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In the Kobanî trial, the court held the hearing without waiting for the upper court to examine the defendants’ request for recusal. It has rejected the jailed politicians’ requests for being exempted from the hearings.

On July 10, 2020, a request for recusation was submitted for the judge who criticized bianet’s news report in these words. It has been understood that the upper court rejected this request two days earlier, on July 8. The year of rejection is 2019.

Şevki Uluçam, lawyer of defendant Colonel Öz, insists on his request to recuse the judge in the Trabzon case on "neglect" regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink. The recently pronounced conviction of Turkey by the ECHR will be considered on 24 November.

The court expelled joint attorneys Tanrıkulu and Özdemir from the court room during a hearing of the JİTEM case including defendant Colonel Temizöz amongst others. The court accepted the request for recusation of allegedly prejudiced lawyers.