Turkey has prosecuted more than 1,500 attorneys, arresting 599 of them, on terrorism charges, since a 2016 failed coup, according to a newly released report from The Arrested Lawyers initiative.
As of Sept. 1, 321 lawyers had been sentenced to a total of 2,022 years in prison for terrorist group membership or disseminating terrorist propaganda.
Turkey survived a coup attempt in 2016, after which a two-year-long state of emergency was declared by the government, which accuses the faith-based Gülen movement of orchestrating the abortive putsch.
The Gülen movement strongly denies any involvement.
from Turkey Purge https://turkeypurge.com/turkey-prosecutes-1500-lawyers-puts-599-of-them-in-prison-since-july-2016-report
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