More than 40 inmates incarcerated in one prison ward in the notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul may have been infected with the coronavirus, according...
The İstanbul Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday announced the death of an inmate at Silivri Prison from COVID-19, adding that the number...
Although Turkish officials are insisting there are no
serious problems involving the coronavirus outbreak in prisons, a number of complaints
from inmates have recently surfaced, indicating...
Thirty-nine prisoners with COVID-19 are being held in
the same ward at Turkey’s notorious Silivri Prison, which houses some 23,000
inmates, according to the Gazete Duvar...
Forty-four inmates in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison have tested
positive for COVID-19, the chief public prosecutor’s office announced on
Friday, the Gazete Duvar news website reported.
Two of...
A parliamentary investigation committee report has
revealed that 22,781 inmates are currently held at Turkey’s notorious Silivri
Prison in İstanbul despite its official capacity of 11,000,...
Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from Turkey’s main
opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has claimed that a National
Intelligence Organization (MİT) agent who pretends to a prison...
German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel says he was
tortured during his near year-long detention in Turkey, in court testimony seen
by Deutsche Welle, holding Turkish President Recep...
A Turkish court on Monday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper,...
Turkish human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala underlined in a letter sent from prison that he has spent 15 months in pretrial detention...
