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Turkey bans books from outside in prisons other than Quran

Turkey's Justice Ministry banned newspapers and books from outside except for the Quran for prisoners as of Jan. 9, according to a tweet from...
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Justice minister: 194,000 inmates in 372 prisons across Turkey

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said in a written statement that as of Oct. 12, 2016, there were 194,973 inmates in 372 Turkish prisons. In...
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UN torture rapporteur Melzer to visit Turkish prisons next week

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer will be in Turkey from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 at the invitation of the Turkish government where...
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Turkey’s ruling AKP proposes rapists be released from prison if married to victims

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has brought a bill to Parliament that proposes rapists in Turkish jails be released if they are...
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Another ‘coup suspect’ found dead in Turkish prison, bringing total to 21

Burak Açıkalın, an engineer who was dismissed from Turkey’s Directorate of Intelligence and arrested following a failed coup on July 15 due to alleged...
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Arrested judge held in solitary confinement for psychological torture, wife says

The wife of Muhsin Durmaz, a judge dismissed from his job by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) in the aftermath of...
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HRW: Judge ignores large bruises on detainee’s body, rules for arrest

A high-ranking officer suspected of involvement in a failed coup in Turkey told a judge that he was severely beaten while in custody at...
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HRW: Police dismiss torture allegations, claim detainee injured on coup night

An officer detained on accusations of involvement in an attempted coup in Turkey was ill-treated during interrogation, but police officers denied allegations of torture,...
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HRW: Detainees don’t complain about torture for fear of further persecution

A forensic specialist told Human Rights Watch that Turkey’s post-coup detainees prefer not to talk about bruises on their bodies resulting from torture as...
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HRW: Police threaten detained teacher with raping wife to extract confession

An Ankara lawyer told Human Rights Watch that his client, a detained teacher, agreed to confess to accusations leveled against him after police threatened...
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HRW: Woman deprived of food, water during detention in Turkish prison

Detained shortly after a failed coup in Turkey, a woman told Human Rights Watch that she was deprived of adequate food and water and...
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HRW: Detained Turkish teacher hospitalized after beating during interrogation

A teacher in Antalya told his wife that police had beaten him so severely during interrogation that his intestines were destroyed and that he...
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