by TurkeyPurge | Feb 27, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer said in a written statement on Feb 27 that he was alarmed by allegations that large numbers of individuals were exposed to brutal interrogation techniques in Turkish custodies. The allegations of torture and other...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
A victim, who was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, has identified the location of a secret detention facility in Ankara that was used by Turkish government authorities to practice both verbal and physical tortures on detainees in a 14-minute...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze