The Turkish government’s intense pressure on the judiciary

The Turkish Ministry of Justice sent a letter, dated October 13, 2017, to the Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and all courts responsible for HDP’s co-chair Mr. Selahattin Demirtaş’s cases. This official note, marked as confidential and titled as General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses of the Ministry of Justice, intends to influence the […]

Norwegian Bar Association Human Rights Committee observation report on the court hearing against co-chair Yüksekdağ

Observation report titled “Observation of the Ankara 16th Penal Court hearing of case against former co-leader of People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ, July 4th 2017” prepared by the Human Rights Committee of Norwegian Bar Association which had been invited to Ankara to observe the trial against co-chair Yüksekdağ in July 2017. The report is […]