Torture

Despite a relentless crackdown against any questioning of the government’s narrative regarding what really happened during a failed coup on July 15, second-year air force student Murat Tekin’s throat was slit by an angry mob, his sister has claimed, backing up her allegation with an autopsy report. Graphic video footage showing a soldier lying on […]

The faces of people held in a Manisa prison have become unrecognizable due to heavy torture, Seda Tanrıkulu, a lawyer representing some of the prisoners, told the Turkish media. “When I met with prisoners, there were bruises on the face of D.K., made by the boots of officials,” Tanrıkulu said. Stating that prison guards reportedly

Police officers reportedly tortured Adnan Kümek, a reporter for the government-targeted Azadiya Welat newspaper, by dripping molten plastic on his legs during the two days he was held at an unofficial detention center in Turkey’s East. Allegations of torture and other maltreatment of Turkey’s post-coup detainees have substantially increased in the recent past. “Police officers

After he was kept behind bars for 12 days as part of an investigation into Turkish hacker group RedHack, Taylan Kulaçoğlu, an alleged member of the group, has said he was threatened with rape during his detention. Six people including Kulaçoğlu who were detained on Sept. 24 as part of investigation into the hacker group

Police put a plastic bag over the head of a woman in order to convince her to testify against the Gülen movement, a recently released detainee explained in a letter to the media. Independent news portal TR724 published the second part in a series on the re-emergence of torture in Turkish prisons following a failed