by TurkeyPurge | Mar 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Outspoken lawyer Kemal Ucar who is known for representing some of the coup suspects from the military has been jailed pending trial over what his colleagues said “occupational activities.” Held under police custody for 11 days, Ucar was arrested on...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Outspoken lawyer Kemal Ucar has been restrained from taking up defending people suspected of ties to the Gulen movement. On Thursday, the Istanbul-based lawyer, known for his critical statements concerning July 15, 2016 coup attempt cases, was detained due to what his...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Jailed air force colonel Adnan Çetin suffered a cerebral bleeding in Istanbul’s Silivri prison and was taken to hospital where he was later declared dead, according to his lawyer Kemal Ucar. In a series of tweets on Feb 16, Ucar wrote that his client, under arrest...