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Human Rights Watch: Lawyer says police tortured clients by squeezing testicles

An Istanbul-based lawyer told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that police officers tortured her two clients by squeezing their testicles and forcing them to undress,...

Deputy PM: No victims among Gülen movement

Rejecting claims of rights violations and torture, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş on Thursday said there were no victims of actions taken by the...

IHD: 40,573 rights violations, 1,481 dead in 9 months in Turkey

Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) stated on Wednesday that 40,573 rights violations occurred in the first nine months of 2016 in Turkey, the Cumhuriyet...

Human rights associations up in arms over deputy’s remarks on torture allegations

In an open letter to the Turkish Parliament, six Turkey-based human rights associations on Thursday criticized recent remarks of ruling Justice and Development Party...

Newly released journalist says tortured with molten plastic during detention

Police officers reportedly tortured Adnan Kümek, a reporter for the government-targeted Azadiya Welat newspaper, by dripping molten plastic on his legs during the two...

CHP appeals to human rights commission over torture allegations in Turkish jails

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) appealed for a second time on Tuesday to the Human Rights Commission in the Turkish Parliament to...

AKP official: Torture claims won’t be investigated if victims are Gülenists

A Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy has said there will be no investigations into claims of torture and mistreatment of people put into...

Turkish police reportedly establish special torture unit after coup attempt

With allegations of ill-treatment of Turkey’s post-coup detainees becoming more widespread with every passing day, TR724 has claimed that the National Police Department has set...

Turkey’s top bar president: No evidence of torture in prisons

  Amid increasing allegations of torture in Turkish prisons and international reports voicing concern over the rise of abuse in the wake of a July...

Torture re-emerges in Turkish prisons after massive purge

A Turkish news portal on Friday started a series on the re-emergence of torture in Turkish prisons following a failed coup on July 15,...

Slain prosecutor’s daughter: My father was not with Gülen movement

The daughter of former Bursa public prosecutor Seyfettin Yiğit, who allegedly committed suicide in a prison bathroom on Friday morning after he was put...

CHP report: Gov’t violations exceed Sept. 12 coup era practices

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has violated more rights during the state of emergency declared five days after a July 15 coup attempt...

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