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Turkish prisons at 13 percent overcapacity: lawmaker

Turkish prisons at 13 percent overcapacity: lawmaker

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish prisons are hosting some 27,000 prisoners more than its overall capacity, according to main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkus Ilgezdi. According to the information shared by Ilgezdi at Human Rights Commission in the Turkish...
Father says wife, 11-month-old son under arrest despite medical problems

Father says wife, 11-month-old son under arrest despite medical problems

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 23, 2017 | Human Tragedies

Cengiz Zaza Akbaba, the husband of Gulistan Diken Akbaba said in a recent video that his wife and 11-month-old son have been under arrest despite the babies medical problems. “This child is only one of 560 children. Now, 560 children are not allowed to touch the soil,...
Making room for post-coup detainees, Turkey transfers convicts sentenced to 10 years to open prisons

Making room for post-coup detainees, Turkey transfers convicts sentenced to 10 years to open prisons

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey has revised its regulation to transfers the convicts with ‘lighter’ jail sentences to open prisons in order to make room for post-coup detainees. According to the new regulation, published in the Official Gazette on. 23, prisoners sentenced up to 10 years in...

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