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Former Istanbul prosecutor in solitary confinement for 500 days: son

Former Istanbul prosecutor in solitary confinement for 500 days: son

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Former Istanbul prosecutor Sadrettin Sarikaya has been held in solitary confinement for more than 500 days, according to his son. Sarikaya, the prosecutor who had called the intelligence chief Hakan Fidan for testimony as part of a 2012 investigation into the outlawed...
73-year-old German-Turkish dual citizen in solitary confinement in Silivri prison: family

73-year-old German-Turkish dual citizen in solitary confinement in Silivri prison: family

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A 73-year-old dual citizen of Germany and Turkey has been held in solitary confinement in Istanbul’s Silivri prison as part of his pretrial detention over ties to the Gulen movement, according to German news agency DPA. Enver Altayli, former member of the Turkish...
Jailed banker suffers from psychological disorders in solitary confinement: family

Jailed banker suffers from psychological disorders in solitary confinement: family

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2017 | Human Tragedies

Nurettin Aytuğ, the manager of the Erbil branch of the government-closed Bank Asya who has been under arrest over a year, has developed psychological disorders in prison, according to his family. Aytuğ’s family members told Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) that he...
Imprisoned pro-Kurdish MP says being held under tight isolation

Imprisoned pro-Kurdish MP says being held under tight isolation

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Adana deputy Meral Danış Beştaş said she is being kept under tight isolation in the prison. As part of a parliamentary question she submitted from Silivri prison, Beştaş said she has been kept under solitary confinement for...
Arrested judge held in solitary confinement for psychological torture, wife says

Arrested judge held in solitary confinement for psychological torture, wife says

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 28, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Human Tragedies, Torture

Muhsin Durmaz, a judge dismissed from profession by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) in the aftermath of the July 15 for his alleged links to the Gülen movement, was later arrested and put in solitary confinement. According to his wife, Durmaz was...

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