Aryen Turan, a lawyer from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) has been detained on 3 November as a result of her speech in the Ordinary General Assembly of İzmir Bar on 22 October, reported Mezopotamya Agency.
On 22 October, Aryen Turan made a speech in the General Assembly of İzmir Bar, in Turkey. She spoke about the sick prisoners and the alleged usage of chemical weapons by the Turkish army. She also criticised the male-dominated society and at the end of her speech she chanted the Kurdish slogan “Jin, Jîyan, Azadî” (Woman, Life, Freedom).
“We promise that we will forever protect [Jina Amini’s] free and equal life dreams. And we are loudly shouting ‘Jin, Jîyan, Azadî” against this male-dominant capitalist system which suppresses especially women and different sexual orientations,” said Turan during her speech.
Regarding the speech of Turan, many Republican Lawyers’ Group members reacted against the Kurdish motto and chanted “Mustafa Kemal’in Askerleriyiz!” (We are the soldiers of Mustafa Kemal) which is a motto for the republican opposition in Turkey.
Yeni Şafak, a pro-government newspaper, targeted the lawyer, writing “Aryen Turan concluded her speech with the words of the terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan”
İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor started an investigation against the lawyer following her speech on 24 October and Turan was detained on 3 November.
Aryen Turan has been paroled with a travel ban on 4 November.
