Istanbul Bar Association

Istanbul Bar Association
Nonprofit organization
Founded 1878[1]
Key people
Ümit Kocasakal (President)[2]
Website www.istanbulbarosu.org.tr

The Istanbul Bar Association (Turkish: İstanbul Barosu) is a voluntary bar association based in Istanbul, Turkey. At 29,000 members it is one of the largest bar associations in the world.[1] It is a member of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.

The Association has published journals since 1911, and since 1925 has published İstanbul Barosu Dergisi ("Journal of İstanbul Bar Association").[1]

In 2013 the President and Board of the Association were charged with attempting to influence members of the judiciary in the "Sledgehammer" trial, after they had intervened in a 2012 hearing to demand a fair trial. The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights said their intervention was legal and approved by the Presiding Judge at the time.[3]

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