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Report: Maltreatment, torture in Turkish prisons continue unabated

May 22, 2018

A report prepared by the Prison Commission of the Platform for Free Lawyers (ÖHP) has revealed that torture, maltreatment and rights violations are continuing...

Turkish government building 228 new prisons

December 11, 2017

The Turkish Ministry of Justice plans to build 228 new prisons with a capacity of 137,687 in the next five years, Gazete Duvar reported. In...

National

Justice Ministry: 498 jailed in Turkey’s prisons due to ISIL links

March 29, 2017

Turkey's Justice Ministry has announced that there are 498 people in Turkey's prisons who were jailed due to their links to the Islamic State...

National

AKP mayor designs dungeon displaying Gülen, PKK mannequins with fake rats

November 28, 2016

Erkan Hayla, mayor of the Kale district in Denizli province from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has designed a dungeon in a newly...

Diplomacy

EP’s Piri: Questions about July 15 persist

November 23, 2016

Kati Piri, Turkey rapporteur for the European Parliament, said despite the passage of four months since a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, questions...

National

Deployment of weapons in several prisons raises fears about mass killing of prisoners

November 17, 2016

Amid claims that the Turkish government is planning to stage riots in Turkey's prisons to eliminate political prisoners, heavy weapons have been deployed in...

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