
New Party Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir announced that Mehmet Pehlivan, the lawyer of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, was hastily transferred from Karatepe High Security Penitentiary Institution in Çorlu to Kandıra F Type Prison without informing anyone, and stated that this situation was a clear violation of the right to defense and fair trial.
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Ekrem İmamoğlu is detained while serving as the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan is in his defense and his hearings continue.
NEW Party Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir announced that the prison of detained IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu's lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan has been changed.
It was reported that Pehlivan was transferred from Karatepe High Security Penitentiary Institution in Çorlu, which is publicly known as "well type", to Kandıra F Type Prison.
“IT WAS SHIPPED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT NOTIFICATION TO ANYONE”
Emir used the following statements in his statement regarding the transfer:
"Ekrem İmamoğlu's lawyer, Mehmet Pehlivan, was transferred from the well type prison in Çorlu to Kandıra F Type prison without informing anyone, around 03:00 last night, while his hearings were continuing!"
“IT IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO DEFENSE AND TO A FAIR TRIAL”
Reacting to the way the shipment was carried out, Emir continued as follows:
"This midnight operation, carried out as if smuggling goods from a fire, is a clear violation of the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment, and the right to defense and fair trial. This torture, which was inflicted on a lawyer who was arrested just for defending his client, has become open torture."
CALL TO LAWYERS AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS
Murat Emir also called on lawyers and bar associations and completed his statement as follows:
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Lawyers and bar associations will ask for an official statement about Pehlivan's transfer and, if necessary, make legal applications.
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