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Increase in torture complaints brought to the attention of the Parliament
Increase in torture complaints brought to the attention of the Parliament
DEVA Party Istanbul MP Yeneroğlu stated that there was a 22 percent increase in the submissions received by the Human Rights Foundation in 2022 related to torture compared to the previous year.
1 September 2023
‘People tortured in Turkey from age 5 to 76’
HRFT TREATMENT CENTERS REPORT
‘People tortured in Turkey from age 5 to 76’
According to HRFT Treatment Centers 2021 report, the Foundation has received the highest number of applications last year since its establishment in 1990. A five-year-old child also complained about torture in 2021.
30 May 2022
Video footage shows torture despite reports of ‘heart attack’ and ‘infectious disease’
DEATHS IN SİLİVRİ PRISON
Video footage shows torture despite reports of ‘heart attack’ and ‘infectious disease’
Having lost his life in Silivri Closed Prison, Ferhan Yılmaz’s video from the intensive case has surfaced. While the Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses said “his heart stopped and he died”, the death report referred to an “infectious disease”.
14 April 2022
‘Prisoners attempted to commit suicide following wardens' torture in Silivri Prison’
LAWYERS FOR FREEDOM ASSOCIATION
‘Prisoners attempted to commit suicide following wardens' torture in Silivri Prison’
The İstanbul Branch of the Lawyers for Freedom Association has announced that six prisoners who had been subjected to torture attmpted to commit suicide by taking medicine and one of the prisoners has been taken to the intensive care.
12 April 2022
He demanded freedom for his arrested friend, he is now arrested himself
He demanded freedom for his arrested friend, he is now arrested himself
Emir Karakum, whose letter about his arrested friend we previously covered, has been arrested; he was severely battered while “Mehter Anthem”, the anthem of the Ottoman military band, was being played during his entry to the prison.
25 March 2022 Ayça Söylemez
‘2,964 people's right to life violated in Turkey in 2021’
CHP’S TANRIKULU
‘2,964 people's right to life violated in Turkey in 2021’
According to the annual report on rights violations prepared by CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu, the right to life of 2,964 people was violated and 3,145 people were subjected to torture and ill treatment in Turkey in 2021.
28 January 2022
3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021
İHD PRISON REPORT
3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021
According to the last quarterly report of the Human Rights Association’s İstanbul Branch, 3,118 violations of rights in total, including eight losses of life, occurred in 20 prisons in Turkey in the last three months of 2021.
27 January 2022
HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘psychological torture’ in Tekirdağ Prison
HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘psychological torture’ in Tekirdağ Prison
HDP Diyarbakır MP Tosun has applied to the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission: “Prisoners say that the prison administration commits psychological torture, they are subjected to wardens’ arbitrary practices and they do not have life safety.”
24 January 2022
Turkey's top court finds ‘no violation of rights’ in injury during Gezi resistance
Turkey's top court finds ‘no violation of rights’ in injury during Gezi resistance
Constitutional Court concludes that the prohibition of ill treatment was not violated by the police intervention given that the pressurized water sprayed by the anti-riot water cannon vehicle was found “necessary and proportionate” in the investigation.
18 January 2022
‘Police raid on wrong house’ taken to Parliamentary agenda
‘Police raid on wrong house’ taken to Parliamentary agenda
HDP Mersin MP Turan has indicated that the Yolgın family were subjected to violence though they objected to the police, saying that “they came to the wrong house” for the raid. Turan has also applied to the Human Rights Commission.
3 January 2022
‘Police torture to be probed on disciplinary grounds’
POLICE VIOLENCE IN DİYARBAKIR
‘Police torture to be probed on disciplinary grounds’
Lawyer Yalçın says, “Though the crime of torture was committed by the police in the video I watched, the Diyarbakır Security Directorate will probe it with regard to discipline, which constitutes an approach protecting the ones who committed this crime.”
2 December 2021 Ayşegül Özbek
Lawmakers’ questions on Harmandalı Removal Center left unanswered
Lawmakers’ questions on Harmandalı Removal Center left unanswered
As the Parliamentary questions of MPs and the calls of civil society about the Harmandalı Removal Center in İzmir are left unanswered, main opposition CHP MP Bakan has brought the issue once again to the Parliamentary agenda.
26 July 2021
Onur Yaser Can case: New investigation against 5 police officers
Onur Yaser Can case: New investigation against 5 police officers
In the trial over the death of 28-year-old Onur Yaser Can, who committed suicide after being tortured in detention, the İstanbul Regional Administrative Court has requested an investigation against five police officers.
22 July 2021
‘Prisoners strip-searched, battered during transfers’
İHD ANTALYA BRANCH
‘Prisoners strip-searched, battered during transfers’
According to a report prepared by the Antalya Branch of the Human Rights Association, prisoners were strip-searched and battered during their transfer from one prison to another in the same campus.
13 July 2021
Forensic Medicine Institution says 83-year-old ill prisoner can stay behind bars
Forensic Medicine Institution says 83-year-old ill prisoner can stay behind bars
The Forensic Medicine Institution has issued a report on seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan (83), who is unable to meet his personal needs on his own, and concluded that he can stay in prison.
12 July 2021
‘People tortured in Turkey from age 5 to 70’
TİHV-HRFT REPORT
‘People tortured in Turkey from age 5 to 70’
According to the annual report of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, the age of the ones who complained about being subjected to torture and ill treatment ranged from 5 to 70 in 2020.
12 July 2021
Aggravated life sentence for torturing conscript to death
UĞUR KANTAR CASE
Aggravated life sentence for torturing conscript to death
In the trial over the killing of Uğur Kantar by torture during his mandatory military service, a heavy penal court in Ankara has sentenced defendant Fırat Keser to aggravated life imprisonment for “causing death as a result of torture.”
1 July 2021
‘İstanbul Convention is annulled, people are made vulnerable to violence’
STATEMENT ON PRIDE MARCH
‘İstanbul Convention is annulled, people are made vulnerable to violence’
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a written statement about the police attack on the 19th İstanbul Pride March in Taksim on June 26, when several people were detained by torture by the police.
28 June 2021
‘Ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan’s right to life being violated’
‘Ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan’s right to life being violated’
Law and rights organizations: “The imprisonment of Özkan despite his age and illnesses, the conditions in which he is taken to hospital and the attempts to treat him handcuffed to bed is a violation of the prohibition of torture.”
25 June 2021
‘Prisoners strip-searched, their fundamental rights denied in Batman prisons’
REPORT BY İHD
‘Prisoners strip-searched, their fundamental rights denied in Batman prisons’
According to a report prepared by the Batman Branch of the Human Rights Association, prisoners are faced with serious violations of rights, arrestees and convicts are subjected to strip search, torture and ill treatment in prisons in Batman.
25 June 2021
Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again
Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again
Put on trial “because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk” and released to house arrest last week, Ayten Öztürk has been taken into custody again upon the prosecutor’s objection to her release.
15 June 2021
‘They said to me, “You will rot in prison”’
AYTEN ÖZTÜRK WRITES FROM PRISON
‘They said to me, “You will rot in prison”’
“I lost 25 kilos in torture. 898 wounds-marks were found in my body. The wounds in my body have healed, but the wounds inside me won’t heal until this injustice is eliminated. Join your voice with mine,” says Ayten Öztürk from her letter from prison.
1 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez
‘She was released in this case before, why is she arrested again?’
‘She was released in this case before, why is she arrested again?’
Put on trial for “watching a lynching on the sidewalk”, Ayten Öztürk appeared before the judge. “You break the law if you rule for her continued arrest to hide torture,” said her attorney Şaraldı, addressing the court board at the hearing.
16 April 2021
'We were subjected to police violence in detention'
'We were subjected to police violence in detention'
Held in detention in Gazi police station in İstanbul for two days, Sezer and Süleyman Çakmak have made a press statement about the police violence they suffered.
9 April 2021
Ill prisoner Kemal Gömi attacked in prison
Ill prisoner Kemal Gömi attacked in prison
Imprisoned for 28 years and diagnosed with “chronic schizophrenia”, Kemal Gömi was attacked in prison. Making a statement about the issue, attorney Turgut has announced that she was not allowed to see her client.
11 March 2021
Defendant on trial ‘because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk’
Defendant on trial ‘because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk’
In the prosecutor’s opinion, it was indicated that Ayten Öztürk, arrested pending trial for three years, “watched a lynching in the neighborhood from a corner”. She now faces aggravated life imprisonment.
1 March 2021 Ayça Söylemez
'I was subjected to strip search in police custody'
WRITER MERAL ŞİMŞEK
'I was subjected to strip search in police custody'
With her literary works brought against her as criminal evidence, writer Şimşek says that she was subjected to strip search and not given water for hours while she was in detention at Malatya Security Directorate.
23 February 2021 Evrim Kepenek
Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara: 83 people released
Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara: 83 people released
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that 83 people who were battered and detained in the capital city have been released.
3 February 2021
Osman Şiban released from detention
Osman Şiban released from detention
Still in treatment after being tortured, Osman Şiban was detained in the morning hours today (January 11). As it was documented with a medical report that he was not in a state to go from Mersin to Van, he has been released.
12 January 2021
Turkey’s Constitutional Court says strip search is ‘ill treatment’
Turkey’s Constitutional Court says strip search is ‘ill treatment’
The Constitutional Court has concluded that the strip search of a woman at the tea room of a police station violated the prohibition of ill treatment on procedural grounds.
5 January 2021
Breaking a protester’s arm, police officer sentenced to prison
Breaking a protester’s arm, police officer sentenced to prison
The police officer who broke Danacı’s arm while intervening in a protest has been sentenced to 1 year, 8 months in prison; but, as the court has concluded that “he will not commit a crime again,” the announcement of the verdict has been deferred.
30 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Strip search is getting more and more frequent in Turkey’
RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
‘Strip search is getting more and more frequent in Turkey’
Amid ongoing debates on strip search in Turkey, Human Rights Association (İHD), Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) and Turkish Medical Association (TTB) have released a statement raising concerns about “the new and changing face of torture.”
30 December 2020
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