I was electrocuted, beaten and made impotent, torture victim says
Ayhan Demir, 45, said he was made impotent as a result of the sexual torture and electrocution he was subjected to during his detention...
Female opposition MPs submit parliamentary question about woman inmate allegedly beaten and sexually harassed...
Twenty-two female deputies from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) asked in a parliamentary question posed to Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül if an investigation...
Rights advocates slam journalists for claiming ‘systematic torture no longer exists in Turkey’
Two Turkish journalists who are critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have come under fire for arguing that “systematic torture no...
Turkish-Kyrgyz educator abducted by MİT says statement taken under torture
Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator who was kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan on May 31 and illegally brought to Turkey by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT)...
Inmates objecting to unlawful strip-search beaten in Turkish prison
Inmates were beaten by guards for resisting a strip-search when they were transferred to Tekirdağ Prison in northwestern Turkey, the Mezopotamya news agency (MA)...
Torture and mistreatment commonplace in Kayseri Bünyan Prison, says former inmate
An inmate released from central Turkey's Kayseri Bünyan Prison said he witnessed torture and mistreatment, which have become commonplace in the facility.
Speaking to Hacı...
Top Turkish court rules former teacher was tortured in police custody
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on May 18, 2021 that a former teacher arrested for links to the Gülen movement was tortured in detention and...
Activist Öztürk says she was subjected to brutal torture in secret detention center
Ayten Öztürk, 47, who describes herself as a socialist activist, said she was subjected to severe torture and sexual harassment in a secret detention...
Former bureaucrat who turned up in Ankara prison after 9 months missing has lost...
Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former Turkish bureaucrat who had been missing since December 2020 and has been found in Ankara’s Sincan Prison, has lost...
Members of anti-gov’t Furkan Foundation allegedly tortured, threatened by Turkish police
Police allegedly subjected three members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, who were detained on September 10 to torture and mistreatment at...
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