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WOMEN LAWYERS

‘We don’t accept that bar associations stay silent about Aysel Tuğluk’

Women lawyers have gathered in front of the İstanbul Bar Association and made a press statement about ill prisoners in the person of Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk, who is diagnosed with dementia and still held behind bars.

18 February 2022

Turkish Medical Association meets Parliamentary Human Rights Commission

TTB Chair Prof. Korur Fincancı met the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission Chair and Director General of Prisons and Detention Houses about rights violations in prisons, ill prisoners and forensic medical reports given for ill prisoners.

18 February 2022

FORENSIC MEDICINE INSTITUTION

‘Criminal liability’ report on Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk

The Forensic Medicine Institution has presented its report regarding ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk. Finding “mild cognitive impairment”, the report does not have any details about whether Tuğluk is in a medical state to stay in prison.

16 February 2022

Ill prisoner not referred to hospital as he rejects ‘mouth search’

Chronically ill prisoner Aydın cannot be treated as he does not accept his mouth being searched as a form of body cavity search while being taken to the hospital. His mother has filed a complaint about this practice by also citing the pandemic.

15 February 2022 Ayça Söylemez

COURT RULING FORESAW 3 WEEKS

Forensic Medicine Institution sends Aysel Tuğluk back to prison after 3-day observation

While Kocaeli University Hospital concluded that Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk is not in a state to stay in prison, the İstanbul Forensic Medicine Institution said that she is. Tuğluk was sent to the Institution again for a third medical report.

7 February 2022

Ill prisoner Turgay Deniz dies shortly after release

The 39-year-old prisoner had tuberculosis and had been using a respiratory assist device for 12 years.

2 February 2022

Rights group demands the release of Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, all ill prisoners

The Women’s Commission of Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch calls for the release of former HDP MP Tuğluk, who suffers from dementia: “Otherwise, this practice contrary to human dignity will lead to irreversible consequences.”

1 February 2022

Prisoner Bilgin found dead in ward 5 months before his release

Mehmet Hanefi Bilgin, who had been behind bars for 30 years, lost his life in Bolu Type F Prison in western Turkey. The prison administration called his family and informed them that Bilgin had a heart attack.

31 January 2022

Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk to be referred to Forensic Medicine Institution

28 January 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Severely ill prisoner not treated after refusing to be handcuffed to bed

Having severe heart disease, Fatma Tokmak is kept in prison despite a report saying that she can't stay in prison, says her attorney.

27 January 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Twenty bar associations call for release of Aysel Tuğluk

The Kurdish politician whose health is deteriorating should be released according to laws and the Constitution, the law associations said.

24 January 2022

Letter to UN for Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk: 'Take urgent action'

43 bars, law and rights organizations from Turkey and the world have sent a letter to the special rapporteurs and working groups of the United Nations and expressed “grave concern” over “imminent risk to health and life of ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk.”

21 January 2022

Citizens express support for HDP MP Gergerlioğlu in the face of investigation

31 citizens have signed a joint statement in solidarity with HDP Kocaeli MP Dr. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who is facing an investigation due to his social media messages about Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk.

19 January 2022

Former co-mayor Narin had a heart attack in prison

HDP Diyarbakır MP Taşçıer has submitted a Parliamentary question about Seyit Narin, a former Co-Mayor of Sur district who got sick in prison and whose request for being transferred from Rize to Diyarbakır, where his family lives, has been rejected.

17 January 2022

CALL FOR RELEASE

Report by Aysel Tuğluk Solidarity Group: 'Let her live'

"Tuğluk's release in order to continue her treatment under conditions that safeguard her right to live and be medically cared for, is not only a necessary condition for the fulfilment of international agreements of which Turkey is party, but also a human necessity."

14 January 2022

At least 59 ill prisoners lost their lives in Turkey in a year

Rights organizations underlined that the state is responsible for the health and lives of prisoners in prisons and has an obligation to ensure that they have access to their right to medical treatment and healthcare.

12 January 2022

PETITION

Number of women calling for Aysel Tuğluk's freedom tops 5 thousand

Seeking the release of Kurdish politician and seriously ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk, the petition of “A Call from 1000 Women for Freedom to Aysel Tuğluk” has received over 5 thousand signatures in four days.

11 January 2022

CALL FROM 1,000 WOMEN

Petition for politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk: ‘We don’t want to be late to save her'

The petition titled “A Call from 1000 Women for Freedom to Aysel Tuğluk” will be open for signatures until January 12: “We can no longer stay silent when her life is blatantly put at risk. We can no longer remain mere spectators.”

7 January 2022

Investigation against HDP's Gergerlioğlu over his social media post about Aysel Tuğluk

With his request for visiting Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk rejected by the Justice Ministry, HDP MP Gergerlioğlu made a press statement in front of the Kandıra Prison. He has faced an investigation shortly afterwards.

7 January 2022

Ministry doesn’t permit HDP MP Gergerlioğlu to visit Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Tuğluk

HDP Kocaeli MP Gergerlioğlu, also a physician, speaks to bianet about the contradictory medical reports on jailed politician Aysel Tuğluk. According to the MP, the report of the İstanbul Forensic Medicine Institution does not contain medical statements.

6 January 2022 Ruken Tuncel

One more ill prisoner 'can stay in prison' according to Forensic Medicine Institution

Mehmet Tacettin from the Prison Commission of the Human Rights Association says prisoner Civan Boltan, who has a shrapnel piece in his brain, is prevented from release as the Forensic Medicine Institution’s report says “he can stay in prison”.

3 January 2022

HDP CO-CHAIR BULDAN

'Even the prison administration says Aysel Tuğluk is not in good health'

Diagnosed with dementia, former HDP deputy Tuğluk is kept in prison despite a medical report that found she shouldn't stay behind bars.

27 December 2021 Ruken Tuncel

'Ill prisoner Yusuf Akbaba threatened with death'

The prisoner is isolated and not provided with proper treatment, the İHD has stated.

27 December 2021

'Seeking justice, not begging': Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk in prison despite severe illness

Tuğluk's brother says, "We are trying to find justice, if there is any. We are not begging anyone. However, they can't prevent my sister's right to treatment while she has a health problem."

23 December 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Women’s groups call for Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk’s release

With her medical condition deteriorating, former HDP MP Aysel Tuğluk is still held behind bars. 68 women’s organizations demand her freedom in a joint statement.

21 December 2021

Forensic Medicine Institute decides another prisoner with cancer 'can stay in prison'

Yusuf Özmen was arrested in February 2018 despite having cancer. He cannot stay in prison according to medical reports from five different hospitals.

20 December 2021

HDP calls for ‘immediate action to protect ill prisoners’ rights and health’

“The government, which has normalized torture and ill treatment, has also encouraged courts to take unlawful and inhuman decisions on sick prisoners,” say the HDP Co-Spokesersons for Foreign Affairs in the wake of the death of two ill prisoners.

17 December 2021

HDP'S GÜNAY

'Turkey’s prisons have turned into houses of death'

HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay has said, “The prisons of a country are the mirrors of their democracy. Unfortunately, the prisons of Turkey have turned into houses of death. Only in the last week, two ill prisoners have lost their lives in prison.”

17 December 2021

PRESS STATEMENT IN DİYARBAKIR

‘Aysel Tuğluk, hundreds of ill prisoners left for dead in Turkey’

The HDP, DBP and Peace Mothers have made a statement for the press in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province and raised concerns about the increasing violations of rights in the country’s prisons and the situation of ill prisoners.

16 December 2021

Ill prisoner Halil Güneş loses his life in prison

Halil Güneş was in treatment for lung and bone cancer. While a public hospital issued a report noting that “he was not in a state to stay in prison”, the Forensic Medicine Institution’s report indicated that “he could stay in prison”. Güneş has died in prison.

15 December 2021

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

‘At least 59 ill prisoners have lost their lives in Turkey since 2020’

According to the İHD, at least 59 ill prisoners, seven of whom shortly after the deferment of the execution of their sentences, have lost their lives in Turkey since early 2020.

14 December 2021

Ill prisoners' families start keeping a justice watch

The relatives of ill prisoners have announced that they have started keeping a justice watch in protest. In a press statement held at the Diyarbakır Bar Association, the bar has also indicated that it will offer legal support.

17 November 2021