Prison guards refer to notorious torturer while mistreating inmates in SE Turkey
Prison guards in a Gaziantep prison allegedly beat inmates İlhami İşçi and Uğur Ürün over an argument, making reference to a military officer accused...
İHD report: 68 children killed during clashes in eastern, southeastern Turkey in 2016
Sixty-eight children were killed, 150 detained, 40 arrested and six were tortured during clashesbetween Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in...
Claims of mistreatment and psychological abuse arise in Afyon T-type prison
Family members of inmates in Turkey's Afyon T-type prison have claimed prison authorities subjected prisoners to mistreatment and psychological abuse, Bold Medya reported.
One man...
Woman sentenced to 6 years in prison, jailed with 7-month-old son
A Turkish woman, identified with the initials H.G.D., was jailed along with her 7-months-old baby after the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the decision...
Jailed head of lawyers association allowed to attend father’s funeral in handcuffs
Turkish lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı, president of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) who has been behind bars since November 2017 on terrorism charges, was...
Turkish gov’t jails ‘Doctor of the Year’ as ‘terrorist’ over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government has jailed Assoc. Professor Dr. Mustafa Emmiler, who was rewarded as 'Doctor of the Year' by the Governor of Antalya province and who...
Jailed Turkish journalist Aydın: I am about to drown, I want a little oxygen
Turkish journalist Hüseyin Aydın, who has been held in İstanbul's notorious Silivri Prison for more than two years, has expressed his feelings in a...
Thai woman suffers heart attack as Turkish husband under arrest for 15 months over...
Rana Öztürk, a mother of three children and the wife of Engin Öztürk who has been under arrest for 15 months over alleged ties...
Detained teacher severely tortured, his wife harrassed by Turkish police
Once an inspiring educator to his pupils, a Bartın teacher was detained with her hands cuffed behind back as a perceived enemy of the...
TİHV report shows curfews declared by Turkish gov’t adversely affected 1,6 million people
A report released by Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) on Thursday have showed that at least 1 million 809 thousands people were adversely...
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