He was the defense attorney for the 'conspiracy' trials! Attorney Turan Karakaş has passed away
12punto columnist and defense attorney in the Ergenekon 'conspiracy' trials, Turan Karakaş, has passed away.
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Attorney Turan Karakaş, who served as a defense lawyer for Republican figures during the Ergenekon 'conspiracy' trials, former member of the Cumhuriyet Foundation Board of Directors, and a 12punto columnist, has passed away at the age of 77.
Attorney Turan Karakaş, who brought to the judiciary the allegations that shook Cumhuriyet Newspaper regarding the publication of news in exchange for off-the-record payments and the sale of its 100-year archive, was also a columnist for the 12punto family.
Attorney Turan Karakaş, who wrote his last column on April 12, 2024, had been receiving treatment for cancer for some time.
A funeral ceremony for Attorney Turan Karakaş will be held tomorrow at 13:00 (24.11.2024) at the İzmir Narlıdere Cemevi.
WHO IS ATTORNEY TURAN KARAKAŞ?
Born in 1947, Turan Karakaş graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law.
In his final interview with 12punto, while describing himself, Attorney Turan Karakaş stated, "We, as a group of students, loved Uğur Mumcu very much. It was as if we had a kinship dating back many years. In those years, the source of our love and respect for Uğur Mumcu stemmed from our ideological camaraderie. We listened to the lectures and conferences of Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Tarık Zafer Tunaya, Mümtaz Soysal, Prof. Dr. Server Tanilli, Atilla İlhan, and many other intellectuals and professors who were their comrades, and we read their books. We tried to learn something and improve ourselves."
Attorney Turan Karakaş, who also served as the CHP İzmir Provincial Chairman, was a parliamentary candidate for the Vatan Party in the İzmir 1st District.
Karakaş also held the position of Chief Legal Counsel at the Ministry of Culture.
Attorney Turan Karakaş, who was a close friend of the assassinated Necip Hablemitoğlu, former Minister of Culture and Tourism and Cumhuriyet columnist Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, and Uğur Mumcu, is also the author of several children's books.
These books are as follows:
Keçi ile Ağlayan Kaya (The Goat and the Weeping Rock)
Çocuklar için 23 Nisan (April 23 for Children)
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