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2 juli 2020

Concerns about draft bill on the reform of Turkish Bar Associations

Turkey

On 30 June 2020, a ruling-party proposed bill which aims to restructure bar associations was submitted to the Parliament in Turkey. Lawyers from Turkey organized and participated in countrywide protests against the proposed bill. The draft bill was presented to

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25 juni 2020

Concerns about hunger striking lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal

Turkey

Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) in Turkey have been on a death fast for more than 4 months. The two lawyers started their hunger strike on 3 February 2020, in protest of the long

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24 juni 2020

Advertisements on the deteriorating situation of lawyers in Turkey

Turkey

On 24 June Lawyers for Lawyers together with 34 bar associations and lawyers’ organizations, published an advertisement in the newspapers BirGün and Yeni Yaşam to draw attention to the deteriorating situation of lawyers in Turkey. The English-language text of the

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11 juni 2020

Online conference on the persecution of lawyers in Turkey

Turkey

On 11 June 2020, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights, the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project, Lawyers for Lawyers and

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