Turkish couple reportedly being tortured by government officials in Nevşehir prison
A new claim of torture in Turkey, which is under the despotic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has came from a prison in...
Officers terrify 2 Kurdish boys with police dogs during raid on their Diyarbakır home
Police officers used their dogs to terrify two Kurdish boys during a raid on their home in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Mesopotamia...
Turkish police disturb mourning family and friends of deceased academic Özcerit
Turkish police have reportedly continued to disturb the mourning family members, relatives and friends of the deceased academic Ahmet Turan Özcerit on Tuesday following the...
Turkish court sentences Kurdish journalist to 8 years in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced Kurdish journalist Muhammet Doğru to 8 years and 6 months in prison on Monday. It was reported that journalist...
Turkish gov’t closes student dorms belonging to anti-Erdoğan Islamist group
Turkish police have sealed six student dormitory buildings belonging to an Islamist group whose leader, Alparslan Kuytul, is critical of the Turkish government, according...
Turkish court sentences teacher Duman, abducted by MİT from Malaysia, to 18 years in...
Alaettin Duman, a Turkish teacher in Malaysia who was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) from Kuala Lumpur in 2016...
Turkish gov’t still holding 126 construction workers under detention in İstanbul
Turkish police are still holding in custody 126 out of 401 workers who were detained after protests on Friday over labor conditions at the...
Severely sick Turkish journalist Balta not allowed to meet his family in prison
The veteran Turkish journalist Halil İbrahim Balta, who was arrested and put behind the bars after a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016,...
Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Systematic torture reported in police headquarter in Bartın province of Turkey
Turkish media outlets have reported new incidents of the systematic torture in the Police Department in Bartın province of Turkey which had come to...
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