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Released on the same charge, Ayten Öztürk given two aggravated life sentences

Released on the same charge, Ayten Öztürk given two aggravated life sentences

Facing charges for watching a lynching carried out by others and attending a meting, Ayten Öztürk’s life imprisonment aggravated twice has been upheld.

21 February 2022

Lawyer Ebru Timtik submits appeal to Court of Cassation over 'permanent witness'

Lawyer Ebru Timtik submits appeal to Court of Cassation over 'permanent witness'

In the death fasting lawyers' application to the Court of Cassation, bianet's reports on witness İ.Ö.'s petition in which he said he was hallucinating and his testimony shouldn't be taken into account were also included.

4 August 2020 Ayça Söylemez

'Rise of informants': Tip-offs to prosecutors increased by 118 percent in a year

'Rise of informants': Tip-offs to prosecutors increased by 118 percent in a year

The government's polarizing discourse leads people to fink on one another while the legitimate opposition is portrayed as a threat to the country, CHP MP Gamze Akkuş-İlgezdi has warned.

23-Year Prison Sentence Solely Based on Witness Statement

23-Year Prison Sentence Solely Based on Witness Statement

Korkmaz has been sentenced to 23 years, 9 months in prison based one the statements of permanent witness İ.Ö. though both the prosecutor’s office and the security directorate said that “he had no links with the organization.”

20 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Permanent Witness’ Used by Police Officers to Threaten Another Officer

‘Permanent Witness’ Used by Police Officers to Threaten Another Officer

Calling himself a long-time informant for the police, prisoner İ.Ö. said that they had “warned” a police officer by shooting his son with a gun and he was given a minor sentence thanks to an acquainted judge arranged for him.

12 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Informant Files Complaint Against the Attorney Who Called Him an Informant

Informant Files Complaint Against the Attorney Who Called Him an Informant

Testifying that “he has been an informant since he was 10”, prisoner İ.Ö. filed a complaint against an attorney for calling him an informant for the police. In his defense, the attorney indicated that this description was made by İ.Ö. himself.

30 January 2020 Ayça Söylemez

'The Permanent Witness' on Parliamentary Agenda: 'Hundreds Arrested Because of Them'

'The Permanent Witness' on Parliamentary Agenda: 'Hundreds Arrested Because of Them'

After bianet's reports on a self-proclaimed informant who testified in more than a hundred political cases, MPs from the HDP and the TİP have brought the case into the parliamentary agenda.

29 January 2020

'I Became an Informant When I was 10'

'I Became an Informant When I was 10'

A self-proclaimed "informant" who was a witness in numerous political cases is now in prison, where he watches TV programs and regularly files complaints against people who "insult the president and the state."

21 January 2020 Ayça Söylemez