by TurkeyPurge | Mar 20, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı, former president of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) who has been behind bars since November 2017 on terrorism charges, was handed down a sentence of 11 years, three months on Wednesday. The İstanbul 37th High...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Seventeen lawyers including Selçuk Kozağaçlı, president of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) have begun a hunger strike in protest of the difficulties they face during their trial. Under arrest over terror charges since Nov, 2017, the lawyers are...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 13, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court remanded in prison the president of the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), Selçuk Kozağaçlı, on Monday. He was jailed on charges of membership to a terrorist organization. Kozağaçlı is the lawyer for famed Turkish educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih...
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