Presidents of bar associations call for release of lawyers on death fast
The presidents of nine bar associations including those in Turkey’s largest cities of İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir in a video message called for the...
Pregnant teacher delivers baby while held in pretrial detention in Turkey
A Turkish teacher who was nine months pregnant has given birth while being held in pretrial detention in a case that has sparked criticism...
Jailed media executive’s son kept in custody for 3 days for receiving donation from...
The son of a media executive who has been jailed since 2014 was held in police custody for three days after he was detained...
CHP deputy: COVID-19 statistics for prisons not announced for 48 days
The Ministry of Justice has not released COVID-19 statistics for prisons since June 17, despite numerous inquiries, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkuş...
European mayors, barred from visiting jailed İstanbul mayor, say he is ‘not alone’
A delegation of European mayors who traveled to İstanbul on Thursday to show solidarity with jailed Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested on corruption...
Turkish government to build 20 new prisons in 2023
The Turkish government, which plans to complete the construction of 18 new prisons by the end of the year, is now planning to build...
Doctor bearing witness to torture in Turkish mass detention center: I kept hearing awful...
A medical doctor who was assigned to conduct physical examinations in a gymnasium-turned-mass detention center following a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 spoke...
29 women murdered in Turkey in August, rights group reports
Twenty-nine women were murdered by men in Turkey in August, while another 28 were found dead under suspicious circumstances, according to a statement released...
At least 25 inmates died in 3 months in Turkish prisons, rights association reports
According to two separate reports released by the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) Ankara and İstanbul branches focusing on prisons in various cities in Turkey,...
CPJ: Turkey should release journalist Erkan Akkuş immediately and cease jailing members of the...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a news alert issued Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to “release journalist Erkan Akkuş immediately and cease...
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