{"id":62588,"date":"2026-04-16T18:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/62588\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:26:23","slug":"lawyer-alleges-police-violence-at-istanbul-station-after-client-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/62588\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer alleges police violence at \u0130stanbul station after client meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yunus-Ozayar.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"368\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- alt=\"\" title=\"Yunus O\u0308zayar\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yunus-Ozayar-696x368.jpeg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"368\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yunus-Ozayar-696x368.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Yunus O\u0308zayar\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Yunus \u00d6zayar filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday alleging that police officers <a href=\"https:\/\/ankahaber.net\/haber\/detay\/avukat_ozayardan_esenyurttaki_karakolda_darp_edildigi_iddiasina_karsi_suc_duyurusu_her_zaman_engelleri_asarak_calismak_gercekten_yorucu_304958\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">physically assaulted<\/a> him at a police station in \u0130stanbul after he requested access to a client\u2019s case file, the ANKA news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged assault took place on Saturday in Esenyurt, where \u00d6zayar met with a foreign client facing possible deportation following a traffic accident case.<\/p>\n<p>After asking to review the case file, \u00d6zayar was allegedly told there was no file or prosecutorial order and that his client would be transferred to a deportation center on Monday. He said police also refused his request to speak with the prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer was then allegedly subjected to physical force by four police officers including one in plain clothes and removed from the station.<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6zayar was later taken to a hospital, treated for injuries and discharged with a medical report.<\/p>\n<p>The \u0130stanbul Bar Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tr724.com\/istanbulda-avukata-karakolda-siddet-istanbul-barosundan-polisleri-aciga-alin-cagrisi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">condemned<\/a> the incident, saying violence against lawyers threatens the right to defense and a fair trial. It called for an immediate, impartial investigation and the suspension of the officers involved.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes amid ongoing concerns about police brutality and a climate of impunity in Turkey. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkey-labeled-high-risk-in-global-torture-index\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Global Torture Index 2025<\/a>, released by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Turkey is in the second-highest risk tier among 26 countries assessed, citing widespread allegations of torture, unchecked police violence and legal and institutional barriers that block accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lawyer Yunus \u00d6zayar filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday alleging that police officers physically assaulted him at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[15005,11393,427,34420,34421,131,132,155,34422],"class_list":{"0":"post-62588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-ill-treatment","9":"tag-istanbul-bar-association","10":"tag-justice","11":"tag-lawyer","12":"tag-police-violence","13":"tag-stockholm","14":"tag-sweden","15":"tag-turkey","16":"tag-yunus-ozayar"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116415797259895461","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62588","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=62588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}