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İstanbul bar slams arrest of jailed mayor's lawyer as attack on legal profession - Turkish Minute
The İstanbul Bar Association on Friday denounced the arrest of a lawyer representing jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the biggest political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, calling it a dangerous criminalization of legal defense and a violation of constitutional rights, the Evrensel news website reported. Lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was arrested late Thursday by İstanbul’s 9th Criminal Court of Peace on charges of membership in a crimina…
The lawyer of the arrested Metropolitan Municipality Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mehmet Pehlivan, went to the courthouse on June 19, following the call from the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to testify. News of his arrest came in the evening. The prosecutor's office had requested "membership of a criminal organization" and the Criminal Judge of Peace on Duty had arrested him. CHP leader Özgür Özel reacted by saying, "This is w…
TBB reacted strongly to the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu's lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan after he was summoned to a meeting by the prosecutor's office in the morning.
Turkey has again detained a lawyer, Mehmet Pekhlivan, who defends the interests of the imprisoned opposition mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu.
"The pressures on lawyers and independent defense are a violation of the right to a fair trial and defense!"
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