Paralyzed by ill-treatment in Sivas prison, Turkish police officer dies at 33
Kadir Eyce, a 33-year-old police officer who was jailed due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, has died several weeks after he was...
Doctors in Turkey discouraged from writing up reports on abuse, torture
There appears to be a systematic and deliberate campaign by the government of Turkey to dissuade doctors from writing up reports that prove abuse...
2nd disappearance in a week: Philosophy teacher goes missing
Only a day after an Ankara man was reportedly abducted, a philosophy teacher went missing on April 1, according to his wife. The 41-year-old...
Jailed prosecutor kept in solitary confinement with broken arms
Despite his both arms were broken, Muzaffer Bayram, a former prosecutor in Kütahya province has been held in solitary confinement in prison according to...
VIDEO — Woman says husband abducted after losing job in post-coup crackdown
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A recently established Twitter account claims in a series of tweets that Turgut Çapan, a former employee of Turgut Özal University, which was shut...
United Kingdom acknowledges asylum seekers from Gülen movement
The United Kingdom Home Office has recognized that being a Fethullah Gülen sympathizer in Turkey may be grounds for asylum in the UK.
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Autistic children left unattended as teacher parents under arrest
Uz family has two children with autism who were left to fend for themselves after their parents were arrested as part of an investigation...
Veteran destitutes of social security coverage after being dismissed in post-coup purge
Being a veteran is no relief from Turkish government's post coup witch hunt as M. Erhan Çelik , a former police officer who lost...
Post-coup prisoner says threatened with rape, beaten almost to death
In the latest of firsthand letters revealing the re-emergence of torture in Turkish prisons, an Antalya arrestee reportedly said he was beaten so badly...
340 intellectuals urge Turkish gov’t to take steps to end hunger strike in prisons
While the indefinite and irreversible hunger strike, that pro-Kurdish political prisoners launched on February 15, 2017 has entered a critical stage on its 52th...
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