Family members of İbrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was jailed in May over alleged links to the Gülen movement, said that Özyavuz did not commit suicide as previously reported but rather died after he was subjected to heavy torture by police officers while he was in pretrial detention. Turkish media reports had said […]
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A total of 11 people have been stopped near in Edirne province while they were reportedly on their way to Greece, media reported. State-run Anadolu news agency said Monday that Edirne police stopped caught 11 people in 2 cars and a bus near Ipsala district. Eleven suspects include former judge Ismail Kurt as well as
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Turkish academic Büşra Ersanlı was sentenced to 1 years and 3 months in prison for signing signing a petition in 2016 criticizing the Turkish government for its violation of human rights and civilian casualties among the predominantly Kurdish population of eastern Turkey. An Istanbul court convicted Ersanli on charges of making propaganda on behalf of
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At least 446 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 446 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between May 28-June 4. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15,
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Ibrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was put in pre-trial detention a month ago over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has reportedly committed suicide in Silivri Prison. Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, a rights defender and a medical doctor himself who was dismissed as part of the post-coup purge as well, tweeted on June
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A report by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) shows that a Turkish man who was kept under police custody for 7 days in the wake of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 lost his mental health because of torture, ill-treatment and trauma. A Turkish public official who said that he was exposed
Two villagers from Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Hakkari province have been tortured for hours by a group of soldiers while they were shepherding their sheep, according to media. Mezopotampya online news agency said Friday that Ramazan Tas and Nasır Taş, two shepherds from Hakkari’s Yufkali village were stopped by a group of 8 soldiers at a rural
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The Sweden-based Anna Lindh’s Memorial Fund has awarded human rights lawyer Eren Keskin with the 2018 Anna Lindh Prize. “She has worked tirelessly to help violence-deprived girls and women, as well as LGTBQ people and Syrian needers in Turkey,” said Lena Hjelm-Wallén, chairman of the memorial fund’s board. “Even when her work led to captivating,
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A Tokat lawyer, identified as G.B., has been detained at a police station where he/she originally came to defend his/her client, under custody over links to the Gulen movement. It turns out that a detention warrant was earlier issued for G.B. as part of the same investigation that led his/her client to be taken under
A Kayseri-based civil engineer, identified as O.E., was given 8 years and 9 months of prison sentence over his links to the Gulen movement. In pre-trial detention for months, O.E. was convicted of membership to a terror group. Media reported on Tuesday that O.E. is accused of using ByLock mobile app and making his banking
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