officials or tell them even one word. It was the first one of my attacks of nerves that I had experienced in the last 8 months. At the beginning of this period, I was always crying. I did not have enough strength to resist police officials, however, I had it for my poor grandmother and my aunt who were trying to comfort me. My grandmother had bought an ice cream and soda water for me. Firstly, I bawled at her by saying what I was going to do with…

Arrested JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS “No. There are no channels to express ourselves. I am calling you because you wrote this topic before and of course you are a woman. ” The dictation of voice on the phone is smooth. Expressions are clear, determined. The name is hidden. Let’s say her name is Aysun. Mrs. Aysun is the wife of a judge who was taken into custody on 16 July 2016. Yes, July 16th. Just one of the judges and prosecutors’ wife who were taken under custody and arrested then dismissed immediately after the coup attempt, and whose total number is four thousand (its more than 4 thousands nowadays). Eventhough it…

(author know to the editor) In one of the most important press freedom cases in Turkey, most are in pre-trail detention for eight months without a trial and conviction, the court decided to release 21 out of 29 journalists, however, they were re-detained before the court’s release decision was implemented. Against the law scandal came after the campaign and threats of AKP trolls targeting jurists, harsh reaction has come from CHP, main opposition party. Here is the statements of CHP deputy Barış Yarkadaş, he made in his twitter account: 1-Today, in trial of press structure of FETO, İstanbul 25th Assize Court decided to release 21 out of 29 journalists on…

Who does belief this: 8 months after a putsch attempt the HCJP detects that 200 more judges and prosecutors were involved in it !!??? http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-hsykdan-flas-ihraclar-40398753 Turkish High Council of Judges and Prosecutors dismissed 202 more judges and prosecutors on the 17th of March, 2017. The total number of dismissed judges and prosecutors has reached 4088.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW (VENICE COMMISSION) TURKEY OPINION ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION ADOPTED BY THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON 21 JANUARY 2017 AND TO BE SUBMITTED TO A NATIONAL REFERENDUM ON 16 APRIL 2017 (Original)

110th PLENARY – Turkey – Proposed constitutional amendments “dangerous step backwards” for democracy 10/03/2017 (see the original here) Venice – The 110th plenary of the Venice Commission has just adopted its Opinion on the constitutional amendments submitted to a national referendum on 16 April 2017. This opinion had been requested by the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly. First of all, the Commission warns against a “one-person regime” in Turkey in its definitive, as discussed and adopted in plenary, text of the opinion. The Commission notes that by removing necessary checks and balances, the amendments would not follow the model of a democratic presidential system based on…

“They should be put into prisons first,” they said. Even the name of the prison is creepy … There are about 200K detainees and convicts in prisons. The detainees’ first request is a trial without arrest. If there is no trial without arrest, preparing the indictment about them as soon as possible is their priority. For example, 129 days have passed since the arrest of the authors and administrators of the Cumhuriyet daily newspaper. Two professions in the world are directly related to human life. One is a physician and the other is a judge … The duty of physician is to put the diagnosis of the patient, to treat…