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Video shows the moments history teacher Gokhan Acikkollu died of heart attack in prison

Video shows the moments history teacher Gokhan Acikkollu died of heart attack in prison

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 2, 2019 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown

Bold Medya has released a video showing the negligence of police officers in the death of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a purged history teacher who died of a heart attack while under detention in 2016. [VIDEO] shows the moments history teacher Gokhan Acikkollu died of heart...
Ankara Bar Association documents torture on dismissed diplomats in prison

Ankara Bar Association documents torture on dismissed diplomats in prison

by TurkeyPurge | May 28, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

The Ankara Bar Association on Tuesday published a report including interviews with five detainees who were subjected to torture last weekend at a detention center in Ankara, exposing details of the torture perpetrated by law enforcement officials. Another detainee who...
Deputy: Former Foreign Ministry employees reportedly tortured, raped with baton in custody

Deputy: Former Foreign Ministry employees reportedly tortured, raped with baton in custody

by TurkeyPurge | May 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

Rumors have it that former Foreign Ministry employees are being subject to torture and sexual abuse while under custody at Ankara Police Department, opposition deputy and a human rights activist Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu said. “There are allegations of torture at Ankara...
German-Turkish journalist says Erdogan let him be tortured in Istanbul prison

German-Turkish journalist says Erdogan let him be tortured in Istanbul prison

by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Uncategorized

For the first time since being released from Turkish custody, German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücelspoke about the torture he experienced while being held in pretrial detention at a prison near Istanbul. Testifying before a Berlin district court on Friday, Yücel spoke...
Jailed admiral says subject to torture in prison

Jailed admiral says subject to torture in prison

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 16, 2019 | Uncategorized

Adm. Nejat Atilla Demirhan, who was sentenced to life in prison on charges involving a failed coup in Turkey in July 2016, has detailed what he went through following the coup and during his trial, in a letter to the Medya Bold news website. In an eight-page...
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