Defence lawyers successfully argued that Istanbul's State Security Court is not competent to hear the case, because it was abolished recently as part of a reform package aimed at bringing the country into line with EU criteria.
Odvjetnici optuženih ustvrdili su kako Državni sigurnosni sud u Istanbulu nije nadležan za vođenje postupka, jer je nedavno ukinut u okviru paketa reformi usmjerenih na ispunjavanje kriterija EU.