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Bar asks court to hear former PM as witness in Kurdish lawyer’s murder case

A bar association in southeastern Turkey and lawyers representing the family of a prominent Kurdish lawyer who was shot to death in 2015 have...

Wife hopes for fair treatment in third hearing of Kurdish lawyer’s murder case

Türkan Elçi has expressed hope that she doesn’t go through the same injustice she faced in the first hearing of a trial concerning the...

Police, not the PKK, killed Tahir Elçi: Forensic Architecture

An indictment concerning the killing of prominent human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi that charges a Kurdish militant with murder is not realistic, according to...

Fifth anniversary of Kurdish lawyer’s murder commemorated on social media amid pandemic

Tahir Elçi, a prominent Kurdish human rights activist and former head of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was remembered by his family members, colleagues and...

Prosecutor drafts indictment 5 years after Kurdish human rights lawyer’s murder

The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office has drafted an indictment on the November 2015 killing of Kurdish human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi, charging three police officers with negligence...

Prosecutor asks for new forensic report on Kurdish human rights lawyer’s killing

The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office has asked for a new report from Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) following a report by the London-based...

London investigators say Kurdish human rights lawyer killed by police bullet

London-based Forensic Architecture, a multidisciplinary research group that uses architectural techniques and technologies to investigate cases of state violence and violations of human rights...

Trustee removes name of slain Kurdish activist Elçi from park in Van

Hacı Asım Akgül, a trustee appointed by the government to Van's Çatak Municipality, has removed the name of former Diyarbakır Bar Association head and...

Kurdish lawyer Elçi commemorated on first anniversary of death

Former head of Diyarbakır Bar Association and human rights activist Tahir Elçi was commemorated on the first anniversary of his murder in the southeastern...

Niece of slain bar association head detained in PKK operation

Zelal Elçi, the niece of Tahir Elçi, former head of the Diyarbakır Bar Association who was assassinated in November 2015, was detained by police...

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