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Rights defender: Prosecutor’s office hiding facts of teacher’s death in custody

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists, rebuffed a statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday...

Cellmate says tortured teacher was hurt more by insults than beatings

An expert in forensic medicine who shared a cell with Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while under detention in the...

Leftist rights activist visits grave of teacher tortured to death after coup

Veli Saçılık, a sociologist and leftist human rights activist, has visited the grave of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while...

US calls on Turkey to cease human rights abuses, restore democracy

A member of the Delegation of the United States to the UN Human Rights Council in an address during the organization’s 37th session in...

UN official concerned about use of ‘brutal interrogation techniques’ in Turkey

A top UN official has expressed unease over increased allegations of torture and ill treatment in police custody in Turkey, voicing his suspicions about...

80 women reportedly subjected to inhumane treatment at Mersin police station

At least 80 women, including high school and university students, were reportedly subjected to torture and other forms of ill treatment at the hands...

[OPINION] The case of Turkish journalist İbrahim Karayeğen under torture and abuse

Abdullah Bozkurt Among all the 250 journalists who are currently languishing behind bars in Turkey under abusive conditions in which torture and ill-treatment are widely...

[OPINION] The UN confirms torture and abuse in Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt A damning report by the United Nations on allegations of torture and ill treatment in Turkey’s prisons and detention centers under an...

Diyarbakır Bar files criminal complaints against Küçük, Uğur

The Diyarbakır Bar Association on Wednesday filed criminal complaints against pro-government journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur for "inciting crime” and “praising crime" during...

PAKURD Chairman Baran refutes Erdoğan: I was tortured for 13 days

İbrahim Halil Baran, chairman of the Partiya Kurdistani (PAKURD), on Monday refuted Human Rights Day remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that...

İHD and TİHV: 2,278 tortured, 11 abducted in Turkey in 2017

The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) on Saturday said 2,278 people were tortured and 11 abducted in...

General first tortured as putschist, then released for resisting coup

Air Forces Chief of Personnel Maj. Gen. Cevat Yazgılı was first jailed and tortured for allegedly supporting a botched coup attempt on July 15,...

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