More than 1,000 inmates in Turkey’s prisons waiting for medical treatment
A total of 1,154 ailing inmates in Turkey’s prisons, 402 in serious condition, were awaiting medical treatment as of March 2, according to a...
Journalist tells story of Turkey’s post-coup detainees tortured in Ankara building
Turkish journalist Cevheri Guven has claimed in a video footage that post-coup detainees are being taken to a specially-equipped building in Ankara where they...
Sick prisoner Koçer Özdal loses his life
Incarcerated cancer patient Koçer Özdal lost his life in the hospital he was receiving treatment in.
Sick prisoner Koçer Özdal had been receiving treatment in...
Quran teacher Nesrin Gencosman was murdered in Turkish prison with deprivation of hospital and...
Nesrin Gençosman, a 30-year-old Turkish woman who was put in pre-trial detention early in May 2018 over her alleged links to Gülen movement, died...
Former Istanbul prosecutor in solitary confinement for 500 days
Former Istanbul prosecutor Sadrettin Sarikaya has been held in solitary confinement for more than 500 days, according to his son.
Sarikaya, the prosecutor who had...
Former intelligence chief’s suspicious death in a Turkish prison cell
Zeki Güven, the former intelligence chief of the Ankara Police Department who was arrested by a Turkish court in May as part of the...
5,268 people including 133 children tortured under Turkey’s state of emergency
A total of 5,268 people, including 133 children, were reportedly subjected to torture in Turkish prisons, under police custody, outside of detention facilities, during...
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26 June
"Torture remains unacceptable and unjustified at all times, including during states of emergency, political instability, or even in a war. On this day, let...
Rape and sexual harassment committed by security forces in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons
As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years, the regime...
High school students beaten in protest intervention by Turkish police
Images shared on social media show Turkish police detaining and beating high school students in broad daylight in İstanbul on Friday, the last day...