| Istanbul Bar Association | |
| Type: | Bar association |
| Headquarters: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Filiz Saraç[1] |
The Istanbul Bar Association (tr|İstanbul Barosu) is a voluntary bar association based in Istanbul, Turkey. At 60,000 members it is one of the most crowded bar associations in the world.[2] [3] It is a member of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.
The association has published journals since 1911, and since 1925 publishes the İstanbul Barosu Dergisi ("Journal of İstanbul Bar Association").[2]
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.[4]
In 2022 Filiz Saraç became the first woman to be elected president of the association.[5]