Process to Judges Baser and Özelik in Turkey

On January 21st, 2016, IAJ Honorary President Mr. Gerhard Reissner participated in the hearing against the judges Baser and Özelik in Ankara (Turkey).

After his report—accessible in the restricted area of the IAJ website (once you log in), at the following address: https://www.iaj-uim.org/?document-argument=&document-author=group-europe-eaj&document-year=2016&document-type=&document-nation=turkey —EAJ President and IAJ First Vice President Mr. Christophe Régnard, wrote a letter to following European Authorities, in order to inform them about the process and to express EAJ’s worries about the situation of the independence of the Judiciary in Turkey:
– Mr Martin SCHULTZ, President of EU Parliament
– Mr Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations
– Ms Věra JOUROVÁ, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
– Mr Thorbjørn JAGLAND, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
– Mr Nils MUIŽNIEKS, Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe
– M. Pedro AGRAMUNT, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

The issue had been debated as well in May 2015 Gdansk by the EAJ, which issued a declaration, available at the following web page:
https://www.iaj-uim.org/iuw/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/EAJ-resolution-on-Turkey-may-2015.pdf