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 about the arrested judges and prosecutors yet.Why are prosecutors who issued arrest warrant about thousands of judges in a few hours after coup attempt waiting for?

it is easy one to answer. Because, there is no enough evidence but there are lots of procedural shortcomings regarding investigation rules of judges which is provided in Constitution. Howewer, Constitutional Court is not likely to be domestic remedy because it has not examined even one of thousands of judges’ applications appealed against unfair arrests for 7 months yet.

ECtHR rejected (arrested Judge) Mercan v. Turkey application for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies referring (arres
>ted journalist, now in exile in Germany) Can Dundar’s release by Constitutional Court, but ECtH should consider 2 members (justices) of Constutional Court who voted to release Dundar were arrested.

To sum up, it is time for #ECtHR to finish unfair arrests in Turkey against judges, members of the parliament, journalists etc. to fullfil its duty in the name of human rights.