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Two police officers sentenced for strip search during 2013 Gezi Park protests

Two police officers sentenced for strip search during 2013 Gezi Park protests

The court found that Mücella Yapıcı, a leading figure in the protests, and her daughter were subjected to a strip search but issued a sentence for “misconduct” rather than torture, stating that the practice was not systematic.

21 October 2024

Ayça Söylemez

Prisoner battered after refusing strip search

Prisoner battered after refusing strip search

The prisoner alleges that the police told her, "We don't recognize the Constitution or the law here, do you undress or not, tell us that."

4 March 2024 Ayça Söylemez

Prosecutors dismiss investigation into strip search of women journalists

Prosecutors dismiss investigation into strip search of women journalists

Five journalists were strip-searched during their admission to the prison because there were CDs in their belongings. The prosecutors refused to investigate their complaint, concluding that the search was in line with the regulations.

Journalist Ziya Ataman says strip searched in prison

Journalist Ziya Ataman says strip searched in prison

Last month, Ataman was transferred from a prison in Van to another prison in Erzurum.

5 September 2022

17-year-old says strip searched in detention

17-year-old says strip searched in detention

A 17-year-old child was among the detained during a demonstration of the families of ill prisoners.

3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021

İHD PRISON REPORT

3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021

According to the last quarterly report of the Human Rights Association’s İstanbul Branch, 3,118 violations of rights in total, including eight losses of life, occurred in 20 prisons in Turkey in the last three months of 2021.

27 January 2022

‘Roof leaks, insects crawl in prison’s quarantine ward’

REPORT BY PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION

‘Roof leaks, insects crawl in prison’s quarantine ward’

The Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission has prepared reports regarding their visits to the Tarsus and Kayseri Bünyan prisons. The reports have shown that quarantine wards in prisons are in a very bad condition.

18 January 2022

Turkey amends prison regulation, replacing 'strip search' with 'detailed search'

Turkey amends prison regulation, replacing 'strip search' with 'detailed search'

The legal regulation pertaining to “strip search” in prison has been amended: “Respect for human dignity and honor and non-violation of the sense of shame is essential in searches and counts. All necessary measures shall be taken within this scope.”

12 November 2021

Mücella Yapıcı: Talking about strip search doesn't end it

STRIP SEARCH CASE

Mücella Yapıcı: Talking about strip search doesn't end it

The court has issued an arrest warrant for defendant police officer Songul E.K., whose testimony hasn't been taken.

9 November 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Onur Yaser Can case: New investigation against 5 police officers

Onur Yaser Can case: New investigation against 5 police officers

In the trial over the death of 28-year-old Onur Yaser Can, who committed suicide after being tortured in detention, the İstanbul Regional Administrative Court has requested an investigation against five police officers.

‘Prisoners strip-searched, battered during transfers’

İHD ANTALYA BRANCH

‘Prisoners strip-searched, battered during transfers’

According to a report prepared by the Antalya Branch of the Human Rights Association, prisoners were strip-searched and battered during their transfer from one prison to another in the same campus.

Kurdish writer Meral Şimşek tortured with strip search by police in Greece

Kurdish writer Meral Şimşek tortured with strip search by police in Greece

Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair and lawyer Eren Keskin says that Greece committed a grave international crime against humanity and announced that they will apply to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

8 July 2021 Evrim Kepenek

‘Prisoners strip-searched, their fundamental rights denied in Batman prisons’

REPORT BY İHD

‘Prisoners strip-searched, their fundamental rights denied in Batman prisons’

According to a report prepared by the Batman Branch of the Human Rights Association, prisoners are faced with serious violations of rights, arrestees and convicts are subjected to strip search, torture and ill treatment in prisons in Batman.

Gergerlioğlu: I have found the document of strip search in prison

Gergerlioğlu: I have found the document of strip search in prison

Stripped of his MP status and arrested shortly afterwards, HDP’s Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who has long been raising concerns and publicity about strip search in Turkey, has sent a message from prison.

AKP’s Zengin: I don’t say there is no strip search at all

AKP’s Zengin: I don’t say there is no strip search at all

AKP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Özlem Zengin has argued that “the practice of strip search does not mean that it is a subject of human rights violation,” adding that “she does not say that there is no such search in Turkey at all.”

'I was subjected to strip search in police custody'

WRITER MERAL ŞİMŞEK

'I was subjected to strip search in police custody'

With her literary works brought against her as criminal evidence, writer Şimşek says that she was subjected to strip search and not given water for hours while she was in detention at Malatya Security Directorate.

23 February 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Turkey’s Constitutional Court says strip search is ‘ill treatment’

Turkey’s Constitutional Court says strip search is ‘ill treatment’

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the strip search of a woman at the tea room of a police station violated the prohibition of ill treatment on procedural grounds.

‘Strip search is getting more and more frequent in Turkey’

RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS

‘Strip search is getting more and more frequent in Turkey’

Amid ongoing debates on strip search in Turkey, Human Rights Association (İHD), Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) and Turkish Medical Association (TTB) have released a statement raising concerns about “the new and changing face of torture.”

30 December 2020

‘They batter us when we refuse strip search’

PRISON CONDITIONS IN TURKEY

‘They batter us when we refuse strip search’

In their applications to the Human Rights Association (İHD) and meetings with the İHD lawyers over the past year, several prisoners have recounted how they were subjected to a strip search in different prisons across Turkey.

29 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘FETÖ’ investigation into ‘strip search’ posts

‘FETÖ’ investigation into ‘strip search’ posts

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against the ones who shared social media posts alleging that there is strip search in Turkey. It is now investigated whether their messages are “deliberate posts in favor of the FETÖ.”

23 December 2020

‘We make a detailed search if there is reasonable suspicion’

TURKEY'S DIRECTORATE OF PRISONS

‘We make a detailed search if there is reasonable suspicion’

In a statement released by the Directorate of Prisons amid debates on whether there is strip search in Turkey, it is said that “a detailed search is done if there is reasonable and strong suspicion that the person will bring in a forbidden material or object.”

22 December 2020

Police Allegedly Strip Search People at İstanbul's Zorlu PSM Concert Hall

Police Allegedly Strip Search People at İstanbul's Zorlu PSM Concert Hall

Two people who recently attended concerts at the hall have claimed they were strip searched by the police. Zorlu PSM has said it is a "routine practice."

29 January 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Detainees Speak Up on Strip Searching

Detainees Speak Up on Strip Searching

Following Justice Minister’s remarks on non-degrading strip search, former detainees who have been strip searched spoke up.

2 December 2013 Çiçek Tahaoğlu,Elif Akgül