Dismissed professor asks for prayers for elderly father, uncle, brother in prison
Nephrology Professor Süleyman Türk has been asking for prayers for his elderly relatives who were imprisoned as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt.
Türk...
86-year-old Isparta man in prison for months over alleged coup involvement
Ali Osman Karahan, an 86-year-old Turkish man with walking and speaking difficulties has been kept in an Isparta prison for almost eight months over alleged links...
Visually impaired journalist Arat detained and released again
Visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat, who is facing terror charges due to his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was detained again in...
70-year-old man kept in solitary confinement for 7 months over alleged coup involvement
Seventy-year-old Ahmet Akdoğan has been kept in solitary confinement for almost seven months over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which Turkish authorities accuse...
Stage 4 cancer patient begs for release of her jailed husband
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Nurdan Şahin, who is a stage four cancer patient whose husband was jailed over links to the faith-based Gülen movement last August, called on...
Engineer who drowned while fleeing Turkey was tortured in custody
Computer engineer Murat Zümre, who drowned in the Maritsa River while trying to flee to Greece, was tortured while he was in detention, a...
Mother with son with leukemia faces threats, insults due to alleged Gülen links
A public prosecutor has asked a mother who was arrested due to her alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement to become an informant...
Inmates subjected to maltreatment, torture at Antalya Prison, relatives say
Inmates incarcerated in Antalya Prison are being subjected to various types of torture and maltreatment by the prison authorities, according to a report on...
Jailed journalist denied access to case file on account of saving trees
Turkish prison officials refused to provide a print copy of indictment and evidentiary case file to a veteran journalist who has been jailed in...
Body of man wanted for alleged Gülen links found in Maritsa River
The dead body of Murat Zümre, a computer engineer at the 15th Missile Base Command in İstanbul who was dismissed from his post due...
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