Process in Turkey: Deniz Yücels lawyer is in court

And almost all of them were imprisoned

The 'world'Journalist Deniz Yücel is back in Germany, but now his lawyer is in Turkey's courtFor allegedly 'insulting the judiciary' threatened him with a prison sentence. The defenders of the, until recently, in Turkey, the prisoners 'world'correspondents Deniz Yücel two years in prison, a media report says. Veysel Ok is accused of insulting the judiciary, such as the 'Welt am Sonntag' reported. December in an Interview with the now set the newspaper 'Özgür Düsende', among other things, declared that the Turkish judiciary is colored 'the same throughout' and speak 'with one voice'. The procedure to Ok according to the indictment after a complaint from the office of state President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been started, learned the 'doublet' of Oks defense team. The process against him before the local court in Istanbul began on may. By September On Wednesday, the fourth session of stand in which the judgment was expected. Ok defended Yücel since his arrest on allegations of terrorist propaganda and sedition in the spring of last year. He is still Yücels defenders in the ongoing proceedings before the criminal court in Istanbul and in front of the European court of human rights in Strasbourg.

I merely shared my experience as a lawyer

Yucel was set in February on your own recognizance and left the Turkey in the meantime. In its opinion, to charge Ok, had declared: 'I've defended a great many Turkish journalists in court.

I do not think that the Investigation courts are independent.

'He was 'itself a part of the judicial system. I had no intention to insult it. But I am entitled to criticize the justice system'. Ok, the Reporter Cihan Acar is accused of the had led the Interview. In the proceedings against Ok of a legal representative, Erdogan had requested to be in the name of the President. The court did not, however, because Erdogan had not been damaged by the Oks of Expression 'immediately'. For criticism or suggestions, please fill in the following fields. So that we can reply, please provide your E-Mail address.

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