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Women’s Rights in Turkey: 2021 in Review

The year 2021 witnessed an increase in rights violations against women in Turkey, with rising numbers of femicide cases and the March 10 withdrawal...

Former military cadets severely beaten by guards in Turkey’s Silivri Prison

Former military cadets who are incarcerated in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey in July 2016 were...

Prosecutor drops investigation in case of former police chief found dead in quarantine cell

The Gümüşhane public prosecutor’s office said there were no grounds for legal action in the case of Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, a police inspector who was...

Turkey’s top court says non-prosecution of strip-search case violated prohibition of ill-treatment

Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) concluded in a case involving the strip-search of a woman at a police station in İstanbul that a decision of...

Human rights group’s prison report notes increase in torture allegations in central Turkey

A growing number of inmates have been reporting torture and ill-treatment in prisons located in Central Anatolia, the Artı Gerçek news website reported on Wednesday, citing a...

Bar association reports ill treatment of inmates by guards in Turkey’s east

The Diyarbakır Bar Association has announced that scores of inmates in a high security prison in eastern Elazığ province were physically battered by guards, the Artı Gerçek...

Turkish bar association claims 38 detainees in Halfeti subjected to ill treatment, torture

The Şanlıurfa Bar Association claimed that 38 people who were detained on Monday were subjected to ill treatment and torture, the Evrensel daily reported. One police officer...

Ankara dismisses legal attaché in London over case of Gülen-linked businessman

Turkey has dismissed a legal attaché at its embassy in London who allegedly sent an unauthorized document to a British court hearing a case...

Dissidents living abroad apprehensive about visiting Turkish consulates

Turkish dissidents living abroad are hesitant to visit Turkish embassies and consulates, fearing confiscation of their passports or refusal of their requests, the Ahval...

Attorney claims ill treatment during brief incarceration over court defense

An attorney who was briefly arrested last week for a defense he gave during a hearing in İstanbul said he had been subjected to...

Occupancy rate of Turkish prisons reaches 117 percent: ministry

The occupancy rate of Turkish prisons has reached 117 percent, the Sözcü daily reported on Monday. According to recent data released by Turkey’s Justice Ministry,...

Thirty-year-old purge victim dies of pneumonia in Turkish prison

Nesrin Gençosman, a 30-year-old Turkish woman who was put in pre-trial detention in early May 2018 over alleged links to Gülen movement, died in...

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