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Interior Minister Admits Erasing of Helmet Numbers

Interior Minister Admits Erasing of Helmet Numbers

Responding to a parliamentary inquiry, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said that the numbers on police helmets were erased during the Gezi Resistance due to “intense work schedule”.

Police Raids Police Officers in Adana

Police Raids Police Officers in Adana

The police raided apartments of an assistant police chief, a branch manager and eight other police staff in Adana province, detaining several policemen in the southern province of Adana.

Police Receives State of Emergency-Like Mandate in Ankara

Police Receives State of Emergency-Like Mandate in Ankara

Ankara 10th Peace Court approved a list of mandates allowing the police to search any individual, vehicle and belongings for 15 days in 6 different neighborhoods without a further court order.

20 February 2014

Journalist Organizations Protest Police Media Ban

Journalist Organizations Protest Police Media Ban

Turkey’s prominent journalism organizations protested the media presence ban across the country’s police stations, saying that it violated the right to information.

23 December 2013

Izmir Police Allegedly Files Kurdish and Alevi Students

Izmir Police Allegedly Files Kurdish and Alevi Students

Izmir police allegedly applied to secondary school administrations, demanding the lists of students with Kurdish and Alevi background.

27 November 2013 Ayça Söylemez

Human Rights Foundation Objects Official Torture Toll

Human Rights Foundation Objects Official Torture Toll

"Deputy PM Beşir Atalay claims that only 2 torture and ill-treatment complaints were reported in the past three years. We are calling the Turkish authorities to be more realist. The real toll is 444," Metin Bakkalcı, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey General Secretary, said.

6 February 2013 Ekin Karaca

Journalist Metin Göktepe Remembered

Journalist Metin Göktepe Remembered

Dozens of family members, beloved ones and colleagues headed to Kemer Cemetary in Istanbul yesterday to remember journalist Metin Göktepe on the 17th anniversary of his death due to police brutality.

9 January 2013 Elif Akgül

2 Journalists Detained in Istanbul

2 Journalists Detained in Istanbul

Istanbul police raided several locations this morning, detaining 41 individuals including two journalists from Evrensel and Özgür Gündem newspapers.

10 December 2012

Rape at Taksim Police Station

POLICE VIOLENCE

Rape at Taksim Police Station

Taksim Police Station deputy commissioner N.K. who allegedly raped P.A in custody is arrested.

ECHR Convicted Turkey of Extrajudicial Killings

ECHR Convicted Turkey of Extrajudicial Killings

The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey based on extrajudicial killings by the police. Turkey was sentenced to a € 103,000 fine for "violating the right to life" regarding the killing of an innocent bystander during a police raid of a private home.

23 April 2010 Semra Pelek

Turkey not Able to Protect Women

Turkey not Able to Protect Women

Turkey cannot protect women who apply to institutions after they have been exposed to violence because the state does not provide safety of life. Four women became victims of violence within the last five days. Kartaler from the Mor Çatı women's shelter calls for increasing the capacity of social services.

16 March 2010 Burçin Belge

Human Rights Association Advises Resistance Against The Idea Of State Of Emergency Powers

Human Rights Association Advises Resistance Against The Idea Of State Of Emergency Powers

According to the president of the Human Rights Association, the police and the military want to return to the days of the state of the emergency powers to be able to search everyone and everywhere and to torture.

7 October 2008 Tolga Korkut

Police Not to Be Questioned in Dink Murder Trial

Police Not to Be Questioned in Dink Murder Trial

Although the Istanbul Public Prosecution had posited that Trabzon police officers had "neglected their duties of crime prevention", the Trabzon Governor's Office will not allow the questioning of eight of its officers.

31 August 2007 Tolga Korkut

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