The European Bars Federation (FBE) Will Closely Watch the Trial of 7 January 2014 Against Lawyers of the Istanbul Bar Association

Consequently, the European Advocacy, embodied by the FBE, sees the prosecution of the head of the Istanbul Bar as a political undue influence in the judiciary and as a pretext of the Turkish Government to launch an attack against the principles of separation of powers and the rule of law, legal values that the Turkish Advocacy and the FBE defend all over Europe.

Consequently, the European Advocacy, embodied by the FBE, sees the prosecution of the head of the Istanbul Bar as a political undue influence in the judiciary and as a pretext of the Turkish Government to launch an attack against the principles of separation of powers and the rule of law, legal values that the Turkish Advocacy and the FBE defend all over Europe.

For more information:

Mr. Javier Diago, Secretary General of the FBE:
tel. +34620886208, Email: [email protected]

Ms. Banu Kurtulan, FBE official representative:
tel. +43(0)1-2126116, fax +43(0)1-212611611
Email: [email protected]
FBE website: http://www.fbe.org