1 Fact 1 Question
1 Fact 1 Question
Volunteer Jurists
1 Fact 1 Question - Dismissals of Judges and Prosecutors
19 minutes Posted Mar 20, 2021 at 2:12 pm.
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In this episode our question was related to the fact that 4000 Turkish judges and prosecutors have been dismissed after the coup attempt in 2016.


0.00 - 1.30 : Introduction and revealing of the fact

1.30 - 3.30 : What are the grounds for a judge to be dismissed according to international principles?

3.30 - 6.45 : Mass dismissals in Turkey

6.45 - 8.45 : Procedural and substantial miscarriages of justice in those dismissals

8.45 - 13.00 : Peace Penal Magistrates 

13.00 - 16.35 : What is the chilling effect?

16.35 - 19.43 : What danger these dismissals and arrests imply?