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‘Prisoners attempted to commit suicide following wardens' torture in Silivri Prison’
LAWYERS FOR FREEDOM ASSOCIATION
‘Prisoners attempted to commit suicide following wardens' torture in Silivri Prison’
The İstanbul Branch of the Lawyers for Freedom Association has announced that six prisoners who had been subjected to torture attmpted to commit suicide by taking medicine and one of the prisoners has been taken to the intensive care.
12 April 2022
With their report on torture censored, 6 members of ‘Human Rights Center’ resign
ANKARA BAR ASSOCIATION
With their report on torture censored, 6 members of ‘Human Rights Center’ resign
The administration of Ankara Bar has not shared its Human Rights Center’s report on torture allegations concerning Ankara Security Directorate. Six members of the center have resigned. Lawyers say similar incidents have been going on for some time.
9 February 2022
‘2,964 people's right to life violated in Turkey in 2021’
CHP’S TANRIKULU
‘2,964 people's right to life violated in Turkey in 2021’
According to the annual report on rights violations prepared by CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu, the right to life of 2,964 people was violated and 3,145 people were subjected to torture and ill treatment in Turkey in 2021.
28 January 2022
HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘psychological torture’ in Tekirdağ Prison
HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘psychological torture’ in Tekirdağ Prison
HDP Diyarbakır MP Tosun has applied to the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission: “Prisoners say that the prison administration commits psychological torture, they are subjected to wardens’ arbitrary practices and they do not have life safety.”
24 January 2022
Appeal against non-prosecution of Garibe Gezer’s claims of rape, torture in prison
SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN PRISON
Appeal against non-prosecution of Garibe Gezer’s claims of rape, torture in prison
Following the decision of non-prosecution given for the investigation into deceased prisoner Garibe Gezer's allegations of torture and sexual assault in Kandıra Prison, her lawyers have appealed to the Kandıra Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
10 January 2022
Reporting on citizens thrown from a helicopter, journalists acquitted a year later
Reporting on citizens thrown from a helicopter, journalists acquitted a year later
Put on trial for reporting on torture in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern province of Van, journalists Bilen, Uğur, Abi, Sala and Durgut have been acquitted of “membership of a terrorist organization”. Sala is given a deferred prison sentence for “propaganda”.
6 January 2022
Prosecutors dismiss investigation into 'torture' claims of prisoner who died suspiciously
Prosecutors dismiss investigation into 'torture' claims of prisoner who died suspiciously
Shortly after she claimed to be systematically tortured and sexually assaulted, Garibe Gezer lost her life. The cause of her death was announced as "suicide."
4 January 2022
‘Police raid on wrong house’ taken to Parliamentary agenda
‘Police raid on wrong house’ taken to Parliamentary agenda
HDP Mersin MP Turan has indicated that the Yolgın family were subjected to violence though they objected to the police, saying that “they came to the wrong house” for the raid. Turan has also applied to the Human Rights Commission.
3 January 2022
Garibe Gezer suspiciously loses her life in prison
SHE TOLD OF TORTURE, RAPE
Garibe Gezer suspiciously loses her life in prison
Having announced that she was tortured and sexually assaulted in Kandıra Prison in Kocaeli, Garibe Gezer has suspiciously lost her life in the same prison. Lawyer Eren Keskin asks, “How could a person in a cell hang herself?”
10 December 2021
‘Police torture to be probed on disciplinary grounds’
POLICE VIOLENCE IN DİYARBAKIR
‘Police torture to be probed on disciplinary grounds’
Lawyer Yalçın says, “Though the crime of torture was committed by the police in the video I watched, the Diyarbakır Security Directorate will probe it with regard to discipline, which constitutes an approach protecting the ones who committed this crime.”
2 December 2021 Ayşegül Özbek
Criminal complaint against retired intelligence chief after torture confessions
Criminal complaint against retired intelligence chief after torture confessions
In recent interviews, Mehmet Eymür admitted that Turkey's security and intelligence organizations committed torture and extrajudicial killings.
17 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
'The state can do anything': Retired intelligence chief admits torture, extrajudicial killings
'The state can do anything': Retired intelligence chief admits torture, extrajudicial killings
Eymür says he doesn't regret what he did, and it's "legitimate" for the state to commit such practices. He criticizes those who did these for "personal interests" though.
8 November 2021
Agent-provocateur students, anti-camera shields, outlawed waste pickers and more
WEEKLY ROUNDUP #11
Agent-provocateur students, anti-camera shields, outlawed waste pickers and more
Erdoğan and Bahçeli take on students • Hundreds of waste pickers detained in İstanbul • 460 prisoners with a PhD degree • Gezi trial resumes • Turkey once again accused of child recruitment
12 October 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu
Sexual assault and torture against woman prisoner in padded cell
Sexual assault and torture against woman prisoner in padded cell
Human Rights Association Co-Chair Eren Keskin has filed a criminal complaint against several correction officers and an infirmary doctor.
8 October 2021 Evrim Kepenek
Constitutional Court orders state to pay 500,000 lira for 'impunity for torture and killing'
Constitutional Court orders state to pay 500,000 lira for 'impunity for torture and killing'
One person was tortured to death in detention in 1992. A soldier was found guilty, but the case was dropped due to the statute of limitations.
23 September 2021
Constitutional Court rejects application for 'ill-treatment of dead body'
Constitutional Court rejects application for 'ill-treatment of dead body'
After a PKK member was killed during clashes with security forces in 2010, his family had applied to the top court, alleging that the body was burned after the autopsy.
15 September 2021
Lawmakers’ questions on Harmandalı Removal Center left unanswered
Lawmakers’ questions on Harmandalı Removal Center left unanswered
As the Parliamentary questions of MPs and the calls of civil society about the Harmandalı Removal Center in İzmir are left unanswered, main opposition CHP MP Bakan has brought the issue once again to the Parliamentary agenda.
26 July 2021
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.
22 July 2021
‘People tortured in Turkey from age 5 to 70’
TİHV-HRFT REPORT
‘People tortured in Turkey from age 5 to 70’
According to the annual report of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, the age of the ones who complained about being subjected to torture and ill treatment ranged from 5 to 70 in 2020.
12 July 2021
Aggravated life sentence for torturing conscript to death
UĞUR KANTAR CASE
Aggravated life sentence for torturing conscript to death
In the trial over the killing of Uğur Kantar by torture during his mandatory military service, a heavy penal court in Ankara has sentenced defendant Fırat Keser to aggravated life imprisonment for “causing death as a result of torture.”
1 July 2021
Attack on HDP İzmir office | Onur Gencer tortured Deniz Poyraz
Attack on HDP İzmir office | Onur Gencer tortured Deniz Poyraz
Lawyer Türkan Aslan says, “In the dead body examination minutes, it is written that there was a 7-8 centimeter smooth-line cut on the right side of Deniz Poyraz’s scalp. Moreover, she also had broken ribs and damage to her internal organs.”
28 June 2021 Ruken Tuncel
‘Ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan’s right to life being violated’
‘Ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan’s right to life being violated’
Law and rights organizations: “The imprisonment of Özkan despite his age and illnesses, the conditions in which he is taken to hospital and the attempts to treat him handcuffed to bed is a violation of the prohibition of torture.”
25 June 2021
Police officer who battered a woman indicted for 'actual bodily harm'
Police officer who battered a woman indicted for 'actual bodily harm'
Attorney Eren Keskin has made an application to the court, stating that the incident was not actual bodily harm but torture.
15 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek
Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again
Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again
Put on trial “because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk” and released to house arrest last week, Ayten Öztürk has been taken into custody again upon the prosecutor’s objection to her release.
15 June 2021
‘They said to me, “You will rot in prison”’
AYTEN ÖZTÜRK WRITES FROM PRISON
‘They said to me, “You will rot in prison”’
“I lost 25 kilos in torture. 898 wounds-marks were found in my body. The wounds in my body have healed, but the wounds inside me won’t heal until this injustice is eliminated. Join your voice with mine,” says Ayten Öztürk from her letter from prison.
1 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez
‘She was released in this case before, why is she arrested again?’
‘She was released in this case before, why is she arrested again?’
Put on trial for “watching a lynching on the sidewalk”, Ayten Öztürk appeared before the judge. “You break the law if you rule for her continued arrest to hide torture,” said her attorney Şaraldı, addressing the court board at the hearing.
16 April 2021
'We were subjected to police violence in detention'
'We were subjected to police violence in detention'
Held in detention in Gazi police station in İstanbul for two days, Sezer and Süleyman Çakmak have made a press statement about the police violence they suffered.
9 April 2021
Four journalists released after spending six months under arrest for reporting on torture
Four journalists released after spending six months under arrest for reporting on torture
Adnan Bilen, Cemil Uğur, Şehriban Abi and Nazan Sala were in pre-trial detention for reporting on an incident of torture in the Kurdish-majority Van province.
2 April 2021
Ill prisoner Kemal Gömi attacked in prison
Ill prisoner Kemal Gömi attacked in prison
Imprisoned for 28 years and diagnosed with “chronic schizophrenia”, Kemal Gömi was attacked in prison. Making a statement about the issue, attorney Turgut has announced that she was not allowed to see her client.
11 March 2021
Defendant on trial ‘because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk’
Defendant on trial ‘because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk’
In the prosecutor’s opinion, it was indicated that Ayten Öztürk, arrested pending trial for three years, “watched a lynching in the neighborhood from a corner”. She now faces aggravated life imprisonment.
1 March 2021 Ayça Söylemez
'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
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