The İstanbul Bar Association on Friday denounced the arrest of a lawyer representing jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the biggest political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, calling it a dangerous criminalization of legal defense and a violation of constitutional rights, Turkish Minute reported. Lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was arrested late Thursday by İstanbul’s 9th Criminal … Continue reading İstanbul bar slams arrest of jailed mayor’s lawyer as attack on legal profession