nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200928-220723-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200928s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200928-220723-0 doi eng 342 23 Yildiz, Ali Author aut Continuing Violation - The Legality of Mass Arrests of Lawyers in Turkey Yildiz, Ali Verfassungsblog 2020-09-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Since the failed coup attempt in 2016, lawyers, judges and prosecutors have persistently been subject to illegal surveillance and mass arrests. The latest such arrest of 50 lawyers took place on September 11th, 2020, during police raids in Ankara in the dawn. Arrests of lawyers have become the new normal although legal professionals should enjoy strong protections by law. Turkey’s Court of Cassation, however, has deprived these guarantees of any practical effectiveness by unlawfully expanding the meaning of in flagrante delicto. CC BY-SA 4.0 European Convention of Human Rights Judiciary mass arrests Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/continuing-violation/ raw object