Twenty two lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) and the People's Law Bureau (HHB) have received various prison sentences on charges related to "terrorism."

The Istanbul 18th Heavy Penal Court ruled for the continuation of the arrest of Barkın Timtik, Selçuk Kozağaçlı and Oya Aslan at the final hearing today at the Silivri Prison Complex in Istanbul.

The court ruled that its decision could be appealed not at the Regional Court of Justice but at the Court of Cassation, the country's top appeals court.

According to Bianet's report, the lawyers received the following sentences:

Selçuk Kozağaçlı: 12 years in prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization" and 1 year for "making propaganda for a terrorist organization"

Barkın Timtik: 12 years in prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization" and 9 years and 8 months for "making propaganda for a terrorist organization"

Oya Aslan: 10 years in prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization" and 6 years for "making propaganda for a terrorist organization"

Taylan Tanay, Betül Vangölü Kozağaçlı, Güçlü Sevimli, Gülvin Aydın: 6 years and 3 months in prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization." The announcement of the verdict for "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" was deferred.

Güray Dağ, Efkan Bolaç, Serkan Arıkanoğlu, Mümin Özgür Gider, Metin Narin, Sevgi Sönmez, Alper Tunga Saral, Rahim Yılmaz, Selda Yılmaz: 6 years and 3 months in prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization"

Özgür Yılmaz: 1 year in prison for "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" (Because he had a finalized sentence for "being a member of a terrorist organization," this charge was dropped in this case.)

Şükriye Erden: Announcement of the verdict for "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" was deferred. (Because she had a finalized sentence for "being a member of a terrorist organization," this charge was dropped in this case.)

Naciye Demir: The announcement of the verdict for "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" was deferred.

The files of the defendants, Zeki Rüzgar and Günay Dağ, were separated.

The case against Ebru Timtik, who lost her life while on a death fast demanding a fair trial, was dropped.

The ÇHD case consists of two separate cases that were merged. After the first case at the Istanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court, the Court of Cassation overturned the verdicts for four lawyers.

The verdicts for the other lawyers that were upheld by the Court of Cassation:

Özgür Yılmaz: 13 years and 6 months in prison

Behiç Aşçı: 12 years in prison

Şükriye Erden: 12 years in prison

Engin Gökoğlu: 10 years and 6 months in prison

Aytaç Ünsal: 10 years and 6 months in prison

Süleyman Gökten: 10 years and 6 months in prison

Aycan Çiçek: 9 years in prison

Naciye Demir: 9 years in prison

The local court had sentenced Ezgi Çakır, a lawyer of the defendants, to 8 years in prison. The Court of Cassation ruled that Çakır should have been sentenced on the charge of "knowingly and willingly aiding the organization."