by TurkeyPurge | Jan 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown, Torture
A Turkish man, jailed over alleged links to the Gulen movement, was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during the holy month of Ramadan. According to Odatv columnist Muyesser Yildiz on Sunday, the man reported to be hailin from...
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...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 8, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown, Torture
In the latest of firsthand letters revealing re-emergence of torture in Turkish prisons, an Antalya arrestee reportedly said he was beaten so badly that he blacked out for some time while he was also threatened with rape. Detained after a regular police check on Jan...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The twin sister of 23-year-old Seda Kaya who was arrested over terror charges in July 2, last year, says she has been feeling the pain Kaya suffers as part of torture in prison. “My love is in there. People would say that twins feel each other’s pain but I wouldn’t...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Emrah Özge Yelken, the public prosecutor in Afyon’s Dinar district issued detention warrants for 21 women including mothers of newborn babies as well as elderly citizens, as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement on Friday. Turkish media reported that police...
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