Istanbul 35th Assize Court issued the release of Amnesty International Turkey Executive Board Chairman and lawyer Taner Kılıç, who was the only arrested defendant in the Büyükada Case.
A release verdict was issued for Kılıç, who was arrested for 431 days, on 31 January 2018; whereas Kılıç was arrested once again without even being able to leave prison following the objection of the Prosecutor. “We are submitting petitions regularly for more than a year for Kılıç to be released. This time, the verdict was issued in the monthly routine examination,” Kılıç’s lawyer Murat Dinçer stated.
The file of Kılıç, who was arrested in June 2017 together with 22 colleagues, was merged with the main file of the Büyükada Case in October 2017, with 10 human rights advocates standing trial as defendants. The rights advocates are charged with ‘armed terrorist organization membership’ and ‘committing offenses on behalf of an illegal organization without being members’ within the case.
16.08.2018
bianet.org