Another 'despotic state' practice in an Anatolian court

A lawyer from the Central Anatolian province of Afyon, Umut K?l?ç, took the judges? exam and was jailed. 

K?l?ç received 85 points on the written exam, which is the first phase of the qualification, but he was not able to pass the interview. This was his second try on the oral exam. 

He took the interview and attempted to explain to the members of the committee the damage the subjectivity of the interview can cause to human life.  

This is his crime. The members of the exam committee did not like this situation, called the police and had the lawyer taken out. Meanwhile, there was a scuffle and unpleasant words were exchanged. Upon that, K?l?ç was sent to the Court of Peace with a demand for his arrest, and he was arrested. 

This is a really interesting situation. There are judgments by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that public employees and politicians can be criticized harshly. Apparently, the judge had not taken this into consideration. 

The maximum penalty K?l?ç can possible get from the charge is within the limits of the deferment of the announcement of the verdict. In other words, even if he is sentenced, he will not be jailed. One can only be astonished at how the judge ruled for an arrest in this case.

The person in question is a lawyer. He has a known address, office and profession. How can the judge rule that he might escape and thus should be jailed? It is not comprehensible. 

The evidence regarding the crime is the minutes of the committee. There is no other evidence. If the defendant was not jailed, which evidence would he have spoiled? 

The head of the Turkish Bar Association, Professor Metin Feyzio?lu, said, ?If it were a judge and not a lawyer who said these...