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Date of the report: September 2021

This report is produced by the delegation of the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD for its french acronym) during the joint judicial observation mission carried out in Istanbul from 15 to 20 September 2021. It is a complement to the report of the previous joint judicial observation mission carried out in Istanbul from 4 to 8 April 2021 by the OIAD, the General Council of Spanish Lawyers, the Geneva Bar and the Paris Bar .

More specifically, this report deals with the two hearings of 15 and 20 September 2021 respectively in the CHD I and II trial before the 18th Criminal Chamber of Istanbul concerning Barkin Timtik and Selçuk Kozağaçlı and in the case concerning Oya Aslan and Günay Dağ before the 37th Criminal Chamber of Istanbul. It also covers the visits to lawyers in prison that were carried out by the OIAD delegation on 16 and 17 September 2021 along with twenty-four other delegations.

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