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Alleged torture at Ankara Police Department prompts appeal to UN body

The International Association for Human Rights Advocacy in Geneva (IAHRA GENEVA) has filed an appeal with the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) concerning...

More than 27,000 people subjected to torture, maltreatment under AKP rule, report reveals

A report drafted by a main opposition party deputy detailing incidents of torture and maltreatment in Turkey since the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Abducted teacher says prosecutor is protecting his torturers: report

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has refused to file charges based on torture allegations made by Zabit Kişi, 48, who said he was...

EP draft report on Turkey details serious rights violations suffered by Gülen followers

A draft report on Turkey prepared by the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and released on Dec. 21 emphasizes serious human rights violations that...

Nearly 2 mln inmates file complaints citing rights violations in Turkey’s prisons since 2010: report

Close to 2 million inmates in Turkey's prisons have filed complaints of human rights violations stemming from a variety of reasons that include poor...

Reporting under fire: Mezopotamya news agency

Cevheri Güven In Turkey, where more than 150 journalists are in prison, the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) stands out as the latest major target of...

İHD report: Turkey forced 160 people to become informants in first 10 months of 2020

A total of 160 people in Turkey were forced to become informants by government officers who used coercion and threats in addition to abduction...

Kurdish villagers beaten by mob of soldiers, not thrown from helicopter: report

A Kurdish villager from the southeastern province of Van who survived alleged torture by Turkish soldiers, unlike another villager who succumbed to his injuries...

Kurdish villager admitted to hospital due to ‘fall from a helicopter’: medical report

According to a medical report that appeared in local media on Sunday, one of two Kurdish villagers who were allegedly tortured by Turkish soldiers...

Turkish soldiers tortured Kurdish villagers, threw them from helicopter, locals say

Turkish soldiers tortured two Kurdish villagers they had detained, throwing them from a helicopter after battering them, eyewitnesses claim. A medical report for one of...

Doctor recounts details of brutal torture of Turkish soldiers after 2016 coup

A medical doctor who was assigned to a large detention center in Ankara a few days after a coup attempt in July 2016 has...

Turkey arrests HDP member subjected to police brutality during detention

A Turkish court has ruled to arrest Sevil Rojbin Çetin, a local Kurdish politician and a member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who...

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