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75-year-old woman imprisoned for solidarity with prisoners suffers from deteriorating health
Hatice Yıldız, an ailing 75-year-old woman who had been sentenced to four years on charges of “financing a terrorist organization” because she sent money...
384 prisoners denied parole in Turkey over the last 3 years
Administrative and Observation Boards, review bodies established in Turkish prisons in January 2021, have been delaying the conditional release of prisoners by three to...
Kavala demands retrial amid controversy over his ongoing imprisonment
Businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been in prison since November 2017 on politically motivated charges, has demanded a retrial amid a recent...
Turkey leads Europe in prison population, number of inmates per capita
Turkey has surpassed all European countries in both total prison population and inmates per capita as of 2022, signaling a significant upward trend in...
Former police chief not released from prison until too late succumbs to cancer
Tevfik Birecik, a 49-year-old former police chief who was not released from prison until his colon cancer had spread to other parts of his...
Van High Security Prison faces allegations of rights violations
Van High Security Prison is facing allegations of arbitrary practices affecting inmates' access to healthcare and legal consultations, the Bold Medya news website reported.
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Turkey’s top appeals court upholds prison sentence of prominent lawyer
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a prison sentence handed down to the head of a now-closed lawyers’ association who has been behind...
Former teacher and her 28-month-old infant released after suffering from poor conditions in prison
Turkish authorities on Friday released a former teacher and her 2-year-old daughter who was accompanying her in prison, bringing to mind previous appeals from...
Woman demanding justice in political murder case faces prison for insulting Erdoğan
Emine Şenyaşar, who has been demanding justice for three of her family members murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice...
552 kids mark Children’s Day in Turkish prisons with their mothers
Turkey is celebrating National Sovereignty and Children’s Day with a total of 552 children under the age of six accompanying their mothers in prisons,...
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