Torture

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy’s son hospitalized after beating during police interrogation

Muhammed Cihad Saatçioğlu, the son of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Hüda Kaya was hospitalized with spinal fractures after, according to many, being beaten during interrogation at a police station in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district. Saatçioğlu was detained along with some 20 others when police intervened into a press meeting about the government’s recent crackdown […]

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

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 being held in solitary cell for psychological torture. What follows is a letter

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Torture rife in Turkish prisons: Journalism breathes its last

“I was subjected to violence and sexual abuse. I was interrogated day and night for eight days. They [police officers] questioned me while they were drunk. When the court process began, I was sent to prison. Later, they put me in a cell, in solitary confinement… I’m afraid I’ll be forgotten here.” Read these words

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Human Rights Watch: Detained teacher hospitalised after being beaten during interrogation

An Antalya-based teacher told his wife that police had beaten him so badly during interrogation that his intestines had been destroyed and that he had to have a surgery. In a 43-page report, “A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture,” published on Tuesday, HRW documented 13 specific abuse incidents concerning Turkey’s post-coup

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Human Rights Watch: Police strip detainees naked, beat them in testicles with baton

A lawyer reported to Human Rights Watch that the five were taken to a darkened room, stripped naked, beaten in their testicles with a baton and threatened with rape. In a 43-page report, “A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture,” published on Tuesday, HRW documented 13 specific abuse incidents concerning Turkey’s post-coup

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Human Rights Watch: Woman deprived of food, water during detention

Detained shortly after the failed coup, a Turkish woman told Human Rights Watch that she was deprived of enough food and water while police also turned up the volume of television in order to prevent her from sleeping in custody. In a 43-page report, “A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture,” published

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Former arrestee says still feels pain whenever he uses toilet, DW reports

The 31-year-old K.U. who was tortured during 17 days under custody after he was detained over terrorism charges in late August, says his testicles were crushed so badly that he is still in pain whenever he uses the toilet. Allegations of torture and other maltreatment of Turkey’s post-coup detainees have substantially increased in the recent

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Human Rights Watch: Lawyer threatened with arrest, head of client banged on floor

“Police officer banged my client’s head on the floor, causing marks and bruises on his head. When I complaint about ill-treatment, the police said it would be very easy for him to have me arrested for being a member of the Gülen movement as well,” a lawyer told Human Rights Watch. In a 43-page report,

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Human Rights Watch: Judge ignores large bruises on detainee’s body, rules on arrest

A high-ranking officer, suspected of involvement in the failed coup, told a judge that he was severely beaten while under custody at the Ankara police headquarters and showed him a large bruise on his body. Yet, court transcript of his testimony left out details of the ill- treatment, a lawyer told Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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