by TurkeyPurge | Aug 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 22,000 inmates are forced to sleep on the floor as the prison population has exceeded 224,000 for the first time in Turkey’s history, the artigercek news website reported on Wednesday. According to the report, 202,000 inmates can be accommodated in current...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Justice Ministry has announced that out of 381 prisons in Turkey, 139 of them were built in the last 10 years and 38 were constructed last year, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Tuesday. According to the report, 201,177 prisoners are currently being held...
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