Can Atalay

Talk About Democracy and Europe? Then Free Selahattin Demirtaş

Former Democratic People’s Party (HDP) co-leader Demirtaş was detained and arrested on November 4, 2016.  November 3, marked nine years…

1 month ago

Erdoğan’s AKP faces new test: The Can Atalay case and Abbas visit

Another test of pluralist democracy and rule of law within President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) will…

1 year ago

The Can Atalay Case: the quake in Turkey’s rule of law

The game played at the highest levels of the state has come to the end long expected of it. After…

2 years ago

Imprisoned lawmaker Atalay’s parliamentary seat was revoked

Imprisoned Turkish Worker's Party (TİP) lawmaker Can Atalay's parliamentary seat was revoked in the Turkish Grand National Assembly fueling further…

2 years ago

Erdoğan’s political risk: Will the parliament approve Sweden’s NATO bid without F-16s

President Tayyip Erdoğan is on the verge of one of the most difficult decisions of his political life. He has…

2 years ago

Legal standoff: Turkish courts lock horns over release of lawmaker Atalay

The legal proceedings surrounding the imprisonment of Can Atalay, a lawmaker from the Turkish Worker’s Party (TİP), have escalated into…

2 years ago

Judicial tension for Atalay: Istanbul court resists the top court again

The judicial tension increased in Türkiye as Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court resisted once again the Constitutional Court's explicit order…

2 years ago

Supreme Court defies Constitutional Court: Turkish judiciary in crisis

The Third Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Türkiye rejected complying with the Constitutional Court’s decision to release imprisoned…

2 years ago

Top court ruled imprisoned lawmaker to be released: will he be?

The Constitutional Court (AYM) ruled that the rights of  Can Atalay, who was elected as Turkish Labor Party (TİP) Hatay…

2 years ago

Gezi Trial: Crumbling Turkish judiciary, Erdoğan’s unrelenting anger

The main factor keeping Osman Kavala and the Gezi Trial prisoners in jail is not the law. It is not…

2 years ago