A new report documents the ongoing practice of torture and inhumane treatment in Turkey, as well as impunity.
Torture
ÖHD Report reveals grave human rights violations in Turkey’s prisons
Comprehensive Report Reveals Extensive Human Rights Violations in Central Anatolia Prisons A detailed semi-annual report released by the Lawyers for Freedom Association has laid bare severe human rights violations occurring across various high-security prisons in the Central Anatolia region of… Read More ›
Turkey: Harrowing details of torture at the Afyon Police HQ
Işınkaralar’s case highlights quite a number of serious issues including widespread torture and sexual abuse in police custody, the reduction of safeguards against torture, non-compliance with the Istanbul Protocol on medical documentation of torture, impunity and corruption.
Repression Beyond Borders: Turkey’s ‘Night and Fog’ Regime
How does Turkey extend repression beyond borders? Dr. Emre Turkut draws striking parallels between Turkey’s transnational repression campaign and Nazi Germany’s ‘Night and Fog’ Regime.
Turkey/TİHV: Significant increase in torture cases and impunity persists
There has been an alarming increase in cases of torture and a continuing policy of impunity, according to the new report of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey.