11.04.2025 13:40
Following the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 59 more young people who were arrested for participating in the protests have been released. Among those granted release is Selinay Uzuntel, a student from Istanbul University who spoke in Saraçhane. It is worth noting that a release decision was also made for 102 young people yesterday.
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The protests that began with the cancellation of the diploma of the CHP's presidential candidate, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, resulted in nearly a thousand people being detained in Istanbul, and 278 people were arrested.
YESTERDAY 102 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE RELEASED
The Istanbul 49th Criminal Court of First Instance examined the indictment against 139 defendants yesterday and issued a release order for 102 young people, including CHP PM member Berkay Gezgin.
59 MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE RELEASED
Today, the Istanbul 62nd Criminal Court of First Instance, which conducted a preliminary examination, issued a release order for 59 young people who were arrested for participating in the protests on March 19. Among those released is Selinay Uzuntel, a student from Istanbul University, who spoke in Saraçhane.
COURT'S DECISION
The court's decision stated that "the nature and characteristics of the crime, the minimum and maximum limits of the penalty specified in the law, the fact that it does not fall under the catalog crimes mentioned in Article 100 of the CMK, the current evidence situation, the duration of detention of the defendants, some of whom are students, the possibility of disruption in their education processes, the fact that the defendants have fixed residences and there are no suspicions of flight, and the release decisions given for defendants in the same legal situation by other courts regarding the same crime, as well as the consideration that the defendants have the right to a fair trial as stated in Article 36 of the Turkish Constitution," were taken into account in the release decision.
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