Gülçin Çaylıgil

Gülçin Çaylıgil (7 January 1925, in Istanbul – 10 April 2013, in Bodrum) was a Turkish lawyer and freedom of thought activist. In 1950, she graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. She started working as a lawyer in 1952 and ended her career in 2007 due to health issues. Throughout her 55 years of career Çaylıgil primarily dealt with cases concerning the freedom of thought, and in her first case she defended following his translation of an article about communism. She later worked as a lawyer for many writers, journalists, artists and politicians, including , İlhan Selçuk, Orhan Kemal, , Ahmet Altan, , , Doğan Avcıoğlu, Çetin Altan, , , , , Uğur Mumcu, , , Can Yücel, , Harun Karadeniz, and Yalçın Küçük.

Gülçin Çaylıgil

Gülçin Çaylıgil (7 January 1925, in Istanbul – 10 April 2013, in Bodrum) was a Turkish lawyer and freedom of thought activist. In 1950, she graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. She started working as a lawyer in 1952 and ended her career in 2007 due to health issues. Throughout her 55 years of career Çaylıgil primarily dealt with cases concerning the freedom of thought, and in her first case she defended following his translation of an article about communism. She later worked as a lawyer for many writers, journalists, artists and politicians, including , İlhan Selçuk, Orhan Kemal, , Ahmet Altan, , , Doğan Avcıoğlu, Çetin Altan, , , , , Uğur Mumcu, , , Can Yücel, , Harun Karadeniz, and Yalçın Küçük.