That's great! Hopefully they will reply to your lawyer.
My lawyer also wrote to Ankara 2 weeks ago but they still haven't responded
Ankara does have a poor communication with applicants, they only contact us when they need something in order to proceed with the application. Yes, maybe people there are not in a hurry, but I doubt it's because of lack of knowledge. It's a serious department, they definitely go through an extensive training to be able to get a job at the visa office.
There is something else going on which is related to security check, that's why they're not saying anything. Or someone made a mistake and red flagged our cases...which I really hope is not true!
I never thought that it will take THAT long and still waiting...
However, I checked many people from 2014-2015, a lot of them waited for a year or a bit over a year.