The connections of dethroned mafia figure Ayhan Bora Kaplan continue to be exposed. This time it has been revealed that the head of the Ankara police directorate's organised crime unit personally trafficked at least 30 kilos of cocaine.| The Arrested Lawyers Initiative - Volunteer organisation to defend the defenders
A rights group consists of lawyers making advocacy to ensure lawyers and human rights defenders perform their duty without fear of intimidation, reprisal and judicial harassment. The Arrested Lawyers Initiative is the member of the International Observatory for Lawyers.| The Arrested Lawyers Initiative
Işınkaralar's case highlights quite a number of serious issues including widespread torture and sexual abuse in police custody, the reduction of safeguards against torture, non-compliance with the Istanbul Protocol on medical documentation of torture, impunity and corruption.| The Arrested Lawyers Initiative - Volunteer organisation to defend the defenders
In a series of critical remarks that underscore the deepening judicial crisis in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sharply criticized two of the country's highest courts, the Council of State and the Constitutional Court. Labeling their decisions as "incomprehensible" and "unsettling".| The Arrested Lawyers Initiative - Volunteer organisation to defend the defenders
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and The Arrested Lawyers Initiative have released a detailed report highlighting the declining independence of the legal profession and bar associations in Turkey. The report underscores the targeting of law professionals through unfair trials, arbitrary detainment, imprisonment and harassment, as well as the alarming misuse of counter-terrorism legislation to prosecute lawyers in the course of their legitimate work.| The Arrested Lawyers Initiative - Volunteer organisation to defend the defenders