Academic Nuriye Gülmen and teacher Semih Özakça were dismissed from their posts by a Statutory Decree (KHK) almost a year ago and they have been on a hunger strike to get their jobs back for almost 200 days.

Two days before the hearing for the two educators on hunger strike, their lawyers’ offices in Ankara and Istanbul were raided by the police on September 12. 

Lawyers Behiç Aşçı, Barkın Timtik, Ebru Timtik, Aytaç Ünsal, Naciye Demir, Ezgi Çakır, Süleyman Gökten, Didem Baydar Ünsal, Ayşegül Çağatay, Şükriye Erdem, Engin Gökoğlu, Özgür Yılmaz, Ahmet Mandacı, Yağmur Ereren, Zehra Özdemir and Aycan Çiçek were detained in the operation. They were referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan Wednesday evening.

Lawyers Didem Baydar, Şükriye Erden, Ayşegül Çağatay, Ebru Timtik, Aytaç Ünsal, Zehra Özdemir, Yağmur Ereren, Engin Gökoğlu, Süleyman Gökten, Aycan Çiçek, Naciye Demir, Behiç Aşçı, Barkın Timtik and Özgür Yılmaz gave depositions in the courthouse, and were remanded in custody afterwards. Lawyers Ahmet Mandacı and Ezgi Gökten were released after their depositions.