17.04.2025 18:20
The Honorary President of the Contemporary Lawyers Association, Selçuk Kozağaçlı, who was released yesterday, was re-arrested and sent to Marmara Prison in Silivri after the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office appealed the release decision.
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Lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı, who was granted a release decision, was detained today after his release yesterday. Kozağaçlı was arrested and sent to prison.
Selçuk Kozağaçlı, Honorary President of the Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD), who has been imprisoned since 2017 for the crime of 'Being a Member of the DHKP/C Terrorist Organization' at the Marmara Prison in Silivri, was released yesterday evening.
RE-ARRESTED
Following the appeal made after the release decision, Kozağaçlı was detained again today under a warrant issued against him. Kozağaçlı, who was taken into custody, was arrested and sent back to the Marmara Prison in Silivri.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation completed the review of the appeal in April 2024 and upheld the sentences. The chamber noted that the decisions regarding the defendants Avni Güçlü Sevimli, Alper Tunga Saral, Gülvin Aydın Savran, Efkan Bolaç, Güray Dağ, Mümin Özgür Gider, Metin Narin, Nazan Betül Vangölü Kozağaçlı, Oya Aslan, Rahim Yılmaz, Selda (Kaya) Yılmaz, Özgür Yılmaz, Serhan Arıkanoğlu, Taylan Tanay, and Sevgi (Özer) Sönmez were subject to the appeal process, while the decisions regarding Selçuk Kozağaçlı and Barkın Timtik were noted to be subject to appeal for all crimes except for "membership in an armed terrorist organization," and returned the file to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Cassation without reviewing it. The 12-year prison sentence given to Selçuk Kozağaçlı for the crime of "membership in a terrorist organization" was reduced to 10 years and 5 months by the 3rd Criminal Chamber and upheld.
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