Jailed Turkey’s main opposition deputy Berberoğlu: I have been isolated for a year
Enis Berberoğlu, the jailed deputy of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has complained of isolation in his prison cell to Pınar Türenç,...
Actor-director battered, threatened with death in police custody
Actor-director Emre Kılınç, detained a few days ago, has been threatened with death in police custody, according his lawyer.
Lawyer Nagehan Avçil said her client...
42-year-old cancer patient dies due to Turkish prison authorities’ negligence
Forty-two-year-old Deniz Hakan Şen, who was detained by Turkish police and later jailed by a court in October 2017 over alleged links to the...
Eighty women reportedly being tortured under custody by Turkish police at Mersin Provincial Security...
A total of 80 women, including female high school and university students, who were detained, have severely been tortured under police custody at the...
UK-educated computer science professor, jailed for 13 months, dies of liver cancer
Ahmet Turan Özcerit, a UK-educated computer science professor who spent as long as 13 months under arrest as part of the government’s post-coup witch...
Report shows number of rights violations increased during OHAL in Turkey
Declaration of emergency rule has led rights violations in Turkey’s prisons, which have existed for many years, to become more widespread and visible.
A report...
Turkish police torture two university personnel for weeks in Antalya over their alleged links...
Sedat Gökçen and Ahmet Gödük, two former personnel of the International Antalya University, which was closed by a government decree under the rule of...
Sakine Arslan a mother of detainee Murat Can talked to the Cumhuriyet Daily: “My...
Sakine Arslan, a mother of Murat Can Arslan who is waiting for a trial at Kirikkale F-Type Prison, talked to the Cumhuriyet daily, she...
The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) calls on Turkish gov’t to end...
The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), an international lawyers group, has released a statement to mark the “2018 Day of the Endangered Lawyer” amid...
Turkish Police Tortured Suspect, Threatened To Rape Wife
A Turkish man jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during...
Torture Suspects
