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.
Advokati optuženih ustvrdili su da Državni bezbednosni sud u Istanbulu nije nadležan da vodi postupak s obzirom da je nedavno ukinut u okviru paketa reformi usmerenih na ispunjavanje kriterijuma EU.