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Automatic Lawyer Appointment system closed down by bars for 24 hours

Automatic Lawyer Appointment system closed down by bars for 24 hours

Sixty-five bar associations calling for the close-down are demanding that CMK fees should be raised to an appropriate level and value-added tax rate be lowered to one percent.

21 December 2022

‘I saw a news report the other day, I didn’t like it at all’

JUDGE COMMENTS ON BIANET NEWS

‘I saw a news report the other day, I didn’t like it at all’

On July 10, 2020, a request for recusation was submitted for the judge who criticized bianet’s news report in these words. It has been understood that the upper court rejected this request two days earlier, on July 8. The year of rejection is 2019.

19 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Cologne to Count as a “Weapon” Before the Eyes of Law

THIRD JUDICIAL PACKAGE

Cologne to Count as a “Weapon” Before the Eyes of Law

The “People’s Law Office” (“Halkın Hukuk Bürosu”) has cautioned that the amendments to the Turkish Penal Code proposed in the third judicial package pending in Parliament will widen the scope of the definition of “weapons” to include deodorants and cologne while increasing penalties for using illegal electricity and water.

12 June 2012 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyers Criticize Judiciary's Approach on Period of Arrest

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW

Lawyers Criticize Judiciary's Approach on Period of Arrest

Turkish lawyers discuss the judiciary's narrow interpretation of the recent amendment of article 102 of the Criminal Procedure Law. According to Istanbul Bar Association President Kocasakal, defendants should be released after a period of arrest of four years.

5 January 2011 Erol Önderoğlu,Erhan Üstündağ

Judiciary Restricts Amendment on Period of Arrest

Alleged Terror Crimes

Judiciary Restricts Amendment on Period of Arrest

Lawyer Kanar criticizes the judiciary's narrow interpretation of the recent amendment of Article 102 of the Criminal Procedure Law. According to Kanar, not only defendants detained for ten years should be released pending trial but also people detained for more than four or six years.

4 January 2011 Erol Önderoğlu