Amnesty International warned against `evidence of torture including rape of detainees in Turkey. There are well-founded fears for people’s rights and freedoms in Turkey, as a crackdown of exceptional proportions continues following the failed coup attempt on 15 July 2016. Gokhan Açıkkollu, a teacher died in Istanbul under torture while in police custody. In Sanliurfa, […]
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The US Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators published a declaration/statement regarding the current law infringement in Turkey emphasizing constitutional democracy. The board of the CCJ and COSCA announced the statement in recognition of the importance of an independent judiciary within a constitutional democracy, which should be free from intimidation and
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On July 24, Amnesty International published a press release stating that it “has gathered credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention centers across the country.” Turkish officials denied the allegations in the report. The Justice Minister announced that “No individual was tortured
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Aydin-based Adnan Menderes University has issued an instructive for university personnel, calling for submitting information about any Fethullah Gulen sympathizer among the personnel. In another incident of witch-hunt across the country, the administration of the Adnan Menderes University, based in Western province of Aydin in Aegean region, has called on personnel to give information about
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A high school teacher who has been kept in detention over alleged links to July 15 coup attempt for two weeks has been found dead at his prison cell in Istanbul. Gokhan Acikkol was detained two weeks ago in Istanbul. Acikkol’s death sparked outrage while his father vowed to pursue legal charges against authorities over
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When police failed to find Lawyer Muhammet Cakir at home during a raid, they detained 86-year-old woman, his mother, and have been keeping her in detention for several days in southern province of Hatay to ensure capture of his son. Hatay Governor told media that an investigation has been launched into Cakir, the owner of
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Turkish police have raided the offices of the national science research council, as part of the post-coup crackdown in the country. Police raided the offices of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak) on Wednesday and detained “many” people. Tubitak funds science research projects in universities and the private sector and employs more
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A leftist academic at Tunceli University has been detained over possession of a book about Fethullah Gulen at his office, the leftist Birgun daily reported on Wednesday. Candan Badem, a scholar at History Department of Tunceli University in eastern province of Tunceli has already been suspended by the Turkish authorities in a nation-wide crackdown against
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One of the institutions shut down, with charges of ‘posing a threat to national security’ – through a decree under OHAL (state of emergency)- is İstanbul Women’s Health and IVF Center. On Saturday, July 23rd, the Center got closed down by a team of officials from health department, governor’s office, and finance department, with the
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The head of the Council of Europe, the continent’s top human rights organization, said on Wednesday that Turkey needs to follow human rights in crackdown on coup plotters, which gained momentum after the declaration of state of emergency. Thorbjorn Jagland, head of the Council of Europe, was the first high-ranking European official to visit Turkey
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