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80K inmates who benefited from temporary release due to pandemic to return to prison

A temporary release to ease overcrowding in Turkish prisons during the coronavirus pandemic that was announced in April 2020, affecting some 90,000 prisoners, will...

20,333 inmates in Turkish prisons have university degrees, a 151 pct increase since 2016

The number of inmates with university degrees in Turkey increased more than twofold between 2016 and 2020, reaching 20,333, according to the data released...

120 prisoners diagnosed with COVID-19, says Turkish justice minister

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül announced on Tuesday that 120 prisoners from four penal institutions have been diagnosed with COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, the T24...

3 Turkish prisoners die out of 17 infected with coronavirus: minister

Three Turkish prisoners have died of the coronavirus, Turkey’s justice minister said on Monday as he announced the first cases of convicts diagnosed with the disease, AFP...

Elderly inmate tested positive for COVID-19, Turkish opposition deputy claims

Member of the Turkish parliament and human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on Tuesday claimed that a 70-year-old inmate in Sincan Prison in Ankara has tested positive...

Turkish deputy launches campaign for release of prisoners over coronavirus concerns

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of parliament and one of Turkey’s most prominent human rights defenders, has submitted legislation for the postponement of prison sentences due to...

Survey finds 17 pct of post-coup emergency rule victims consider suicide

A survey conducted by the Rights and Justice Platform’s State of Emergency Research and Reporting Committee shows that 16.7 percent of people who have been detained...

Turkey releases 31,482 prisoners under post-coup gov’t decree

As part of a government decree issued in mid-August that makes the conditional release of some prisoners who have two years or less of...

 Turkey to release 38,000 prisoners to make space for newcomers

Turkey will release some 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday as the arrests of tens of thousands of people suspected of...

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