Report: Halfeti detainees tortured again for exposing torture

by TurkeyPurge | May 29, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

A report released by the Foundation for Society and Legal Studies (TOHAV) has claimed that some of the people who were detained last week in Halfeti in southeastern Şanlıurfa province are being exposed to further torture for revealing their ill treatment, the Artı...

Ankara Bar Association documents torture on dismissed diplomats in prison

by TurkeyPurge | May 28, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

The Ankara Bar Association on Tuesday published a report including interviews with five detainees who were subjected to torture last weekend at a detention center in Ankara, exposing details of the torture perpetrated by law enforcement officials. Another detainee who...

Deputy: Former Foreign Ministry employees reportedly tortured, raped with baton in custody

by TurkeyPurge | May 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

Rumors have it that former Foreign Ministry employees are being subject to torture and sexual abuse while under custody at Ankara Police Department, opposition deputy and a human rights activist Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu said. “There are allegations of torture at Ankara...

Turkish army detains tens of Kurds in Şanlıurfa province: report

by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

At least 20 people have been detained by Turkish army in Halfeti village of Şanlıurfa province over their alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, the US and Turkey. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a...

Journalist tells story of Turkey’s post-coup detainees tortured in Ankara building

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 20, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Torture

Turkish journalist Cevheri Guven has claimed in a video footage that post-coup detainees are being taken to a specially-equipped building in Ankara where they are subject to torture . In a recent video recording published by the online news portal Bold Medya, Guven...

Former Turkish NATO officer reflects on his days in Ankara prison: Inmates given electric shocks to sign forced confessions

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture

Former Lt. Cdr. Cafer Topkaya, a purged and jailed Turkish naval officer who was assigned to NATO prior to a failed coup in Turkey, has told Deutsche Welle that he is coming out of the shadows to relate what he experienced “for those who can’t meet the press, who...