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RELENTLESS CRACKDOWN AGAINST LAWYERS IN TURKEY

There has been a relentless campaign of arrests which has targeted fellow lawyers across the country. In 77 of Turkey’s 81 provinces, lawyers have been detained and arrested on trumped-up charges as part of criminal investigations orchestrated by the political authorities and conducted by provincial public prosecutors. As of today, more than 1500 lawyers have been prosecuted and 594 lawyers have been arrested. So far, 274 lawyers have been sentenced to some 1800 years in prison by the first instance courts under article 3141 of the Turkish Penal Code.2

PROVINCE NUMBER OF CONVICTED

LAWYERS PROVINCE

NUMBER OF CONVICTED

LAWYERS PROVINCE

NUMBER OF CONVICTED

LAWYERS

Adana 11 Düzce 3 Konya 21 Adıyaman 2 Erzincan 2 Kütahya 2

Afyon 8 Erzurum 10 Malatya 2 Ankara 27 Eskişehir 14 Manisa 11 Antalya 12 Gaziantep 3 Muş 1 Aydın 1 Gümüşhane 1 Niğde 3

Balıkesir 5 Isparta 1 Samsun 13 Batman 1 İstanbul 45 Siirt 1 Bilecik 1 İzmir 7 Sivas 10 Bolu 2 Kayseri 18 Şanlıurfa 1

Bursa 12 Kırıkkale 3 Şırnak 1 Denizli 8 Kırşehir 2 Tokat 4

Diyarbakır 1 Kocaeli 3 Tunceli 1

Table: Number of convicted Turkish lawyers (since 2016 July) by provinces

1 Armed Organisation Article 314 (1) Any person who establishes or commands an armed organisation with the purpose of committing the offences listed in parts four and five of this chapter, shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of ten to fifteen years. (2) Any person who becomes a member of the organisation defined in paragraph one shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years. (3) Other provisions relating to the forming of an organisation in order to commit offences shall also be applicable to this offence. http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2016)011-e 2 https://arrestedlawyers.org/category/situation-in-turkey/

TOTAL 274

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THE 14 PROVINCIAL BAR ASSOCIATONS’ PRESIDENTS3 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR

DETAINED

14 of the persecuted lawyers are presidents (or former presidents) of their respective provincial bar associations, namely;

• President of Konya Bar Association Fevzi Kayacan, • President of Trabzon Bar Association Orhan Ongoz, • President of Siirt Bar Association Cemal Acar, • President of Gumushane Bar Association Ismail Tastan,

were arrested and unlawfully unseated.

President of Konya Bar Association, Fevzi Kayacan was arrested 23 July 2016, he was sentenced to 10,5 years on 2017 October.

3 Incumbent or Former Presidents of Provincial Bar Association.

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President of Siirt Bar Association, Cemal Acar was arrested (and unseated) 23 September 2016 and sentenced to 8 years on May 2018.

Cemalettin Ozer, former president of Erzincan Bar Association was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months.

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Zeynel Balkiz, former president of Manisa Bar Association was sentenced to 2 years and 1 months on October 2018.

Erzurum 2nd High Assize Court has sentenced Mehmet Guzel, former president of Erzurum Bar Association, to 13 years in prison.

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President of Trabzon Bar Association, Orhan Ongoz was arrested (and unseated) 27 September 2016. Furthermore, presidents of the Aksaray and Kahramanmaras Bar Associations, Levent Bozkurt and Vahit Bagci respectively, and former presidents of Yozgat Bar Association Haci Ibis and Fahri Acikgoz were detained for a certain period of time before they were released on bail.

274 LAWYERS WERE SENTENCED TO SOME 1800 YEARS IN PRISON

PROVINCE OF ISTANBUL (45 lawyers)

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Lawyers to Cumhuriyet Daily Bulent Utku, Akin Atalay and Mustafa Kemal Gungor were convicted under Turkey’s Anti-Terror Law.

274 LAWYERS WERE SENTENCED TO SOME 1800 YEARS IN PRISON

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PROVINCE OF ISTANBUL (45 lawyers)

Under Article 314(2) of Turkish Penal Code,

• Lawyer Suphi Bat was sentenced to 8 years & 9 months • Lawyer Burak Keskin was sentenced to 7½ years, • Lawyers Burak Karaduman, Özge Elif Hendekçi were sentenced to 7 years, • Lawyer Yılmaz Çiçek was sentenced to 7¼ years, • Lawyers Kamil Ata, Turan Öztürk, Yakup Başer, Haci Salih Boyalı, Mustafa Çağlar Akgun,

Ali Rıza Mete, Selim Ozkan, Coşkun Taşkın were sentenced to 6¼ years.

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PROVINCE OF ISTANBUL (45 lawyers) Members of the Contemporary Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) and People’s Law Bureau (HHB) were sentenced to some 160 years in prison on March 2019. Silencing lawyers abolishes the most important safeguards against torture. Victim lawyers are members of the Contemporary Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) and People’s Law Bureau (HHB) which were Turkey’s the most prominent NGOs on fighting against torture.

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PROVINCE OF ANKARA (27 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF KONYA (21 lawyers)

Konya 6th High Assize Court sentenced Fevzi Kayacan4 who is former president of Konya Bar Association and 19 other lawyers to imprisonment for up to 14 years. The Court sentenced;

• lawyer Fevzi Kayacan 10 years 6 months imprisonment,

• lawyers Berat Alper Kösterik, Erhan Şahin, Osman Buğur, Ahmet Bal, Mehmet Yıldırım, Mehmet Şimşek, Özgür Solak to 9 years,

• Arif Özer, Veysel Köylü, Erdal Soydaş, Hatice Erdem to 7 years 6 months,

• Nihat Karahan, Elşad Mehmethanlı, Hasan Hüseyin Avcı to 6 years 3 months,

• İbrahim Bakım, Ramazan Arı, Mehmet Balta, Orhan Özkavak, Muhammed Tahra range to 2 and 4 years imprisonment.

4 kayacan-were-sentenced-range-to-2-and-11-years-imprisonment/

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PROVINCE OF ERZINCAN(2 lawyers)

Erzincan 2nd High Assize Court sentenced lawyers Cemalettin Ozer, former president of Erzincan Bar Association, and Talip Nayir, a former board member of the same organisation, to 8 years 9 month and 10 years in prison respectively.5

5 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/07/27/judicial-persecution-former-president-of-erzincan-bar-association-and- former-board-member-were-sentenced-to-9-and-10-years-imprisonment/

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PROVINCE OF ERZURUM (10 lawyers)

Erzurum 2nd High Assize Court has given Mehmet Güzel, former president of Erzurum Bar Association, and six other lawyers custodial sentences varying from 1 to 13 years in prison.6

6 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/10/19/report-the-persecution-on-turkish-lawyers-10-19-october/

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PROVINCE OF SIVAS (10 lawyers)

Sivas 2nd High Assize Court have sentenced ten lawyers between 3 and 9 years in prison.7

7 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/11/20/9-lawyers-in-sivas-were-sentenced-ranging-from-3-to-9-years- imprisonment/

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PROVINCE OF ADANA (11 lawyers)

Adana 11th High Assize Court have sentenced ten lawyers between 3 and 9 years in prison.8

8 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/11/20/3-lawyers-were-sentenced-to-9-years-imprisonment-in-adana/

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PROVINCE OF ADANA (11 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF ADANA (11 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF IZMIR (7 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF KAYSERI (18 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF KAYSERI (18 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF KAYSERI (18 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF KAYSERI (18 lawyers)

PROVINCE OF ESKISEHIR (14 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF AYDIN (1 lawyer)

PROVINCE OF ADIYAMAN (2 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF BOLU (2 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF MALATYA (2 lawyers)

PROVINCE OF KIRIKKALE (3 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF MANISA (11 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF AFYON (8 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF SAMSUN (13 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF DENIZLI (8 lawyers)

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PROVINCE OF ANTALYA (12 lawyers)

Mustafa Ozmen, Kenan Mengi, Mustafa Murat Bayoglu, Muhammet Sercan Ust were sentenced under Article 314 (2) of Turkish Penal Code. They were given ranging from 6 to 8 years imprisonment.

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FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE CRITICAL LAWYERS WERE TARGETED

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LEGAL ENVIRONMENT & TURKEY’S

TOXIC ANTI-TERROR LAWS

All persecuted lawyers are being charged with terror-linked offenses; the main two accusations directed against them are membership to an armed terrorist organisation, and forming and leading an armed terrorist organisation. Article 3149 of the Penal Code criminalises the establishment and commanding of (Article 314/1), as well as membership (Article 314/2) to an armed organisation. Under the Turkish Penal Code, these two offences attract 7,5 to 22,5 years imprisonment. The Penal Code does not contain a definition of an armed organisation or an armed group.10 The lack of legal definitions and criteria of the armed terrorist organization and the crime of membership in the armed terrorist organization make them prone to arbitrary application.11 Vague formulation of the criminal provisions on the security of the state and terrorism and their overly broad interpretation12 by the Turkish judges and prosecutors make all lawyers and other human rights defenders a prospective victim of judicial harassment. This blurred area under the Turkish Penal code is actively used by the Turkish government to investigate, prosecute and convict opponents. As it has become a common practice in after the 15th July Coup attempt, 402.00013 individuals have been investigated, prosecuted and / or convicted for terrorism offences stipulated in article 314 of Turkish Penal Code.14

9 Armed Organisation Article 314 (1) Any person who establishes or commands an armed organisation with the purpose of committing the offences listed in parts four and five of this chapter, shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of ten to fifteen years. (2) Any person who becomes a member of the organisation defined in paragraph one shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years. (3) Other provisions relating to the forming of an organisation in order to commit offences shall also be applicable to this offence. http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2016)011-e 10 In its judgment E. 2006/10-253 K. 2007/80 of 3 April 2007, the General Criminal Board of the Court of Cassation made a definition: The group has to have at least three members; there should be a tight or loose hierarchical connection between the members of the group, the members should have a common intention to commit crimes (even though no crime has yet been committed); the group has to present continuity in time; and the structure of the group, the number of its members, tools and equipment at the disposal of the group should be sufficient/appropriate for the commission of the envisaged crimes. 11 CDL-AD(2016)002-e Opinion on articles 216, 299, 301 and 314 of the Penal Code of Turkey http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-AD(2016)002-e 12 https://rm.coe.int/third-party-intervention-10-cases-v-turkey-on-freedom-of-expression-an/168075f48f 13 At least 402,000 people have been the subject of legal proceedings initiated by the Turkish government over alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to a report by the state-run Anadolu news agency on Thursday. The report said that while the Turkish judiciary had conducted investigations into 171,970 people over their suspected links to the movement as of July 2017, that number has now increased to 402,000. https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-govt-has- thus-far-investigated-402000-people-over-alleged-links-to-gulen-movement/ 14 In clear violation of the Turkish Constitution and the ECHR, the Turkish government is using membership in duly authorized and officially registered institutions as pretexts to arrest and prosecute people although such

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Lawyers have particularly been targeted due to identity or affinity of their clients. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports that the OHCHR has observed a pattern concerning persecution of lawyers representing individuals accused of terrorism offences, where they are associated with their clients political views (or alleged political views) in the discharge of their professional duties and are consequently prosecuted for the same or other related offences of which their clients are being accused.15

The Bar of Ireland, The Bar of N.Ireland, The Law Society of N.Ireland, The Law Society of England and Wales, Law Society of Scotland, Law Society of Ireland, The Bar Council, Faculty of Advocates16, The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)17, German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer)18, The Italian Bar Council (Consiglio Nazionale Forense)19, The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD)20 Belgium Francaphones & Germanophone (Avocats.be) Bar Association and Belgium Flemish (Orde van Vlaamse Balies) Bar Association21, Athens and Paris Bar Associations22 the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) denounced the crackdown against the Turkish lawyers and the right to defence with the joint or separate letters and declarations on various times.

membership is not defined as a crime in the law at all. For example, the private schools, cram schools, Bank Asya, union organizations, professional associations, charity organizations, foundations, media outlets and others that were founded by businessmen and professionals who were believed to be linked to the Gülen movement were declared terrorist entities overnight in Turkey after the failed coup of July 15, 2016. By extension, the government claimed, employees, members, volunteers and those who have sort of connections to these entities were deemed as terrorists. Stockholm Center for Freedom https://stockholmcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Turkeys-Contempt-for-The-Rule-of-Law.pdf 15 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. “Report on the impact of the state of emergency on human rights in Turkey, including an update on the South-East. January – December 2017.” http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/TR/2018-03-19_Second_OHCHR_Turkey_Report.pdf 16 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/07/23/bar-associations-law-societies-of-united-kingdom-wrote-a-joint-letter- regarding-arrested-turkish-lawyer-and-mass-dismissal-of-judges-and-prosecutors/ 17 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/07/23/the-ccbe-wrote-a-letter-of-concern-regarding-arrested-turkish-lawyers/ 18 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/07/23/german-federal-bar-president-asks-bozdag-to-guarantee-lawyers-to- perform-their-duties/ 19 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/07/23/italian-bar-council-slams-turkish-government-over-arrested-lawyers/ 20 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/07/24/the-international-observatory-for-lawyers-in-danger-oiad-denounced- arbitrary-arrests-of-turkish-lawyers/ 21 https://arrestedlawyers.org/2017/07/24/belgium-bar-associations-react-arbitrary-arrests-of-lawyers/ 22 against-turkish-lawyers/

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RECOMMENDATIONS

The efforts and cooperation of the above-mentioned international organizations together with any others which may join them in the future, is paramount in exerting pressure on Turkey to respect universal human rights and to bring its criminal law in line with the standards specified by the European Convention on Human rights and acceptable to the European Commission and the European Union. The unified front of the Bar Associations and other legal organizations in the European Countries which will be showed to the Turkish authorities to make them stop criminalizing Turkish lawyers is absolutely crucial for the existence of right to defence and separation of powers in Turkey. Arrested lawyers and human rights defenders who have to suffer inhumane treatment at the hands of Turkish officials desperately need such action coming from European organizations. Any effort in support of arrested lawyers, human rights defenders and other victims of the Turkish government’s unlawful actions is highly appreciated.

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PROVINCE NUMBER and

NAMES OF THE CONVICTED LAWYERS

TERM OF GIVEN SENTENCE DATE

Adana 11

1. Mustafa Kökten 9 years 2 months Nov 2017

2. Mehmet Aygün 9 years 2 months Nov 2017

3. Melek Sarı 9 years 2 months Nov 2017

4. Serkan Ulufer 9 years Jan 2018

5. Ayhan Gül 9 years Jan 2018

6. Nazmi Değirmenci 6 years 3 months Nov 2017

7. Fatma Çilem Ömeroğlu 2 years 6 months 1.03.2018

8. İsmail Kara 12 years Nov 2017

9. M.D. 1 year 6 months 28.05.2018

10. Ö.A. 1 year 6 months 28.05.2018

11. Alp Değer Tanriverdi 7 years 6 months 18.01.2019

Adıyaman 2 12. Mehmet Canpolat 12 years

13. Cüneyt Göğüs 9 years Jan 2018

Afyon 8

14. Ali Rıza Küçükilhan 12 years 20.04.2017

15. Nedim Saru 11 years 3 months 2.06.2017

16. Haşim Söndürülmeyecek

9 years

17. Hüseyin Şükrü Ölmez 9 years

18. Hayrettin Ayvalı 6 years 3 months

19. Mustafa Faydalı 4 years 22 days

20. Yücel Akdağ 10 years 8.10.2018

21. Buseyne Kahraman 1 year 7 months 8.10.2018

Ankara 27

22. Mustafa Çuhacı 10 years 10.07.2018

23. H.Y. 1 year 6 months 10.07.2018

24. Murat Çelebi 1 year 6 months

25. Abdülkadir Aksoy 10 years 6 months

26. Raziye Aktaş 6 years 3 months 7.12.2018

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27. Umran Delice 7 years 6 months 11.12.2018

28. Ali Fuat Babatan 8 years 1 month 15 days 30.03.2019

29. Mehmet Rasim Kuseyri 8 years 1 month 15 days 30.03.2019

30. Mehmet Deveci 7 years 6 months 30.03.2019

31. Abdulkadir Ceylani Özgül

7 years 6 months 30.03.2019

32. Hasan Basri Aksoy 7 years 6 months 30.03.2019

33. Cemalettin Karadaş 7 years 6 months 30.03.2019

34. Çağlayan Erginay 7 years 6 months 30.03.2019

35. Süleyman Sallı 7 years 6 months 30.03.2019

36. Şaban Yağcı 7 years 6 months 30.03.2019

37. İsmail Yıldırım 6 years 10 months 15 days 30.03.2019

38. Ömer Karadeniz 6 years 10 months 15 days 30.03.2019

39. Mehmet Derdiyok 6 years 10 months 15 days 30.03.2019

40. Murat Araç 6 years 10 months 15 days 30.03.2019

41. Hüseyin Mehan 6 years 10 months 15 days 30.03.2019

42. İbrahim Temur 6 years 10 months 15 days 30.03.2019

43. Muhammet Ali Özdel 6 years 3 months 30.03.2019

44. Eren Babahanoğlu 6 years 3 months 30.03.2019

45. İbrahim Löklüoğlu 6 years 3 months 30.03.2019

46. Fuat Yüksel 6 years 3 months 30.03.2019

47. Mücahit Kozan 6 years 3 months 30.03.2019

48. Sait Şahan 6 years 3 months 30.03.2019

Antalya 12

49. Osman Yengil 6 years 10 months 15 days Jan 2018

50. Sedat Alp 6 years 10 months 15 days Jan 2018

51. Adnan Taşkın 6 years 10 months 15 days Jan 2018

52. Ali Yıldırım 6 years 10 months 15 days Jan 2018

53. Kenan Mengi 6 years 10 months 15 days Jan 2018

54. Mustafa Özmen 6 years 10 months 15 days Jan 2018

55. İbrahim Yıldız 6 years 10 months 15 days Jan 2018

56. Ömer Binali 6 years 3 months Jan 2018

57. Ersan Satılmış 6 years 3 months Jan 2018

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58. Murat Bayoğlu 6 years 3 months Jan 2018

59. Muhammet Sercan Üst 6 years 3 months Jan 2018

60. Ceylan Güler 6 years 3 months Jan 2018

Aydın 1 61. Yalçın Kayaaltı 9 years 27.01.2018

Balıkesir 5

62. Cengiz Çağlar Ayyıldız 6 years 3 months 22.05.2018

63. Mustafa Ezber 8 years 9 months 8.08.2018

64. Ahmet Çatalbaş 3 years 2 months

65. Burak Dede 3 years 2 months

66. Alaattin Akay 3 years 2 months

Batman 1 67. Neczat Kidir 6 years 3 months

Bilecik 1 68. Metin Yücel 8 years 9 months 5.01.2018

Bolu 2 69. Özgür Beyarslan 7 years 6 months 24.11.2017

70. Erol Altıntaş 8 years 9 months 29.05.2018

Bursa 12

71. Davut Terlemez 6 years 3 months 18.09.2018

72. Mustafa Güleç 6 years 3 months 18.09.2018

73. Mehmet Sönmez 6 years 3 months 18.09.2018

74. Mustafa Canbaz 6 years 3 months

75. Buğra Büyükeren 6 years 3 months 26.11.2018

76. Hilmi Sarı 6 years 3 months 26.11.2018

77. Mehmet Işık 6 years 3 months 26.11.2018

78. Mustafa Yelbey 6 years 3 months 26.11.2018

79. Okan Gökalp 6 years 3 months 26.11.2018

80. Ali Türkeli 7 years 6 months

81. Ali Hasdemir 1 year 6 months 26.11.2018

82. Çağatay Aygün 1 year 6 months 26.11.2018

Denizli 8

83. Muhammed İkbal Çil 7 years 9.05.2018

84. Muammer Güler 7 years 9.05.2018

85. Özcan Aksoy 7 years 9.05.2018

86. Emre Karcı 6 years 3 months 9.05.2018

87. Yusuf Yılmaz 6 years 3 months 9.05.2018

88. Müdayi Kaplan 6 years 3 months 9.05.2018

89. Hüdayi Kayhan 6 years 3 months 9.05.2018

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90. Mustafa Maskan 6 years 3 months 9.05.2018

Diyarbakır 1 91. Aysel Tuğluk 10 years 16.03.2018

Düzce 3 92. Hasan Çabuk 5 years 23.03.2019

93. Teoman Yaman 6 years 10 months 15 days 23.03.2019

94. Süleyman Hilmi Şirin 4 years 2 months 23.03.2019

Erzincan 2 95. Talip Nayır 10 years 21.07.2017

96. Cemalettin Özer 8 years 9 months 21.07.2017

Erzurum 10

97. Mehmet Salih Bayoğlu 1 year 6 months 22 days 10.10.2017

98. Serhat Akbulut 1 year 6 months 22 days 10.10.2017

99. Lokman Pirim 1 year 6 months 22 days 10.10.2017

100. Şerafettin Yaşar Laloğlu

4 years 8 months 7 days 10.10.2017

101. Hakan Dişkeser 4 years 8 months 7 days 10.10.2017

102. Mehmet Güzel 13 years 10.10.2017

103. Sinan Kurt 10 months 21.03.2017

104. Mehmet Ali Sarı 6 years 3 months

105. Sevgi Akın 6 years 3 months

106. Serap Çimen 6 years 3 months

Eskişehir 14

107. Vahap Ata 6 years 3 months

108. Osman Nuri Özcan 6 years 3 months

109. Turgay Balaban 3 years 2 months

110. Hakan Ata 10 years

111. Murat Uzun 12 years

112. İlyas Özkan 10 years

113. Ahmet Taktak 10 years

114. Akkız Uzun 6 years 3 months

115. Mustafa Erhan Boğur 6 years 3 months

116. Nurullah Tulum 4 years 2 months

117. Ramazan Ural 2 years

118. Fatih Türk

119. Evliya B.

120. Selamet Şen 6 years 3 months

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Gaziantep 3 121. Ömer Kayar 6 years 8 months 11.12.2017

122. Mehmet Gazi Yüzgeç 6 years 3 months 12.12.2018

123. Ömer Faruk Tosun 6 years 3 months 20.11.2018

Gümüşhane 1 124. Hasan Köprülü 6 years 3 months

Isparta 1 125. Bilal Özcan 6 years 3 months

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126. Doğan Akkurt 5 years 10 months 23.11.2017

127. Ramazan Demir 11 months 12.01.2018

128. Eren Keskin 7 years 6 months 29.03.2018

129. Ayşe Batumlu 5 months 29.03.2018

130. Fidel Okan 1 year 6 months 24.04.2018

131. Akın Atalay 7 years 6 months 25.04.2018

132. Mustafa Kemal Güngör

4 years 25.04.2018

133. Bülent Utku 2 years 25.04.2018

134. Suphi Bat 8 years 9 months

135. Burak Keskin 7 years 6 months

136. Burak Karaduman 7 years

137. Özge Elif Hendekçi 7 years 11 months

138. Yılmaz Çiçek 7 years 3 months

139. Mustafa Çağlar Akgün

6 years 3 months

140. Ali Rıza Mete 6 years 3 months

141. Selim Özkan 6 years 3 months

142. Coşkun Taşkın 6 years 3 months

143. Salih Boyalı 6 years 3 months

144. Turan Öztürk 6 years 3 months

145. Yakup Başer 6 years 3 months

146. Kamil Ata 6 years 3 months

147. Nuri Polat 6 years 3 months 12.12.2018

148. Fatma Saadet Yılmazer

7 years 6 months 21.11.2018

149. Barkın Timtik 19 years 20.03.2019

150. Ebru Timtik 13 years 6 months 20.03.2019

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151. Özgür Yılmaz 13 years 6 months 20.03.2019

152. Behiç Aşçı 12 years 20.03.2019

153. Şükriye Erden 12 years 20.03.2019

154. Süleyman Gökten 10 years 6 months 20.03.2019

155. Selçuk Kozağaçlı 10 years 6 months 20.03.2019

156. Aytaç Ünsal 10 years 6 months 20.03.2019

157. Engin Gökoğlu 10 years 6 months 20.03.2019

158. Aycan Çiçek 9 years 20.03.2019

159. Naciye Demir 9 years 20.03.2019

160. Ezgi Çakır 8 years 20.03.2019

161. Ayşegül Çağatay 3 years 9 months 20.03.2019

162. Yağmur Ereren 3 years 9 months 20.03.2019

163. Didem Baydar Ünsal 3 years 9 months 20.03.2019

164. Yaprak Türkmen 3 years 9 months 20.03.2019

165. Ahmet Mandacı 3 years 1 month 15 gün 20.03.2019

166. Zehra Özdemir 3 years 1 month 15 gün 20.03.2019

167. Efkan Bolaç 3 years

168. Hasan Günaydin 7 years 6 months 28.12.2018

169. Hurol Karadaş 12 years 13.03.2019

170. Faruk Seçen 2 years 6 months 14.03.2019

İzmir 7

171. Melih Dikayak 7 years 6 months 11.12.2017

172. Ali Aksoy 19 years 9 months 17.07.2018

173. Fethi Ün 12 years 20.11.2017

174. Muzaffer Uzlaş 9 years 9 months

175. Mustafa Ömer Tamer 9 years 9 months

176. Niyazi Baykurt 9 years 9 months

177. Nurten Eğercioğlu 6 years 8 months 29.03.2019

Kayseri 18

178. Süleyman Gürkök 8 years 9 months

179. Ahmet Kemal Göncü 8 years 9 months

180. Hakan Özbek 7 years 6 months

181. Sibel Gürkök 6 years 3 months

182. Oguz Holat 6 years 3 months

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183. Hacı Hasan Aydın 6 years 3 months

184. Hilmi Şençanlar 6 years 3 months

185. Bekir Sıddık Çelik 6 years 3 months

186. Mutlu Karayılan 6 years 3 months

187. Nejla Bektaş Kavgacı 6 years 3 months

188. Kemal Bahadır Öztaş 6 years 3 months

189. Ali Osman Turgut 3 years 1 month 15 gün

190. Mahmut Aydın 1 year 10 months

191. Ekrem Horozoğlu 4 years 3 months

192. Hakan B. 1 year 8 months 23.03.2018

193. Necati Çoşkun 6 years 3 months

194. İbrahim Bakır 2 years 1 month

195. Halil İbrahim Akkaş 6 years 3 months 6.12.2018

Kırıkkale 3 196. Mustafa Babayiğit 6 years 3 months Feb 2018

197. Mikail Ünal 6 years 3 months Feb 2018

198. Osman Karataş 6 years 3 months Feb 2018

Kırşehir 2 199. Şerafettin Sarıgül 10 years June 2017

200. Hasibe Toklucu 6 years 3 months

Kocaeli 3 201. İsmail Onur Aktan 6 years 3 months 18.06.2017

202. Sait Yılmaz 7 years 6 months

203. Ömer Ünlü 6 years 3 months

Konya 21

204. Fevzi Kayacan 10 years 6 months 27.10.2017

205. Erhan Şahin 8 years 9 months 27.10.2017

206. Mehmet Şimsek 8 years 9 months 27.10.2017

207. Osman Bugur 8 years 9 months 27.10.2017

208. Ahmet Bal 8 years 9 months 27.10.2017

209. Mehmet Yıldırım 8 years 9 months 27.10.2017

210. Özgür Solak 8 years 9 months 27.10.2017

211. Bekir Alper Kösterit 8 years 9 months 27.10.2017

212. Arif Özer 7 years 6 months 27.10.2017

213. Veysel Köylü 7 years 6 months 27.10.2017

214. Erdal Soydaş 7 years 6 months 27.10.2017

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215. Hatice Erdem 7 years 6 months 27.10.2017

216. Nihat Karahan 6 years 3 months 27.10.2017

217. Elşad Mehmethanlı 6 years 3 months 27.10.2017

218. Hasan Hüseyin Avcı 6 years 3 months 27.10.2017

219. İbrahim Bakım 3 years 27.10.2017

220. Ramazan Arı 3 years 27.10.2017

221. Mehmet Balta 3 years 27.10.2017

222. Orhan Özkavak 3 years 27.10.2017

223. Muhammed Tahra 3 years 27.10.2017

224. Oğuzhan Yetkin 10 months 27.10.2017

Kütahya 2 225. Halil Özcan 7 years 6 months

226. Mustafa D. 7 years 6 months

Malatya 2 227. Mehmet Ali Canpolat 6 years 3 months 8.01.2018

228. Turan Canpolat 10 years Nov 2017

Manisa 11

229. Zeynel Balkız 2 years 1 month

230. Ali Özcel 6 years 10 months 15 days

231. İsa Koşar 6 years 10 months 15 days

232. Besim Yücel 6 years 10 months 15 days

233. Gökhan Çelik 6 years 3 months

234. Kadir Çelik 6 years 3 months

235. Hüseyin Azman 6 years 3 months

236. Yalçın Cabar 6 years 3 months

237. Haluk Bedel 7 years 6 months

238. Gürhan Onat 7 years 6 months

239. Sadettin Yılmaz 7 years 6 months

Muş 1 240. Burcu Çelik Özkan 7 years 3 months 10 days 9.04.2018

Niğde 3 241. Yasin Ü. 3 years 1 month 15 days June 2017

242. Hakan Algar 3 years 1 month 15 days June 2017

243. Okan Y. 3 years 1 month 15 days June 2017

Samsun 13 244. Fevzi Cem Şenocak 10 years 6 months 16.05.2018

245. Yusuf Zotluoğlu 7 years 6 months 16.05.2018

246. Mustafa Kemal Açıcı 6 years 3 months 16.05.2018

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247. Zekeriya Albayrak 6 years 3 months 16.05.2018

248. Serdar Kutlu 6 years 3 months 16.05.2018

249. Neşe Yıldızoğlu 6 years 3 months 16.05.2018

250. Fatma Şen 6 years 3 months 16.05.2018

251. Serdar Şenocak 1 year 6 months 16.05.2018

252. Kemal Yıldız 1 year 6 months 16.05.2018

253. Serdar Baskın 1 year 6 months 16.05.2018

254. Elmas Çatar 1 year 6 months 16.05.2018

255. Dilek Kütükçü 1 year 6 months 16.05.2018

256. Recep Bağ 1 year 6 months 16.05.2018

Siirt 1 257. Cemal Acar 8 years 1 month 4.05.2018

Sivas 10

258. Ersin Coşman 6 years 3 months Dec 2017

259. Fatih S. 3 years 9 months

260. Erdal Özkan 6 years 8 months

261. Halil İbrahim Darıcı 7 years 3 months

262. Hakan P. 3 years 1 month 15 gün

263. Murat Güler 5 years

264. Dilek Fırtına Toraman

9 years 2 months

265. Ömer Nazlım 9 years 2 months

266. other 1 lawyer 6 years 25.09.2017

267. other 1 lawyer 6 years 25.09.2017

Şanlıurfa 1 268. Emin Baran 1 year 9 months 8.10.2018

Şırnak 1 269. Filiz Ölmez 15 months 23.11.2018

Tokat 4

270. Kadir Tulum 3 years Dec 2016

271. Mesut Böğrek 2 years Dec 2016

272. Şaban Top 2 years Dec 2016

273. Ferhat Kızılkaya 2 years Dec 2016

Tunceli 1 274. Suna Bilgin 6 years 3 months 19.04.2018

TOTAL 274 1762 years 6 months 22 days