UN Special Rapporteur Nils Melezer’s report on Torture in Turkey published by UN Human...
The report by Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, on his mission to...
Germany’s Supreme Court rules: Deportations to Turkey illegal, detainees may face torture or inhumane...
Germany’s highest court on Tuesday halted the deportation of a Turkish citizen convicted of supporting an Islamist militant organization, saying authorities should first ensure...
Jailed teacher Lokman Ersoy lost his life due to maltreatment, negligence in prison
One more Turkish teacher lost his life on Monday because of maltreatment and negligence of Turkish authorities during his stay in prison under the rule...
Yolcu family reportedly being tortured by government officials in Nevşehir prison
A new claim of torture in Turkey, which is under the despotic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has come from a prison in...
Turkish Interior Minister Soylu orders police to execute the criminals without trial
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has given order to police officers to execute the criminals without trial and stated that “It’s police’s duty to break...
Mother and son phone conversation reveals Turkish guardians in murder of Kurdish prisoner
A telephone conversation regarding 40-year old Kurdish prisoner in Balıkesir’s Kepsut prison beaten to within an inch of his life has revealed recently that...
32 year-old cancer patient Selman Aşçı dies in jail due to a lack of...
A man suffering from cancer who has been jailed in Turkey for more than a year has died due to a lack of timely...
Detainee S.K. tortured in Afyonkarahisar Police Headquarter
Afyonkarahisar Police Headquarter became one of the notorious torture centres after July 15th failed coup attempt.
S.K. was detained in Kuşadası, Aydın Province of Turkey...
Erdem Kızılkaya kept in solitary confinement at Kepsut Prison for 16 months
Erdem Kızılkaya, who is in Kepsut Prison in Balikesir Province for 22 months waiting for a trial, kept in solitary confinement for the last...
Why not kill fugitive Gülenist suspects abroad, pro-AKP journalist suggests
Pro-government journalist Cem Küçük has suggested the killing of fugitive suspects linked to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), accused of being behind last year’s...