‘I wanted to die during torture’ – teacher speaks on 2016 coup arrest
A teacher who was arrested in the aftermath of the July 2016 coup attempt has revealed shocking details of torture by state security officers...
Abducted men show physical and mental signs of torture: families
Families of four Gülen followers who appeared in police custody after being missing since February revealed that their loved ones might have been subjected...
Lawyers says torture on the rise in Turkey since 2016 coup plot
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has repeatedly said his government has a zero tolerance policy against torture, but lawyers say there has been a...
Ali Ayverdi ill prisoner diagnosed with brain tumor left to die in prison
A Turkish man, arrested on charges of post-coup charges, has passed away following a brain surgery at an Eskisehir hospital, media reported Wednesday.
The arrestee,...
Saturday Mothers ask for the whereabouts of disappeared İbrahim Çelik his son Edip Çelik
Saturday Mothers ask for the whereabouts of disappeared İbrahim Çelik (50) and his son Edip Çelik (19) at the 746th gathering.
24 years ago, 50-year-old...
Man missing for more than 3 months reveals he was abducted, tortured by Turkish...
Zabit Kişi, who disappeared for more than a hundred days after he was reportedly turned over by Kazakhstan to Turkish intelligence and put on...
Saturday Mothers hold protest with wives of abducted Gülen followers
Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody in the 1990s, held...
Kurdish politicians handcuffed and beaten by police in Turkey’s east
Two Kurdish co-mayors of Ağrı in eastern Turkey were subjected to excessive police force, the Diken news website reported on Wednesday.
Betül Yaşar, who was...
Human rights group reports 248 alleged Turkish torturers to German federal authorities
Human Rights Defenders (HRD) filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the German Federal Public Prosecutor (GBA) against 248 individuals including government agents...
Deputy asks for parliamentary investigation into torture claims
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted an inquiry to the Turkish Parliament on claims of torture in Ankara and...
Torture Suspects
