Rule of law fades away in Turkey despite brief shimmer
(World News Austria)

Yesterday, IPI quoted the academic and journalist Mehmet Altan from his defence statement given on Tuesday when he said, `If the rule of law were upheld, I would not have gone through any of what I am going through. I am here because the rule of law has been destroyed.` Today, with six aggravated life sentences handed out to him and his co-defendants, comes proof of the total disregard for the rule of law in Turkey. The Turkish courts repeatedly failed to uphold due process throughout this and other trials in which Mehmet Altan and his brother, author Mehmet Altan, are defendants. This disregard for legal procedure is evident on many...