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Aysel Tuğluk released after Forensic Medicine Institute report
The institute yesterday concluded that Tuğluk cannot stay in prison. Imprisoned since late 2016, the Kurdish politician was diagnosed with dementia in March last year.
27 October 2022
Ruken Tuncel
Past decade saw drastic increase in Türkiye's prison population, ministry figures show
At the end of the last year, there were nearly 300,000 prisoners in the country of 84 million people.
14 October 2022
Prisoners at Çorum open prison forced to work but not allowed to study
Three prisoners have been enrolled at a university but are not allowed to attend classes.
30 September 2022
Ayça Söylemez
Four women journalists join hunger strike in Diyarbakır Prison
With the hunger strike, prisoners protest camera surveillance of the wards and strip search of prisoners.
13 September 2022
Another suspicious death in Aydın Prison
An autopsy will be performed on the prisoner's body as the prosecutors are investigating the incident.
26 August 2022
'He could hardly speak': Prisoner tortured in northeast Türkiye
The mother of Emir Karakum has spoken to bianet about the torture of her son, who has been arrested pending trial for nine months.
22 August 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Preventing prison visits violates Constitution, top court rules
The prison administration had rejected the applicant's application to determine a visitor list, which violated his right to privacy, according to the court.
8 August 2022
Another suspicious death in prison recorded as 'suicide'
A prisoner in Diyarbakır allegedly cut his wrist while his arm was broken. He had been held in a solitary cell to "prevent him from killing himself" for nearly a year.
25 July 2022
Footage shows prisoner beaten, forced to undress in southern Turkey
Five prison guards have been put on trial for torture, and two are facing other charges. The prisoner's family says they were offered money to drop the case.
4 July 2022
One year of Turkey's prisons: İHD report documents rights violations
The report emphasizes problems in prisoners' access to healthcare.
29 June 2022
REFUGEES BEHIND BARS
‘This is Turkey; this is how things work here’: Imprisoned refugees deprived of basic rights
“There are many foreigners in prisons of Turkey who cannot even make phone calls with their families,” said bianet Aylin Çelikçi from CİSST.
12 May 2022
Inflation is also high in prison canteens
The price of a five-liter bottle of water rose from 2.90 to 5.20 lira in a month. Prices of some products have doubled.
5 May 2022
Ayça Söylemez
Mother of prisoner who died after torture in İstanbul prison: They hid my child from me
A few days before his death, Ferhan Yılmaz had invited her for a free visit, says his mother.
18 April 2022
Prisoners 'forced to kill themselves' in İstanbul transferred to other prisons
A delegation from the Human Rights Association has visited Silivri Prison, where one prisoner was recently killed.
15 April 2022
'No hearse provided for man who suspiciously died in prison'
A 20-year-old prisoner in Van lost his life. His cause of death was recorded as "heart attack."
24 March 2022
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
'Maltreatment, torture in Marmara Region's prisons doubled in a year'
In 2020, the İHD found 4,805 rights violations in 450 applications, whereas it found 6,222 violations in 326 applications.
10 March 2022
Severely ill prisoner not treated after refusing to be handcuffed to bed
Having severe heart disease, Fatma Tokmak is kept in prison despite a report saying that she can't stay in prison, says her attorney.
27 January 2022
Evrim Kepenek
'We are finally alive': Poetry books by three prisoners
While the government's policies that cause deaths in prisons continue, prisoners continue to write, draw and produce as well, expressing that being confined does not prevent ideas.
17 January 2022
Ferid Demirel
Prosecutors dismiss investigation into 'torture' claims of prisoner who died suspiciously
Shortly after she claimed to be systematically tortured and sexually assaulted, Garibe Gezer lost her life. The cause of her death was announced as "suicide."
4 January 2022
Penal labor in Turkey: Prisoners build prisons
A record number of 68 new prisons have been opened in Turkey this year, according to the Ministry of Justice.
29 December 2021
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'Ill prisoner Yusuf Akbaba threatened with death'
The prisoner is isolated and not provided with proper treatment, the İHD has stated.
27 December 2021
Forensic Medicine Institute decides another prisoner with cancer 'can stay in prison'
Yusuf Özmen was arrested in February 2018 despite having cancer. He cannot stay in prison according to medical reports from five different hospitals.
20 December 2021
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
'Prisoners' right to conditional release violated'
A prisoner says that the prison administration arbitrarily prevented his conditional release while releasing for others who had stood trial in the same case as him.
13 December 2021
Sexual assault and torture against woman prisoner in padded cell
Human Rights Association Co-Chair Eren Keskin has filed a criminal complaint against several correction officers and an infirmary doctor.
8 October 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Violence against women prisoners on parliamentary agenda
Two prisoners were repotedly tortured by correction officers during a raid in their ward.
5 October 2021
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
'Prisoner investigated for saying "friends" in Kurdish during phone call'
A HDP deputy has brought a report on rights violations in prisons to the parliamentary agenda.
28 September 2021
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HDP's Leyla Güven, eight other prisoners investigated for singing Kurdish songs
The women prisoners have been requested to make a defense for "singing songs and anthems in an incomprehensible language."
23 August 2021
REPORT ON PRISONERS' RIGHTS
'Prisoners given solitary confinement for warning guards about virus measures'
Various problems in prisons, including the confinement and isolation of prisoners, are exacerbating, according to the Human Rights Association.
28 July 2021
Report: Prisoners have difficulties in accessing cleaning supplies
The Media and Law Studies Association has interviewed 25 political prisoners in five different prisons.
5 July 2021
Parliamentary question on 'sexually assaulted' LGBTI+ prisoner in Eskişehir
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the reports on sexual assault against LGBTI+ prisoner Memiş Akbaş.
1 July 2021
İHD finds 102 cases of rights violations in four months in 10 prisons
Prisoners and attorneys have stated several different types of rights violations, including maltreatment, violence and discrimination.
28 June 2021
LETTER FROM IMPRISONED LAWYERS
Prison administration 'imposes quota on books, tap water' amid pandemic
Two lawyers who have been convicted in the Progressive Lawyers' Association case continue to practice law by telling the problems they face.
19 February 2021
Ayça Söylemez
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