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Photos revealed showing torture of 4 men under police custody in İstanbul

Four men who were detained by police in İstanbul for carrying a pump-action rifle in their automobile were subjected to acts of torture at...

Report: Maltreatment, torture in Turkish prisons continue unabated

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

Report: Teacher dies in prison due to lack of medication

Halime Gülsu, who was arrested on Feb. 20, 2018 for allegedly helping the faith-based Gülen movement, died on Saturday in prison in Mersin province,...

Turkey says US human rights report is ‘full of false portrayals’

Turkey on Sunday criticized a recently released US State Department document titled “Turkey 2017 Human Rights Report,” saying it is “full of false portrayals,...

US human rights report: Turkey violates laws prohibiting arbitrary arrest, detention

The Turkish government has not always observed the requirements of law that prohibit arbitrary arrest and detention and provide for the right of any person to...

Journalist claims man missing for 133 days tortured, forced to sign deposition

Journalist Erk Acarer has claimed that Ümit Horzum, a former civil servant who was found 133 days after he went missing in Ankara, was...

Video catches Turkish police brutally beating 2 handcuffed detainees

A video shared by the İHA news agency shows two handcuffed men being beaten by police in the Dikili district of İzmir. The video shows...

Cellmate: Gülen follower abducted from Malaysia subjected to torture in jail

Alaaddin Duman, a former teacher in Malaysia who was abducted by the Turkish intelligence agency over alleged links to the Gülen movement in 2016,...

Journalist’s lawyer brother tortured for demanding forensic report about July 15 coup attempt

Journalist and well-known TV news presenter Nevşin Mengü has said her lawyer brother, Burak Mengü, who on Saturday was detained, beaten and left in...

CHP leader slams prosecutor office statement on Açıkkollu’s death

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday hit back at a statement issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office...

HDP deputies ask gov’t to explain torture claims of jailed Kurdish politician  

Several deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have directed questions to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in Parliament about...

Prosecutor seeks 15 years for widow of teacher tortured to death in police custody

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is seeking a sentence of up to 15 years in prison for teacher Mümüne Açıkkollu, the widow of...

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