Kurdish man claims he was severely beaten by gendarmes in eastern Turkey
A Kurdish man in Turkey's eastern Van province has claimed he was severely beaten by Turkish gendarmes, the Duvar news website reported.
Yakup Avan, 25,...
Torture, mistreatment not allowed in Turkish prisons, justice minister claims
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Saturday that the Turkish government does not allow torture and mistreatment in prisons, claiming it has one...
Opposition MP to take Ankara bar’s decision not to publish torture report to UN...
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has said he will take a decision made by the Ankara Bar...
Turkish police mistreated, beat 13,935 people while detaining them between 2018 and 2021: TİHV
Turkish police employed unlawful tactics including mistreatment and beating while detaining 13,935 people between 2018 and 2021, according to the Human Rights Foundation of...
Ankara Bar president who refused to publish torture report resigns
Ankara Bar Association President Kemal Koranel, who refused to publish a report by the bar’s human rights committee on allegations of torture made by...
Opposition MP Gergerlioğlu calls on Bursa Bar to investigate mistreatment in police custody
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has called on the bar association of the western province of Bursa...
13 students subjected to mistreatment in Bursa police custody: report
Thirteen students who were detained due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement were allegedly subjected to mistreatment while in police custody in...
6 lawyers from Ankara Bar human rights committee resign following bar’s decision not to...
Six lawyers from the Ankara Bar Association’s human rights committee resigned in protest following the bar’s decision not to publish a report on allegations...
Lawyers organizations call on Ankara Bar Association to publish report on torture
Six lawyers organizations have called on the Ankara Bar Association to publish a report on allegations of torture made by detainees held at a...
2,694 people killed, 3,145 mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2021: report
An annual report on human rights violations in Turkey, drafted by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu, has revealed 2,694 deaths...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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