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His body was buried today in the Gaz cemetery. In his coffin, a red flag, a lawyer’s suit and carnations.
Turkish police tried to prevent the defender’s supporters from attending a memorial in front of the Istanbul Bar Association. According to the newspaper Universal, riot police officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the protest march against the treatment received by the human rights defender and other colleagues, who were imprisoned and sentenced according to what human rights organizations consider not it is neither fair nor impartial. At least one lawyer was detained, the newspaper added. “Ebru Timtik is immortal” and Aytac Unsal, currently in critical condition due to a hunger strike in prison, “our honor,” chanted the protesters.
In February, he began fasting to protest against unfair trials, together with his colleague. Aytac Unsal, which would be in critical condition. Long-standing opposition and human rights groups question the lack of impartiality and independence of the courts under the presidency Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Timtik’s death comes months after two members of the musical group Grup Yorum, Helin Bolek and Mustafa Kocak, died on hunger strike. They were also accused of having ties to the so-called terrorist group.
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“When a lawyer dies, the rights of citizens die. Roman lawyers mourn the Turkish colleague Ebru Timtik, a martyr for human rights and the law, who defended those rights with his life.” The council of the Rome Bar Association writes it on Facebook, thus remembering Timtik.
“Ebru Timtik, a member of our firm, was martyred,” Halkin Hukuk Burosu wrote on Twitter. Sentenced last year to more than 13 years in prison for “belonging to a terrorist organization,” Timtik was a member of the Contemporary Lawyers Association, which specializes in defending politically sensitive cases. The Turkish authorities accuse the association of being linked to the radical Marxist-Leninist organization Dhkp.
The lawyer specifically defended the family of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who died in 2014 from injuries sustained during the anti-government protests in Gezi in 2013. Last month, an Istanbul court refused to release Ebru Timtik, despite of a medical report. He indicated that his state of health no longer allowed him to remain in prison. A similar request was submitted to the Constitutional Court in August, without success. Instead of being released, Timtik and Unsal were transferred to two different hospitals in July.
The struggle of the lawyers of the Turkish people over the death of fasting must not be greeted with silence. They only demand a fair trace.#EbruTimtik 185 days# AytaçUnsal 154 days# EbruVeAytaçDying# EbruVeAytaçYa? Ace? N#Halk? NAvukatlar? NaAdalet#JusticeforLawyersPeople pic.twitter.com/KRPCyrdToM
– Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) July 5, 2020
Ebru Timtik, who consumed only sugar water, teas and vitamins during his hunger strike, weighed 13 kilos at the time of his death, according to his relatives.
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