{"id":18681,"date":"2026-02-19T17:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/18681\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:22:07","slug":"turkish-lawyer-briefly-detained-after-seeking-to-record-clients-torture-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/18681\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish lawyer briefly detained after seeking to record client\u2019s torture claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Omur-Can-Aydin.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"390\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- alt=\"\" title=\"O\u0308mu\u0308r Can Ayd\u0131n\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Omur-Can-Aydin.jpeg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"390\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Omur-Can-Aydin.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"O\u0308mu\u0308r Can Ayd\u0131n\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Turkish lawyer was briefly detained Wednesday on accusations of \u201cslander of a public official\u201d after he insisted on having his client\u2019s torture allegations recorded in a police report in \u0130zmir, the Mezopotamya News Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/mezopotamyaajansi35.com\/GENCLIK\/content\/view\/303018\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer \u00d6m\u00fcr Can Ayd\u0131n was summoned to a police station in connection with his client\u2019s interrogation. After he insisted that his client\u2019s torture allegations be included in the official record, a prosecutor ordered his detention. He was later taken to the courthouse, where he gave his testimony before being released.<\/p>\n<p>The \u0130zmir Bar Association condemned the detention and expressed support for Ayd\u0131n in a statement. The bar said its representatives attempted to speak with the prosecutor overseeing the case but that he refused to engage and abruptly ended the call.<\/p>\n<p>The bar association said the incident took place the same day Justice Minister Ak\u0131n G\u00fcrlek sent a message to lawyers\u2019 personal mobile phones saying, \u201cWe are one family,\u201d following <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/80-turkish-bar-associations-condemn-ministers-plan-to-restrict-lawyer-access\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">backlash<\/a> from bar associations over his remarks about lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes amid growing concern among lawyers and bar associations in Turkey, who have increasingly faced investigations and prosecutions linked to their activities. Critics say such measures amount to criminalization of legal defense and are aimed at intimidating lawyers representing clients associated with dissident groups.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest global Rule of Law Index released in October 2025 by the World Justice Project, Turkey was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldjusticeproject.org\/rule-of-law-index\/downloads\/WJPIndex2025.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ranked<\/a>\u00a0118th out of 143 countries, falling one place from the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Turkish lawyer was briefly detained Wednesday on accusations of \u201cslander of a public official\u201d after he insisted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[312,13109,13110,13111,13112,131,132,13113,155],"class_list":{"0":"post-18681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-human-rights","9":"tag-izmir-bar-association","10":"tag-legal-defense","11":"tag-omur-can-aydin","12":"tag-slander-of-a-public-official","13":"tag-stockholm","14":"tag-sweden","15":"tag-torture","16":"tag-turkey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}