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Turkish police detain Fethullah Gülen’s nephew, niece in post-coup witch hunt

A niece and a nephew of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen have joined the growing ranks of family members of the cleric who have been...

Justice minister: No maltreatment or torture in Turkish prisons

Contrary to what national and international human rights organizations have reported, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ stated on Sunday that there is no maltreatment...

Outgoing bar association chairman admits Gülen followers were refused counsel

The Istanbul Bar Association has turned down sympathizers of the Gülen movement who requested lawyers to represent them in post-coup trials, the organization's outgoing...

Turkey’s Human Rights Association: Turkish prisons at 120 percent capacity

Turkish human rights watchdog the Human Rights Association (İHD) said in a report on Friday that there are nearly 220,000 people in Turkey's prisons,...

ECtHR fines Turkey for malpractice in 2002 rape case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of G.U.,...

Turkish prisons over capacity after coup attempt, director says

Turkey’s general director of prisons and houses of detention, Enis Yavuz Yıldırım, said on Friday that the country’s prisons are now over capacity with...

Ten prisoners confined to 16-square-meter cell, detained lawyer says

Allegations of severe overcrowding in Turkey’s post-coup prisons have proven to be true, with a recently arrested lawyer complaining in an anonymous letter about...

Opposition leader: Emergency rule causing human rights violations

The main opposition party leader has said Turkey will pay a big price and an enormous amount of compensation for gross human rights violations...

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