Türkiye: Drop Case Against Bar Association

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Lawyers from Istanbul Bar Association protest the detention of Mehmet Pehlivan, lawyer to jailed mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, and other detained lawyers. Istanbul, June 23, 2025. © 2025 İstanbul Bar Association (Ankara, September 10, 2025) – Criminal and civil proceedings against the executive board of the Istanbul Bar Association are incompatible with Türkiye’s international human rights obligations and represent a direct assault on the independence of the legal profession, 12 legal and human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch said today. …

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