• ALL,  Turkey

    THE HAPPENINGS AFTER 15 JULY HAVE GONE BEYOND THAT OF 12 SEPTEMBER

    (Author known to blog editor, kept secret for security reasons) İhsan Eliaçik, one of the main actors in Gezi protests and well known theoligian: “Today, many lawsuits have been brought against me. I was sentenced to pay two thousand tl on charge of insulting to President of the Republic. In last days, the lawsuits have been filed against me over terror charges. We are opposition to ruling government for 20 years and we have been subjected to persecution all the time in this period. However, this period is worse than the era of 28 February. In that period, at least there were some judges and prosecutors performing their duty properly…

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    IT IS TIME TO HOPE GOOD NEWS FROM ECtHR

    (Author known to blog editor, kept secret for security reasons) A few hours after 15th July coup attempt, 2745 judges and prosecutors were suspended and detention warrants were issued for them althogh even the names of the coup plotter soldiers were not identified yet. As of today, nearly 4000 judges and prosecutors were dismissed, 3000 of them were arrested, 680 of them have been held in solitary confinement in prison cells to force them for confession although deputy president of Judicial Council (HSYK) Mehmet YILMAZ admits there is no evidence of having involvement in the coup attempt for judges. More than 7,5 months passed but no indictments have been prepared…

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    HUMAN TRAGEDY IN MUGLA IN TURKEY

    A REAL STORY EXPERIENCED BY AN ARRESTED JUDGES’ FAMILY My name is Ahmet. I am a person who lives a modest life. I went to chat with a friend of mine who was working in Social Assistance because I was really frustrated recently. When I was having tea, my friend said to me: “Ahmet, nothing so bad but might have been worse, be grateful” what was it, what happened ? I said. He told me about an incident that he faced 3 days ago: A woman recently came for help to organization. She was a little shy and embarrassed, with a baby in her hand and a child with her…